Been trying to have some timber work done on my property going on 3 yrs now . Seems Dang near impossible finding someone willing to cut small tracts.. Ive even offered to give the timber away .. Would like to clear cut 13 acres of 22yr old pine & thin 5 acres of 13yr old pine. The goal here is strictly to create some bedding / browse in the 2 areas. Question i have regarding only the 5 acres of younger pines. would hand cutting some of these younger pines draw beetles into the uncut timber if the cut timber is left on the ground? Thanks guys