Sorry to hear about the loss of your close friends George. Lost a close one of over 50 years to a car accident the week before Christmas and it was painful on the heart.
Question for you as we're about to get someone on our place to also expand food plots using a skid steer. What about stumps? Will you remove the entire tree(s)? Reason I ask is one local rancher said that we would end up with lots of big holes that will then need fill dirt or end up with lots of holes filled with water. Looking into the use of a mulching head on the skid steer. BUT, it'll only get down to ground level so wouldn't be able to run a disc over the food plot without hitting stumps. He has a saw of some type to use on bigger trees and will get us down 3-4" below the surface. I wanted all of the trees uprooted but now thinking otherwise.
No, I really haven’t had time to pursue the couple leads I have for the cedars.
I cut several cedars down and left a couple bodark trees in one food plot. With a 5 foot tiller, it was easy to work arouns the cedar stumps the first couple years. By the third year, I believe all the cedar stumps were able to be pushed out before working ground. The deer made scrapes under the 2 bodark trees. The smaller tree finally died. Spraying and burning off the food plot each fall finally took its toll.
