Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Who's ordering trees this fall?

Eric:

I have two different plantings of trees; one I bushhog alongside every 2-3 weeks, the other I manually remove bushes/briars/poison ivy once a year with a brush axe (too small and rough an area to bushhog). Once a year seems to almost keep even with multiflora rose. The ivy's getting ahead of me and I really should brush axe that stand a second time annually.

There may be a difference in deer predation on the two stands due to the different amounts of weeds around the seedlings. The cut-once-a-year patch has noticeably less deer loss, but it is also right next to the subdivision. Since that may be a bigger deterrent to the deer, I'm not sure what to true cause is.