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Tree Trimming

Unread postby Quest1001 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 7:44 am

When selecting your tree close to bedding, are you looking for a tree that doesn’t need trimming or are you bringing in a saw to cut away branches?


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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby Evanszach7 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 9:43 am

We cant trim on public. But id tried to trim private a couple times only to sit a different nearby tree that day due to a slight wind variance. Anymore I just pick a couple trees that'll work in that spot.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby Jonny » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:26 am

No point of sitting in a tree if you can’t make the shot. Sometimes you only have one tree that will work and you just gotta make it work and do what you gotta do.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby Dewey » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:45 am

I use the available cover to my advantage. Sometimes it limits my shots but that’s just part of the game. Trimming the heck out of trees is what gets guys spotted much more often by deer not to mention all the other hunters they attract. Pretty easy to spot trees like that from a mile away.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby cspot » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:23 am

On private if I am going to trim branches, I prefer to do it in Spring way before season. The older I get the less I find the need to trim branches.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby jman22 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 11:33 am

On the private land I hunt, I'm always trimming trees. My pole saw has seen a lot of miles. I try to do the most or my trimming in spring. The closer to fall you trim, the more the deer are going to notice the disturbance.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby hambone » Tue Jul 23, 2019 2:28 pm

I trim permanent sets, here at home, sometime before the end of July. In Missouri we can't trim on public.
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Unread postby DaveT1963 » Tue Jul 23, 2019 10:39 pm

Not everyone has those limbless 30 foot high tree trunks to hunt from. If you don't trim in a lot of places I hunt the canopy will be 6-8 foot above ground in early season - good luck with that. The key is selective trimming - just enough to place an arrow through. Done right, the deer do not notice it.
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Re: Tree Trimming

Unread postby parkersdad » Wed Jul 24, 2019 12:06 am

Dewey wrote:I use the available cover to my advantage. Sometimes it limits my shots but that’s just part of the game. Trimming the heck out of trees is what gets guys spotted much more often by deer not to mention all the other hunters they attract. Pretty easy to spot trees like that from a mile away.

This, I don't trim because I am on public. Even if I could I would not for this very reason


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