Falling trees

[gumby]

I have been reworking a house and it has about 10-15 acres of woods behind it. This year I have heard more trees fall in these woods than ever before and for no reason the wind can be still and they crash. Some are dead and some are green. It might be good while watching for snakes while scouting to look up and keep an eye on the trees also.

 

[Weldabeast]

If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear do the other trees make fun of it?

 

[Silvio]

I have been reworking a house and it has about 10-15 acres of woods behind it. This year I have heard more trees fall in these woods than ever before and for no reason the wind can be still and they crash. Some are dead and some are green. It might be good while watching for snakes while scouting to look up and keep an eye on the trees also.

It could be the emerald ash borer

 

[boyne bowhunter]

If a tree falls in the forest with no one around to hear do the other trees make fun of it?

Thanks for the morning chuckle!

 

[Weldabeast]

Thanks for the morning chuckle!

Quote is from Bart Simpson

 

[Allegheny Tom]

It could be the emerald ash borer

This^^^
It's crazy around here with trees crashing down. 90% are dead ash trees or other trees that are being knocked down by falling ash trees.
I had one crash down right past a stand a few years ago while I was not in it. I'll add some pics in a few minutes.
Well crap, pics need rotated and I don't know how to edit them.

1st pic is the ash that snapped off beside the stand. Also, notice the other larger tree laying on the ground. Our woods are littered with dad ash everywhere, which has created another issue. We have Japanese Stilt Grass taking over and growing all though the fallen trees. You cannot see where you place your foot while walking. It's really easy to step down into a tangle of branches hidden in the stilt grass. Tripping of twisting a knee or ankle is a real possibility.
These newly fallen ash can also completely bock our access routes creating a pain-in-the-ass road block. What was a nice clear access trail to a stand can become impassible causing a detour that eats-up precious time, or creates extra noise, or alters our route enough to alert deer, on our way to (or from) the stand in the dark. Ash trees are a serious problem.

2nd pic is how close that tree came to crashing onto the platform.

3rd pic shows why it didn't hit the stand. As it fell, it hit the leaning tree and the leaner steered the dead ash from hitting the stand.
I'd still be cleaning poop from my pants if I was in the stand at the time the ash fell.

 

[Nutterbuster]

I witnessed a very large pine tree just keel over once while hunting. I was watching 2 does feed through some planted pines a few days after a hurricane. It was still a little breezy, and I guess the tree had been loosened up a little by the storm and just needed a little nudge.

It went down about 75 yards away. Scared the pants offa me, but the deer didn't seem bothered at all. I guess it's probably their version of a car alarm going off. Not super common, but it happens enough you know what it is.

 

[Blinginpse]

Tree fell on a buddy of mine in 2007 and killed him. It's no joke

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[Silvio]

Tree fell on a buddy of mine in 2007 and killed him. It's no joke

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These trees are window makers for sure...be conscious of your surroundings...I once was hiking before spring green up one year and found a dead deer under a fallen tree...I lookup and there were several leaners all around where I was standing...be safe