? ? I agree with the above poster saying early Spring and Fall are best. The temperature is down along with the underbrush.
? ? My tip is to buy some women's sockings, cut the feet off, and wear them on your arms. You can choose your colour. I prefer tan myself

. Get the cheapest available. This to ward off the oil on poison ivy. I don't know if it works, but after getting poison ivy twice I came up with this idea. Long sleeved shirts are too hot for me.
? ? Look for the easy, open ground and do that first, like the above poster said.
? ? One day I charged up and down the riverbank and tired myself out from the get go. Should have done the top. The top, edge of the bank, has lots of stuff. Maybe hunters chase the deer to the river and run them along the bank. Because I found an old musket ball and bronze arrowhead up there.
? ? For cutting roots in the hole I got a big, cheap survival/rambo knife. The sheath has a belt loop. I got some inner tube rubber and cut long strips about 1.5" wide. Sewed it onto the lower part of the sheath for a thigh strap to keep it from flapping around. Small, plastic backpack clasp to fasten the band on. Another bit of band, a loop, to keep the hilt tucked against the sheath. Just lift the loop up and off the hilt peg to be able to remove the knife. Sewed that onto the sheath, too.
? ? Cheap knife because hacking roots is bound to hit rocks in the soil.
? ? Very nice md-ing in woods. Enjoy.
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