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Originally Posted by SAMIAM
I disagree about the wisdom of leaving slash in the woods.It might make the birds and the bugs happy but not the landowner.I had a 5 acre lot logged a few years ago and let him leave the slash.....huge mistake.You can't even walk on the property there are so many branches,limbs,and dead wood.It's a mess.
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Samiam, I could not agree more with your feelings that goes for the hunters as well.
The statement that the slash is food for deer is a funny one and one that is made, thinking that most folks don't spend any time in the woods around here.
Unless the tops are laid in the fall, most of all the food supply is gone by the time winter comes around and this food source is only availabel for one winter season. Then anyone that walks that property has to wait close to 10 years for the majority of the slash to decay enough to walk through.
Leaving the slash behind IMO is the lazy man's way of keeping his costs low.
Charge a decent rate to cover your costs and allow for profit to purchase the equipment that will allow you to compete with the larger companies. If you don't want to go the route of being a larger operation, that's fine too, but don't complain when others do and start to bury you in production. Keep up your game and you will be fine, just don't try to compete directly with them. I work in a similar industry and understand your frustrations, but you will not stop it from happening and allowing yourself to get stressed enough to come on here to critisize will do nothing for your blood pressure. Just remember why you started in the game to begin with and get back to that. Then enjoy everyday out in the woods.