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Thanks! I cut down a bunch last year. Treated some and not others. Mixed results on whether they re sprouted or not. Just starting to work up the ambition to start tackling the others. I’ve got a lot!


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I have shared this before, but who knows where that thread is now. :) I was on a timber walkabout one time and the group included a legit, degreed ISU grad Forester. I asked him what ironwoods would be good for, as I have a fair amount of them in my timber. His answer, "Dulling chainsaw blades."

I was already in the habit of focusing on them when doing TSI/hinge cutting, but I aggressively look to take them out when I have my chainsaw in the timber. Some I hinge, others are just dropped. I do purpose to cut them off at about knee height so any regrowth is very accessible for browse.
 
If they are sporadic…. Cut em a at height for browse like u said & let deer eat regrowth. Sometimes they die. I cut everyone I see. Treated or not.
If they are super thick… pain in butt…. Id wanna treat em. Many options on how to do this. Cut, mulch or Foliar spray. Fire can be tool as well but I’ve just cut & treated. Or cut, let regrow & if they turned back into trees…. Repeat. Doing some cutting & treating thick stands…. U will have far less of it in time. The only ironwood I leave is on super steep ravines towards bottom where they hold the soil. The rest all get cut.
 
Daver said:
I have shared this before, but who knows where that thread is now. :) I was on a timber walkabout one time and the group included a legit, degreed ISU grad Forester. I asked him what ironwoods would be good for, as I have a fair amount of them in my timber. His answer, "Dulling chainsaw blades."

I was already in the habit of focusing on them when doing TSI/hinge cutting, but I aggressively look to take them out when I have my chainsaw in the timber. Some I hinge, others are just dropped. I do purpose to cut them off at about knee height so any regrowth is very accessible for browse.
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Thanks!! I actually found and read a lot of the old stuff!! It is still there somewhere!


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Sligh1 said:
If they are sporadic…. Cut em a at height for browse like u said & let deer eat regrowth. Sometimes they die. I cut everyone I see. Treated or not.
If they are super thick… pain in butt…. Id wanna treat em. Many options on how to do this. Cut, mulch or Foliar spray. Fire can be tool as well but I’ve just cut & treated. Or cut, let regrow & if they turned back into trees…. Repeat. Doing some cutting & treating thick stands…. U will have far less of it in time. The only ironwood I leave is on super steep ravines towards bottom where they hold the soil. The rest all get cut.
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Thanks!! That has pretty much been the game plan so far! Was basically just trying to make sure I wasn’t wrong!


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