Caylor Forestry Consulting

10/18/2025

08/26/2025

Lightning strike

06/04/2025

Morel season is sadly coming to an end…what a great season it was🙂

05/22/2025

Back in December of 2020, I worked with a landowner on a wildlife improvement project. The landowner had around 73 acres that were predominantly aspen poletimber in the 4-8” range and approximately 36 years old ; essentially a monoculture that no longer provided many benefits for grouse and deer which were his target species. We installed 7 patch clearcuts varying in size from 1/8-1/2acre in size with variable locations, some on top of the ridges, some on the side hill, and several in valleys, with different orientations n/s and e/w. All of the trees were directionally fell into the centers of the plots to create coarse woody debris for grouse drumming logs, to provide hiding and escape cover/bedding areas, and to protect new regeneration from deer browse.
With his permission, I went back and assessed the plots in May of 2025.
The results were incredible! All were stocked with a diverse mix of oak, maple, cherry, red pine, white pine, fir, spruce, and some aspen. Essentially we created a micro stand that is quite compositionally different than the surrounding forest making it a wildlife magnet. The deer trails going towards these pockets were incredible especially given the location in northern Marinette County where deer populations aren’t the greatest. Deer were browsing the edges and bedding in the centers. The centers of the plots had the best regeneration given the most sunlight and protection from the majority of browse damage.
We sacrificed around 30 cords of pulpwood creating these patches, but the end result was well worth it.

02/28/2025

Mega cottonwood!!

12/10/2024

Found 12-10-24…Still steamin 🙂

07/18/2023

Well….. another interesting morning in the woods 🙂

07/14/2023

Had some company this morning while checking on a job 🙂

05/11/2023

Yummmm

02/14/2023

Work trip to Door County…always an adventure

06/10/2022

Some interesting finds at work this week