Great content and don't throw way those trimmings/cuttings. If you've got a open south window. Put those cuttings in a small pot, keeping the soil or sand damp. By mid to late spring you'll have another batch of shrubs ready to be planted out.
Thank you, this is great to know! We have lots of old dogwood in our woods. Time to rejuvenate. I'd like to propagate it in my lower lot too. The deer have a trail through there. I'll have to consider putting in winter rye or wheat. I wish I'd done that years ago. Then I have to convince my Great Pyrenees that we like the deer😝 (he's fenced to the upper lot)
Yeah, as you have time you can prune every other or every third dogwood to between knee and hip height. Then prune back the ones you skipped this winter next year. Dogwoods respond well to pruning with nutritious, fresh growth for deer. You can often propagate red dogwood by simply sticking cuttings in the ground. I like to make sure there are 3-4 buds (nodes) on the cuttings and simply press the bottom two nodes into the ground. As long as the area isn't dry that's probably all you'll need to do. This can be done any time before green up but in the northern half of the whitetail's range right now is perfect. Just make sure the ground isn't frozen. I wish you well in your endeavors! Thanks for watching!
Absolutely great video, I have 240 acres in northern wisconsin with 50% alder/ dogwood. I am trying to follow deer established trails using weedeater with brush blade to direct deer to small internal cuttings creating a small dogwood plot. You seem to have a clear vision.
Thanks so much. It sounds like a good plan. It would be neat to see the topography of those acres. In addition to the natural browsing locations, if you have any 'high ground' that isn't under water you could put in some 'pocket' clover plots and they would be a huge draw. Then I would hunt the trails to the plot(s) not the plots themselves. Hope to hunt in WI some day!
@@SeedstoDreamsDeer Maybe someday we can have a few beers, sounds like we are fairly similar in our hunting styles. Our northern deer herd is not what it used to be, that's for sure, I've been hunting more than 40 years here and its changing
Red dogwood is fairly adaptable. As long as it doesn't go many weeks without rain it should grow fine. If you contact me with your address I can send you a few cuttings to try to root. My contact information is in the description of many of my videos. Thanks!
Absolutely you can. It won't hurt to cut willows back to just above ground level because the newest, most tender growth is what deer like to browse on. Make pockets of highly pruned back willows and pockets of taller willow shrubs and you'll have a good quality food AND cover location. Thanks for watching.
I would try it. I will send you a few cuttings if you'd like to root them. Just contact me with your address. My contact information is in the description of many of my videos. Thanks for watching!
What kinds of food sources are nearby on neighboring properties? Is there any place to put in some late holding crabapples or persimmons? How about a food plot with some winter grains (rye or wheat)? Just some suggestions.
How can i give 200+ acres of woods a "haircut" when the whole thing is overgrown with these old dogwoods? The stemcount is so high, it's almost impossible to get around.
Jim Bob, I would go about it a coupe of ways. One, if you have access to equipment (or maybe a friend does) you can use a chopper or a brush hog on a skid steer and make fairly quick work of designated sections. A couple questions...1) Is all of the 200 acres dogwood or are there some invasives and other low quality vegetation? 2) What other hunting 'improvements' have you made on the property? 3) Have you considered a controlled burn? Note: make sure you do it with someone who knows how to do it if you choose this option. I am a down-to-earth kind of guy with limited resources so my main recommendation for good hunting opportunities AND economics/resources is to pick 1-5 acre areas that are strategic and prune them back. Leave the rest go. You can easily get on a 3-5 year rotation of 'mowing' or burning areas so you have a variety of stages of vegetation which deer love. I am happy to help if you want to share maps, aerials, etc. Phone calls don't cost anything. If you want a full property plan I am reasonable ($2/acre). I don't know where you are located but that would also help me narrow my response. Feel free to call. 814.7two0.2one4zero. Daryl
@@MyVisualRomance unfortunately several of the video files got corrupted so I am reshooting those clips, will then edit, and upload. Thanks for your patience!
