Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) For ALL Wildlife
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- čas přidán 2. 07. 2024
- We're talking about Timber Stand Improvement (TSI) in today's episode! TSI can benefit not only the game species on your property like whitetail deer and turkeys, but all wildlife species from songbirds to caterpillars to moths! This episode discusses the strategy, technique, and benefits that come from a little chainsaw therapy during the winter!
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Hope you guys make weekly videos as you take us through your journey!
We certainly will be! We will be sharing at least 1 new video a week, sometimes two!
Awesome first episode! Very important topic that we all need to do more of!! Thank you guys!
Thanks Jesse!
To avoid confusion, it's best to call them Tulip trees, since they are not true poplars and are actually more closely related to Magnolias.
Good info! It is part of the magnolia family and if it were easier to say in a video we should've called them Liriodendron tulipiferas 😂A lot of it depends on regional terminology - here we call them poplars, yellow poplars and tulip poplars. But you're right, for specificity tulip trees are more accurate.
Great video guys. Cutting trees is a great way to improve your wildlife habitat. Keep the videos coming.
Thanks Casey! Next video comes out Monday.
I HAD A FOREST MGT PLAN DONE AND HAD TSI WORK DONE ON 400 ACRES OVER THE LAST 6 YEARS. THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS MANAGED FOR TIMBER, THE LAST SEVERAL CUTS, CUT FOR WILDLIFE, SPECIFICALLY TURKEY.
That's awesome Bill! How'd they turn out?
@@DearHunterProject VERY HAPPY WITH THE TSI WORK. NEED TO DO A BIT OF BURNING IN THE TSI AREAS. I TRY TO DO ONE TO THREE FIRES A YEAR ON MY PLACE. I THINK TSI AND PRESCRIBED FIRE GO HAND IN HAND.
@@billlovelace1522 That's awesome! TSI and fire are great on their own, but when they work together they do wonders for wildlife and habitat!
but what trees? how do you pick? what do you pick?
Hey Michael - That depends entirely on your goals, what species of wildlife you're managing for, what species of tree you're trying to promote or encourage, the species composition within the current stand, and the history of the stand among many other things. TSI, in short, is selecting the stronger, healthier, better quality trees be it for wildlife or timber production, and removing the rest.
For example, if you have a stand dominated by poplar and are trying to encourage oak regeneration, you'd want to leave the oaks and remove the poplar. If wildlife is your goal, and you have a stand of oaks, releasing your better mast producing oaks by removing the others will actually increase acorn production.
In double girdling do you squiet both if you do this now how long till I see the results . Do you burn or not ?
Hey Steve - Yes, apply herbicide to both cuts! If you do this method now the trees will be dead by Spring. You can certainly follow up with fire! Killing trees will automatically let sunlight hit the forest floor and promote new plant growth, but following up with a controlled burn will really kickstart the plant response!
Do not apply herbicide to both cuts... the top cut has severed the cambium layer and the herbicide will not be able to reach the roots. The bottom cut is the one that will translocate the herbicide to the root system.
What kind of chemicals are you using in the winter? What are you mixing it with? Why do cut some trees and chemicaly treat others?
We're using a mixture of 50% Garlon 3 (Triclopyr 3), 40% water, 10% Imazapyr, mixed in that order. So, the Garlon goes in first, then the water, then the Imazapyr.
Several factors influence what trees get cut and what trees get treated chemically. It's safer, faster, easier, and you can cover more ground using herbicide and the hack and squirt or girdle and spray method. Cutting trees down completely adds an immediate food source as well as immediate and long-term cover and structure, plus additional forage and cover from stump sprouting. It really depends on your goals, the species, and personal preference!
@@DearHunterProject Thanks for the response. A lot can be said for doing TSI in the winter because you can see what you're doing. Paint marks are often hard to see in the shad of summer. I have found that you don't need chemicals if you girdle from July to leaf drop. In NYS unfortunately Garlon 3 and 4 are illegal. They both are over 40% Triclopyr. Pathfinder is legal 13% Triclopyr but very expensive.
When cutting beech, honeysuckle, or multiflora rose in the summer you must use glyphosate.
@@stephenkutney9626 Absolutely! I much prefer it during the winter. Cooler, no ticks, etc. But TSI certainly can it's place being done during the summer as well!
Disagree with having an equal distribution of species in a forest stand. Species composition should directly reflect the landowners objective. I refuse to retain hard maple when managing for deer... 🤷♂️
I agree but we should also be mindful of how the decisions we make when managing for a singular species impact the entire native ecosystem. I have an extreme excess of tulip poplar on my property and cut them almost indiscriminately but also acknowledge the value they provide poplars and as a result make it a point to leave several standing for that reason alone.
#dougtallamy
Yeah man! He's a wealth of knowledge and we could all learn from.
cut the dam background music!!!!!!
Noted!
Too many feel goods in this video.
Can you elaborate on what you mean by that?
@@DearHunterProject I rewatched most of the video. Im primarily whitetail focused so alot bias. I think alot of the feel good feeling comes from the music but when it got into song birds, oak leaf litter, nematodes, etc you really lost me. Your knowledge is outstanding but this just isn't the channel for me. It said deer hunter project TSI work so it got my attention but then got off track for my liking.
@@makeyourownluck5822 I appreciate you taking the time to watch and for your feedback. I'm primarily whitetail focused as well, but even in that process am mindful of every decision I make and how it effects all wildlife. Whitetails and grouse are my focus but I'm not managing specifically for them. We should manage for entire ecosystems rather than singular species.
Also, we're the Dear (with an E) Hunter project 😉 This is our message to all hunters.