If you're planting trees then you're in it for the long term. You're really setting things up for what it'll be like 7-10 years down the road. A year or two is not that much....you can get a whole lot more trees for the money though to start out with the bare root seedlings. To really start making a difference and producing a lot of mast....you need to put in a decent amount of trees. One single tree is not gonna be a whole lot different than dumping out a little corn on the ground one day or something. Some individual trees produce better than others as well.
Your point is well made, my current property availability is 50 some odd acres that is all woods. At this point, I'm trying to get in the game, probably plant between 6-10 trees in February, split between two locations on the property. Ideally, next summer I can clear another lane or three for more trees. I would however counter your observation about a few pears is the same as corn dumped on the ground. One will get you a ticket, the other won't
I know you value the hard masts as indicated in your posts, but when I'm already covered up with so many oaks I stopped trying to figure out where they were, do you think it's worth planting additional hard mast varieties? In my walk up to my food plot yesterday(or giant mass of weeds that will be my food plot) I counted 14 mature white oaks. Inside a 100 yard stretch of walking. by mature I mean larger around than my waist. That's not to count the other flavors of oak that I know exist.
