timber on state land

[beeker]

does anyone know if it is legal to cut up downed trees on state land?  I can't find anything on this, not sure where else to look. I wandered onto a few nice oaks that were down on tax forfeit this year and think I want to cord em up.

[dakids]

I think if you are a resident of the county you can get a permit.  Kind of depends which county you are talking about.

[mncowboy]

i get a permit every year to cut wood on state land. go talk to your local dnr forester first. he can cut you a permit or send you in the right direction.
monty

[thunderpout]

A friends brother gets a permit every year for his home firewood... Im wondering if you still can with the emerald ash borer deal going on ..........

[beeker]

I'll give him a call.. must of had a big storm roll through my area last year/this year... found a dozen or so trees topped and one really nice big oak split in 2.

[mcgarth]

not to hijack your thread beeker. but how did you do hunting?us nothing i had a 23 pointer on my trail cam 10/26  but it ended getting shot about 2 miles strait south of me a week ago. and yes it was a nice racked 23 pointer with drop tines. i dont know how to post pictures or i would.  sorry for get off subject for you. scott

[beeker]

I was wonderin how you guys did.. we had 2 nice 8's on cam.. we passed on a bunch of little bucks.. 5 total and a nub. waiting for a nice one..   we ended up with 2 does and one fo the 8's he was 23" inside spread we got that buck the last weekend .. I'll work on a pic as well. gonna head up again this weekend just to check things out and to get the cams back out

[Mayfly]

not to hijack your thread beeker. but how did you do hunting?us nothing i had a 23 pointer on my trail cam 10/26  but it ended getting shot about 2 miles strait south of me a week ago. and yes it was a nice racked 23 pointer with drop tines. i dont know how to post pictures or i would.  sorry for get off subject for you. scott

I wanna see!! my email is in my profile, email and I can post.

http://mnoutdoorsman.com/forums/index.php?action=profile;u=4

[mcgarth]

sent pictures MNO, i missed typed the number of points it was only a 21 point

[beeker]

ohhh it was only 21 points... gheeessshhh way to let a guy down.   I would love to see it. it's always nice to know that those genetics are floating around in that area... I was up to the land today.. followed a coyote track down our trail. think I'm gonna have to take a poke at him this year. got the trail cam back up .. have to see what survived

[mcgarth]

beeker we didnt get anything my 10 year old son didnt have the shot he wanted on a fawn so he didnt shoot.that was all we saw,first time in 8 years we ate tag soup.we are not far from you at all were just down county 26 going west (mile marker 93). im hopefully headed up next weekend to go cat hunting.i sent MNO the pictures, i said he could post them if he liked. i dont have a kill picture though,i do but its only the head hanging in the kids garage.and that is on my phone sent to me from the  neighbor who saw it.

[beeker]

didn't see anything when my daughter was with me. which was a bummer. but we're determined to get some "cleaner" food plots in next year and with the passes to the little ones this year we're hoping they come around next year. 

I think I had some fox tracks around there too.. what type of cat are you chasing?

[mcgarth]

we have a bunch of gray fox running around  at our place. im hoping to go bobcat hunting now that theres a little snow on the ground.

[Mayfly]

Here are the pics..

[beeker]

I'ld pass just because I don't think I could count high enough with all those points.. or for that matter have to explain to everyone how I shat myself when I dropped that guy. 

thanks for posting those.. that really made my morning to see a guy like that wandering around where I hunt.. maybe black powder will have to happen next year.

I didn't realize there were bobcat in that area... interesting

[beeker]

heres a pic of one of the bucks that is from this year too... I got sick of reprograming the time and date when I changed the battery out

[beeker]

heres another buck we saw this year.. this guy is still out there... as far as we know. again I'm too lazy to sit and reprogram the date and time.. we would just figure it out since I checked em every week

[mcgarth]

thanks MNO for posting the pictures. beeker the kid that shot that deer was going nuts after he shot it understandable. you have some nice looking bucks over your way. for bobcats yes there are quite a few actually,they got two behind my place last year. a big 36lb. cat to boot.it will be my first year out cat hunting so it should be a blast.alot of walking and running after the dogs.

[beeker]

I've run dogs in wisconsin before.. it can be a blast.. good luck with the cats.. thinking of trying for those coyotes this year.. I've only been a "opportunist" when it comes to the coyotes but think it would be fun to give it a try