Woodland management

[foxdropper 17,092]

On 16/08/2020 at 19:11, fireman said:

It's not to hard to get a licence to shoot deer at night that are travelling onto your land and damaging crops at night,i know of a couple of local lads who have got them easy enough..

If you go by the book mate and ring them ,ask how many licenses they have granted in England .The answer is actually none though the right to apply is still there .The criteria is very very strict .Scottish natural heritage give them out like sweets .

 

[Greyman 25,276]

56 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

I will do mate, I noticed a fresh deer carcass in the woods a couple of weeks ago, the dogs were pulling for it as we walked down the track, didn't get close as it was in a heavily wooded inaccessible patch, one of the other woodland owners mentioned yesterday her retriever dog who runs loose had brought a badger skin back, do you know of any big cat sightings in Northumberland ?, There's a place called Harwood forest that's got some reputation for odd things being seen

Just found this freedom of information request so yes I recon there are mate, badgers seem to be on the menu a bit more  in recent years anyways back to your lovely woodland, that should be all any man needs in life fair play to you, my next plan is to look out for some land alongside a river or canal so I can moor my boat up, never happier than sitting round a fire chatting with family and friends

[low plains drifter 9,467]

43 minutes ago, Accip74 said:

I can’t really add anything interesting to your thread, only that I think that’s a great way to spend time. Hope you do well with it mate

Cheers mate, it's hard work, and plenty more of it lol

[foxdropper 17,092]

3 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Just found this freedom of information request so yes I recon there are mate, badgers seem to be on the menu a bit more  in recent years anyways back to your lovely woodland, that should be all any man needs in life fair play to you, my next plan is to look out for some land alongside a river or canal so I can moor my boat up, never happier than sitting round a fire chatting with family and friends

We’ve done the dance mate so won’t be getting all Grebby on you but don’t cats of any size pluck their prey where they eat it .Very clean carcasses there stripped by foxes I’d say .Might be wrong though .

[low plains drifter 9,467]

6 minutes ago, Greyman said:

Just found this freedom of information request so yes I recon there are mate, badgers seem to be on the menu a bit more  in recent years anyways back to your lovely woodland, that should be all any man needs in life fair play to you, my next plan is to look out for some land alongside a river or canal so I can moor my boat up, never happier than sitting round a fire chatting with family and friends

I know these two areas, infact I was working in Killingworth up until last month, I've had an interest in traveling around the canals by narrow boat for years, hope I get the chance to do it further down the line, and aye mate keep an eye out for a place for yourself woodland plots are selling fast 

[foxdropper 17,092]

If you are to going fell most or some of the pines ,depending on species ,contact a wood merchant first .To make a profit you need to core it out in 3 m STRAIGHT trunk sections and  stack near a access road .Raw wood is worth a good price at moment so don’t miss the opportunity to make money to plough back in .

Planting schemes are long investment .You won’t get much canopy under ten years if it’s broad-leaved saplings .If it’s just roe you won’t have to worry about fencing ,just tree guards .Roe arnt a herd animal and are predominantly grazers rather than browsers .

Letting light in is THE main catalyst for regeneration .Saplings otherwise stunted will bloom and ground cover will appear within 3 years .

[Greyman 25,276]

54 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

We’ve done the dance mate so won’t be getting all Grebby on you but don’t cats of any size pluck their prey where they eat it .Very clean carcasses there stripped by foxes I’d say .Might be wrong though .

Tend to skin them more i think mate, quite surgically, the second one down is how I would expect it to be that is one I found and was only hours old so had not been scavenged,  you will see the whole scene in the upcoming film and an experts opinion on it as well, but let’s get back to the woodland thread

[Greyman 25,276]

56 minutes ago, low plains drifter said:

I know these two areas, infact I was working in Killingworth up until last month, I've had an interest in traveling around the canals by narrow boat for years, hope I get the chance to do it further down the line, and aye mate keep an eye out for a place for yourself woodland plots are selling fast 

I first felt the urge in my early 20s and have probably missed many of the best years afloat but nearly 40 years later I,ve finally done it, got to have a dream mate

[FOXHUNTER 5,020]

38 minutes ago, foxdropper said:

Roe arnt a herd animal and are predominantly grazers rather than browsers .

 

Wrong way round mate  , they are browsers

[low plains drifter 9,467]

1 hour ago, foxdropper said:

If you are to going fell most or some of the pines ,depending on species ,contact a wood merchant first .To make a profit you need to core it out in 3 m STRAIGHT trunk sections and  stack near a access road .Raw wood is worth a good price at moment so don’t miss the opportunity to make money to plough back in .

Planting schemes are long investment .You won’t get much canopy under ten years if it’s broad-leaved saplings .If it’s just roe you won’t have to worry about fencing ,just tree guards .Roe arnt a herd animal and are predominantly grazers rather than browsers .

Letting light in is THE main catalyst for regeneration .Saplings otherwise stunted will bloom and ground cover will appear within 3 years .

It's mid rotation Sitka spruce mixed with a lot of self seeding silver birch, and a few larch mate, there's oak saplings, some sort of maple sycamore I think, and some hawthorn popping up on the edge, but the birch is prolific

[foxdropper 17,092]

1 hour ago, FOXHUNTER said:

Wrong way round mate  , they are browsers

Not in Wiltshire they ain’t .Forget books mate and the DSC manual lol.Our roe feed out in the middle of fields at night on grass ,picking at hedges day time near cover .It’s typically like books though generalising rather than factual .Fallow here are browsers day time and grazers at night .Munties same .The authors don’t seem to take into consideration the nocturnal habits of our deer .

Night time feeding must account for more than 70% of a deers dietary needs as they seem to be up far longer than daytime .

Watched 7 last night feed from from one end of a grass field to the other then same in next field .

Generallising only works if the author knows his stuff and can be arsed to study animals 24/7 

[Gaz_Lurcherlad 382]

5 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

It's mid rotation Sitka spruce mixed with a lot of self seeding silver birch, and a few larch mate, there's oak saplings, some sort of maple sycamore I think, and some hawthorn popping up on the edge, but the birch is prolific

Were are you located mate I’ve a few saws and a fair bit of knowledge on tree work if you ever need a hand atb gaz 

[Greyman 25,276]

12 hours ago, low plains drifter said:

It's mid rotation Sitka spruce mixed with a lot of self seeding silver birch, and a few larch mate, there's oak saplings, some sort of maple sycamore I think, and some hawthorn popping up on the edge, but the birch is prolific

Silver birch is a great wood, bark will ignite even in wet conditions and makes a great fire lighter and the water that rises in the spring is full of health property’s, if you have enough it’s worth tapping a few trees as they recon birch water is going to be one of the next big health things, dead easy to do and they can produce an incredible amount in short time

 

[low plains drifter 9,467]

13 hours ago, Gaz_Lurcherlad said:

Were are you located mate I’ve a few saws and a fair bit of knowledge on tree work if you ever need a hand atb gaz 

Northumberland mate

[low plains drifter 9,467]

5 hours ago, Greyman said:

Silver birch is a great wood, bark will ignite even in wet conditions and makes a great fire lighter and the water that rises in the spring is full of health property’s, if you have enough it’s worth tapping a few trees as they recon birch water is going to be one of the next big health things, dead easy to do and they can produce an incredible amount in short time

 

I know mate, I had to remove a large low growing limb from a birch tree earlier in the year, the sap started dripping which I collected, it is a nice drink, you don't have to bore holes in the trunk, just cut a notch into a branch, and it flows out