Had a pair of Beibers make their way to the pond, taking out some mature White-oaks, stave log quality oaks, they should've stuck with some trash wood. ]
Those white oaks are valuable. I just had several hauled out from the wind storm damage three years ago. They still wanted the white oaks. They’re as valuable as the walnuts. That stave company in Lebanon has Missouri white oak prices up there. So far, I haven’t seen and beavers. But way more than my share of those cute otters.. Agh!!
I'm guessing y'all have a different strain of white oaks. Most of our TX white oaks are called post oaks, and are used by almost all BBQ restaurants and serious home BBQ cookers. I'm guessing your white oaks have straighter healthier trunks, and are used for planks. On our farm, we have red oaks, white oaks, pin oaks, and water oaks. Punky older water oaks get burned, and healthy reds and whites get split and used for my big smoker.
