davidhelmly
Senior Member
We plant several strips in between our pine rows like we've seen Jim Boyd post in the past, they usually aren't but about 20' wide, some are only 30-40 yards long and others are several hundred yards long but it's one of Cindy's and my favorite places to hunt. The abundance of pine needles falling in these plots eventually can be a hindrance but the filtered shade the tall pines make sure helps in our long, hot, dry summers!
I put some time lapse cameras out on some of our bigger clover plots during turkey season to see how the deer were using them, I also put one on the end of one of our clover strips in the pines. I had it set to do TL from 6:00PM - 8:00PM everyday and it would also trigger if it detected motion, I left it out for a little over a month and was shocked at the number of deer on camera in that little strip when I pulled it last Friday. There were too many pictures with deer in them to post (around 800) so I made a TL out of it but they scroll thru so quick it's really hard to tell anything about the deer.
Morale of the post, if you have some logging roads or other clearings in your mature pines it is definitely worth your effort to plant them in my opinion.
I put some time lapse cameras out on some of our bigger clover plots during turkey season to see how the deer were using them, I also put one on the end of one of our clover strips in the pines. I had it set to do TL from 6:00PM - 8:00PM everyday and it would also trigger if it detected motion, I left it out for a little over a month and was shocked at the number of deer on camera in that little strip when I pulled it last Friday. There were too many pictures with deer in them to post (around 800) so I made a TL out of it but they scroll thru so quick it's really hard to tell anything about the deer.
Morale of the post, if you have some logging roads or other clearings in your mature pines it is definitely worth your effort to plant them in my opinion.