No Off Season – Cut Shooting Lanes

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Cut Shooting Lanes

The off-season is the best time to trim shooting lanes. Right now the leaves haven’t budded out throughout most of the country. You can still sit in a stand right now and see what the shooting lanes will be like this fall when the leaves drop again. In my experience, it’s better to trim lanes when the trees are bare. If you don’t, you’re more likely to remove too much cover when the leaves are on in spring, summer and early fall.

 

Source Credit: RealTree.com
By: Josh Honycut
Photo credit: John Hafner

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