A possible silver linning from this drought.

[Mertz09]

I went to our lease in Schleicher Co. this past weekend and most of the smaller cedar trees were turning brown and could be dead . The larger ones with a more exstinsive root system were still green. The mesquite trees are still green but just not growing. It would not hurt at all to loose some of those cedars that soak up a lot of gound water. Has anyone else noticed this?

[Harvey]

Very few cedars in our portion of Schleicher, but the oak trees have very few leaves. I wonder how long a live oak tree can go dry before dying?? Scary.

[lameduck]

They are dying by the thousands along with other trees in and around Rocksprings

[Patton]

Our place in Rocksprings is taking a beating as well..

[huntingtx]

Many oak trees are dying at our ranch in Llano.

[Richard]

Several trees dieing around here. There won't be any cover left on the trees for a treestand after all the leaves fall off.

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[Playa]

I noticed the exact same thing on my drive between Lubbock and Brownwood this weekend. I thought to myself, "Self, dying cedars is good."

But then as I got closer to Brownwood, I began to notice Oaks, even large mature Oaks dying. Again, I said to myself, "Self, this is NOT good."

I guess nature has a way of taking care of herself. Thinning out the forest isn't a bad thing, forage rarely grows under heavy canopies.

[czechgrubworm]

Is it possible they are capable of going dormant, or they really dying?

[Mertz09]

Put it this way, they look like and feel the dead limbs that I cut off of cedars to build blinds back in turkey season.

[esp]

Could it be that the Live Oaks are just going dormant as a way to save theselves?

[Mertz09]

Could it be that the Live Oaks are just going dormant as a way to save theselves?

I hope that is the case for the oaks, hate to loose what few we have on our lease. But I don't mind loosing the cedars at all.

[Live2Hunt]

I hate to lose cedars, they make great cover for blinds.

On a brighter note, they are hammering the feeders on our place.

[Pin Oak DXT]

I think those large oaks turning brown are all but dead. I got the same problem with some of my timber. My crop agronomist says they are too stressed at this point to likely recover. So basically, a 6 inch rain tomorrow most likely wont save them. Its sad.

[bows08]

quote=Live2Hunt;4109307]I hate to lose cedars, they make great cover for blinds.

On a brighter note, they are hammering the feeders on our place.[/quote]

^^^^This. This was back in the day when it rained as well!!

[Mertz09]

"It would not hurt at all to loose some of those cedars that soak up a lot of gound water. " We have enough of them that thinning out the smaller ones wont hurt. And they won't soak up so much ground water "if" it ever rains again.

On our 5000 acres we 6 watering locations, wells that feed water troughs.