CNC,
I'm happy to see your disagreement. Hey, that's why we discuss here is to learn, (I assume). Other than your points on funneling deer and blocking poachers, for me and and my hunting partners, the practice is an unfeasable one on so many basic fronts. Our collective study-time and field experience, along with "skins on the wall" tell us a contrary story to what you tell. Will the practice of hinge-cutting have a negative affect to the aforementioned stated benefits in your reply?? Certainly
it will not. However, what I was pushing to Mdees was the fact there are so many superior ways to hinge-cutting which will create even better cover/ bedding, plus much hugher protein food and more tonnage of that food. My point may have gotten overlooked in my earlier post, but there it is. I doubt many would disagree with this follow-up assessment. Hey, but if hinge-cutting is your thing, by all means crank up the ol' Stihl!