...I have to clean just about every tree out where I hunt.
So what you are saying is that you are trespassing on my property? Haha.
It's like that here, and also like where I hunt in Ohio. PI is everywhere, and some of the vines are 4 or 5 inches in diameter, with all of those "cuddly" little hairs that it uses to attach itself to the tree.
And dollars to donuts, the one single tree that might work in a spot with heavy deer sign most likely has a vine growing up it.
Hey, since we have morphed the thread and are talking about the evil vine, here are 2 stories...
As a kid, my buddy needed to blow-off school one day because he did not complete a book report. He decided that rubbing poison ivy all over his belly would get his parents to allow him to stay home. I watched in horror as he took
bare handfuls of PI and rubbed it vigorously into his stomach. The next morning, he expected to get out of bed with a rash...but no rash developed. At that point, he had to work feverishly on the bus, and in homeroom to produce a lame a$$ book report...good enough. A day later, he broke out in a horrible rash. A 14 year old boy ain't known to be the smartest primate. I was 14 once, so I know.
My other buddy and I got into a dispute on identifying the stuff and he set out to prove me wrong. He also rubbed the crap on himself...on his forearms. A few days later he had it. He still swore that it wasn't
really poison ivy...musta been something else. Haha.
I'm glad I'm not 14 anymore.