thorn bushes

[greennuggets7]

Ive been getting my final spots picked out these past weeks, and cam across a Field of thorn bushes,at least a 50X100, filled with thorn bushes and a few intermident pine tree throughtout as in maybe 1 every 10 yds squared. This spot seems perfect... except... How the fuck to navigate it.


These are really dense, thornbushes, I was wearing a shirt and jeans, I got in maybe 3 feet into it and it looks like i slept in barbed wire bed.

I wanted to see what are some techniques you guys use navigating these.

I was thinking a thick rain coat? Waders?

I would not like to clearbush it, as it would defeat the purpose?

Thanks for the input, as I have to get in this damn bush one way or another

 

[RosettaStoned]

Heavy denim/flannel jacket, heavy jeans, good gloves.
Can you crawl under it?

 

[greennuggets7]

theres not much crawl space under, but it looks like its gonna be the only way in

 

[RosettaStoned]

Its worth it. Those babies will do wonders to keep intruders out.

 

[niceeven]

Good point RosettaStoned, in my mind crawling under is the best if not the only option. The problem with 'navigating" greennuggets7 is that it leaves a trail. All of the sudden a very thick area has a trail through it and it's amazing how trails attract not only people but animals as well. You may not think that going there once will be leaving a trail but do it often enough and it will, trust me. I often read about people reporting that deers followed them to their patches. Animals are quite curious actually and THEY WILL investigate new activity. People are the same. I have spent quite a bit of time in the bush in my life and when I see something out of the ordinary (broken branches, trees, unlikely signs of activity, trails in an unlikely spot) I WILL investigate. It's just the way it is. In the hard to access areas departement, I love wind blown areas. Talk about hard to access.

Just my two cents.

 

[RosettaStoned]

Yes by the end of the season it can get pretty big. Best thing to do is to make an easy path leading away from the plants, and a hard path with lots of crawling/ thorns to get in. I did this after I dug my holes/lugged my dirt for this year.
Maybe an easy path that leads back onto the trail, the woods is block by thorns leading to the patch, and as I get out there, I will make it even more tricky throughout the forest. We get cat briers around here, they will grow 20-30 ft up a tree sometimes, in groups, too. You can pull them down and do some defensive landscaping
Natural fence that will keep growing, blends in completely, blocks out the locals.
Maybe this could help with deer, too? If put up around the plant?

 

[supermanlives]

grab long branch and use it as lever to make a crawl space. takes a while . cover the entrance .

 

[Still Invisible]

Cut a small tunnel into the bushes, one that you have to get down on hands and knees to enter, after about 5 feet make a 90 degree turn for about 6 feet and then you can make an easy to walk trail to your plants. The 90 degree turn means that if anywone does discover the entrance it looks like the trail only goes 6 feet or so and then comes to a dead end. And cover the entrance to the tunnel with a branch.
Sounds like you have the perfect spot, I would put 50 in there if I were you.

 

[WillWork4Weed]

Generally speaking, making a path is asking for trouble. Paths invite curious 2 and 4 legged creatures. Keep in mind briars, thorns etc will do nothing to keep rabbits at bay, but MAY help with deer if its thick and high enough. The best way I've found to get through it is long, thick jeans, and long-sleeved shirts. Sometimes its best to just leap forward through the thorns to keep moving. I've been there too and I know it can feel like you're hopelessly entangled in the middle of miles of stickers, brambles and thorns but perservere and a harvest is almost assured. Few things will keep people out quite like "nature's own barbed wire." LOL

 

[greennuggets7]

Generally speaking, making a path is asking for trouble. Paths invite curious 2 and 4 legged creatures. Keep in mind briars, thorns etc will do nothing to keep rabbits at bay, but MAY help with deer if its thick and high enough. The best way I've found to get through it is long, thick jeans, and long-sleeved shirts. Sometimes its best to just leap forward through the thorns to keep moving. I've been there too and I know it can feel like you're hopelessly entangled in the middle of miles of stickers, brambles and thorns but perservere and a harvest is almost assured. Few things will keep people out quite like "nature's own barbed wire." LOL

Haha i hear ya. Ive worked on a spot similar to this before but A LOT less dense. That moment where you are standing still for maybe a few minutes, and think "why the fuck am i in here" then you think of your ansewer and come out looking like a murder scene

 

[Leroy Brown]

I have one spot where I go in with a backpack that has a few gallons of water in it, throw it ahead and then walk on the mat that is created, using a new way every time to avoid any trails.

 

[WillWork4Weed]

Haha i hear ya. Ive worked on a spot similar to this before but A LOT less dense. That moment where you are standing still for maybe a few minutes, and think "why the fuck am i in here" then you think of your ansewer and come out looking like a murder scene

Yeah, I feel like every season I'm just out there to give blood... between thorns, mosquitoes and ticks, I'm a one-man walking buffet!

 

[greennuggets7]

I have one spot where I go in with a backpack that has a few gallons of water in it, throw it ahead and then walk on the mat that is created, using a new way every time to avoid any trails.

Thanks for the idea. I tried this out with a log, it's not perfect , but rip up a lot less of my body