How select clearing works
It starts with deciding what stays. We walk the ground with you or go over photos and a map, and you show us the trees you want left. Some people flag them. Some just say keep every oak over a certain size. Either way works as long as we both know the plan before the mulcher starts.
The mulcher on our tracked skid steer works around the keepers and grinds the brush and unwanted trees into mulch. Tracks spread the weight better than tires, which helps on soft ground and around roots. When a tree is too big for the mulcher and has to come out, we will talk about how to handle it.
What affects the job
Density is the biggest factor. A thicket of privet, vines and saplings takes longer than open woods with a little brush. How many trees you keep matters too. The more keepers, the more careful work around each one. The size of what comes out decides whether the mulcher handles it or it needs heavier work.
Ground matters as well. Low, wet Delta woods on heavy clay can be slow going in winter and spring. Slopes along a bayou or ditch bank take more care. Tell us how you plan to use the ground after, whether that is a yard, a camp, a stand site or just open woods, so we leave it the way you want.
Select clearing on hunting land
A lot of select clearing in the Delta is on hunting land. Thinning the thick stuff opens up sight lines and lets light reach the ground, while the big oaks that drop acorns stay standing. It can also open a spot for a food plot or a camp without clearing the whole tract.
Mississippi State University Extension suggests food plots of at least one acre so they get enough sun, and says several smaller plots spread across a property beat one big field. If you are planning plots, tell us where. We can clear the spot, and our lanes and trails work can tie it to the road.
Who it is for
People building in the woods who want the house among the trees, not on a bare lot. Landowners with a wooded lot that has grown up thick and needs cleaning out. Hunters who want to see deeper into their woods. Folks who bought land and want to walk it before they decide what to build.
If you want the whole lot cleared and the timber windrowed, look at our land clearing page instead. If what you need is a way through the woods, see lanes and trails. Not sure which one you need? Describe the ground and what you want it to look like, and we will help you sort it out.
