aimfirst
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Hi All....I let a few acres of pasture "go" when I bought my place years ago. It turns out these two areas are all shingle oaks and it is very dense and almost impossible for me/deer to walk through. Most of the trees are 1-6" diameter and 8-20 feet tall I'd guess. I left the shingles go just due to acrorn production and I had other things to tackle. I have started clearing a small area and putting tordon rtu on the stump, but thought I'd ask you all what you do with shingle colonies? Letting it go made more work for me in the end, I just don't see the benefit of hunting in that area and I can't imagine any other trees having a shot since it was so dense. I am finding it a tough decision balancing between trying to control areas like this so I can get to fencelines for repair etc and creating habitat. I have plent yof other timber to hunt out of, but found these areas of small trees not appearling and was going to continue my chainsaw madness next weekend, but thought I'd see how you guys handle shingle oak areas.