Hack & Squirt in Action

Reasons for Hack & Squirt

I use the hack and squirt method of woods thinning for specific reasons:

• When re-sprouting of the tree is not necessary or not desired
  • control sprouting of trees for longer periods of open understory
  • control undesirable species in the stand.
  • shifting species composition in the stand
• When the timber stand is at a stage where it is overstocked with smaller diameter stems and
  • Advance regeneration of desirable species is not needed for many years
  • felling the trees proves difficult because of high stocking rate.
• When renovating a glade or woodland and felling the small trees would add too much fuel to the ground increasing fire risk or damage to remaining standing trees.

Here is the Hack & Squirt method of thinning in action!