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Hinge Cuts Dbltree, We are in our second year of hinge cutting. We do not have a lot of property so have decided to hinge pretty radically the hardwoods we have, making funnels, pockets, and bedding edges on ridges, and keeping our hinged areas accessible by taking out firewood and leaving...

Cherries I do not have many cherries, but in areas I hunt with cherries, when there is a year they fruit well the deer tear up the leaves getting to them. Cherries are high quality lumber and I leave straight ones for timber.:)

First hinge cut results We hinge cut 4 separate areas for the first time. We have not been seeing many deer for several years and have poor or no cover. The following pictures show the results of the cuts from this past winter. I have seen numerous deer in the fields this summer since the cut...

First year hinge cut results I posted earlier in the winter on advice for hinge cutting. We ended up cutting 5 compartments for a total of 3-4 acres. It is really a mess. Basically it is a 100 percent hinge cut with a few timber trees, oaks, apples, pears, and pines left. We created a couple of...

Hickory nuts and whitetails I have hundreds of mature hickories that produce great crops some years. Squirrels love them. I have never seen a whitetail eat hickories. Not even turkeys, which I heard did. I can't imagine a turkey can crack a hickory nut. I would like to know though.

First Hinge Cut Thanks for the advice and pictures. It sounds like we are approaching it correctly and I will definitely leave some more open areas by girdling and less hinge cuts. The south slope we will particularly pay close attention to. My area is so heavily hunted I am hoping that...

Hinge cutting questions I have read the threads on TSI and EdgeFeathering. I just started hinge cutting yesterday. First time ever. We have zero browse left and deer have dissapeared pretty much. 30 years of good hunting but not now. I have about nine acres of south facing woods 300 yards wide...

Picure? Is there a picture yet? I am trying to upload two.

How wide is this bucks rack? This is the first I ever used a trailcam. Does this buck have potentail. He was never seen during the season. I am new to this. Thanks

Hi, I just joined this forum and would like to learn all I can about hinge cutting. I have read that trees should be cut in winter. I have read you can cut any time in winter when sap is down and have also read you should only cut in late winter when sap is rising and it is warmer. We do not...