Pine Trees

[NMSbowhunter]

Ever heard a squirrel climb a pine tree....loud as all get out yet the deer aren't spooked.

Or a couple of raccoons?

 

[BTaylor]

Y'all would not have all those issues trying to hunt pines if everyone would just do their duty and cut them all down and plant an oak in its place.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I agree but timber companies don't want to wait 200 years between harvests so they plant these nasty pines they can cut every 25 years. The one thing I do like about pines is when they are young, they offer great bedding cover for deer.

 

[BTaylor]

I agree but timber companies don't want to wait 200 years between harvests so they pant these nasty pines they can cut every 25 years. The one thing I do like about pines is when they are young, they offer great bedding cover for deer.

Sounds like a personal problem for the timber companies to me.

 

[Weldabeast]

 

[Bigfoot522]

Pines ofer the best ambush set ups.

So I took my older brother to one of my spots years ago. I pointed out my pine tree and wished him luck and I went on to another tree.

We met at the truck, no deer so we head home.

Next time I go visit my pine I look up and to my horror he had cut every branch at my hunting level so he could shoot 300*.

I was not a happy camper. I had only removed a select few branches enough for a hang on and ability to make shots toward the trail intersection.

Don't be that guy. Set up for what spot is giving you.
Not the what if and maybe shots.

A pine in good spot is an assassins dream.
A great spot for a novice even.

 

[BTaylor]

Pines ofer the best ambush set ups.

So I took my older brother to one of my spots years ago. I pointed out my pine tree and wished him luck and I went on to another tree.

We met at the truck, no deer so we head home.

Next time I go visit my pine I look up and to my horror he had cut every branch at my hunting level so he could shoot 300*.

I was not a happy camper. I had only removed a select few branches enough for a hang on and ability to make shots toward the trail intersection.

Don't be that guy. Set up for what spot is giving you.
Not the what if and maybe shots.

A pine in good spot is an assassins dream.
A great spot for a novice even.

You should try a double or triple trunk white oak sometime. Found a giant nutall oak this year with a 5 trunked sweet gum 20 yards from it. Next time that oak is dropping it's gonna be a massacree.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Our pines remove their own limbs up to a height of about 60 feet if they grow together. Most of them are 2 foot diameter poles up to 60 feet, then they have branches and are usually 90 to 100 feet tall. Some grow to 3 feet or more in diameter if left to their own devices. It is rare to find a mature pine with a live branch below 40 feet around here.

I love a good double or triple trunk red or white oak. Great cover. I was in a double trunk red last night.

 

[wmahunterfl]

Pine trees can be your friend but also a foe. You do not know when they are dripping SAP. The larger diameter trees are great for windy days as the lesser diameter trees move with the wind. They vary on bark thickness. Watch out for scorpions in between the bark crevices and falling limbs on windy days.

 

[gcr0003]

2TC'd a pine on Saturday. It was miserable.

How come?

 

[Iron_llama]

I've got 2 stands in pines. 1 is a hang-on with rapid rails, the other is a ladder stand. During the season I tie a scrap of fleece to the tree so I don't get sap all over my coat. If I had to saddle hunt out of one I'd want to use sticks of some sort, or bolts, and a friction saver on my climbing line. 3' or so of tubular webbing or flexible hose, to keep the sap off my rappel rope.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I 2TC'd one this evening and shucked quite a bit of bark off it going up. I had plenty of wind cover. It wasn't too bad. No sap at all.