Maple tree I'd?

[Hunt4sap]

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I'm not great at adding pictures to the site yet but here's one picture and I'll send more I believe most of what I've tapped are all the same species I just got a hydrometer for sap a couple days ago and look forward to checking my bucket's today to see what sugar content I'm collecting currently from the pictured trees.
I would love to know for sure but most of these are so mature the first limbs are probably 40 feet in the air so it's tough to identify them when the leaves are on.

[Hunt4sap]

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Here's a another picture of a different tree of me tapping last weekend 1 20 18

[Hunt4sap]

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Here's another picture of different tree

[Hunt4sap]

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Here's a close-up picture of bark and a sap droplet as a bonus!

[Hunt4sap]

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Here's a different one of another tree it shows more of the base of the tree roots

[KJamesJR]

Those could be red maples but I don't know for sure. If you could snap a photo of the buds that would be a clear indicator.

As far as I know, even my mature sugar maples still maintain a kind of platinum/grey colored bark. Those look more light brown/yellow.

[buckeye gold]

your good red maple....cook that sap

[treehugger89]

All the pics seem to be red maples. Would have to see the buds to be sure.

[maple flats]

Reds with a good canopy will usually get you 2% or better. It's all about the crown, more leaves = more sugar. Those are all reds from what I see. Keep tapping. Be careful not to overtap, 10-17" DBH 1 tap max, 18-25" DBH 2 taps, over 25" 3 taps if on buckets, if you get vacuum in the future, you use fewer taps. DBH is the diameter at breast height or more accurately for tapping "at tapping height".

[Hunt4sap]

Wow, thanks for everyone's reply!
I made syrup in 2016 last( 27 taps, I think about 100 gallons of sap= 1.6 gallons of syrup as closely as I could keep track)1 st yr tapping ever...
How do red maples rank for sugar content normally?
So if I can somehow get a close-up of a bud now will that be a sure way of me knowing what kind of maple I have?
I actually milled a tree of same species that was hollow from ground up to about 6' above ground( rest of tree was solid good wood)it did have a red look to wood grain.
Let me see if I can find/ post pics of that (maybe that help to IDENTIFY excact species)

[Hunt4sap]

It was blown down for 2 yrs before I could buy a chainsaw/ milling supplies to do that, but I have about 20 boards that are 11' long and 28" wide by 1.5" thick with a couple I milled 4" thick to make benches( got 1 in my sugar shack now, pictures to come...)

[Hunt4sap]

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Why can't I post more than 1 picture per reply?

[Hunt4sap]

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Another picture from today in my woods.

[Hunt4sap]

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And I have to type at least 10 characters per reply or it says must have 10 characters?

[Hunt4sap]

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4" thick bench in my sugar shack finally made this year.

[Hunt4sap]

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Another of sugar shack bench finished this year.

[Hunt4sap]

Sorry for post after post,but I can't figure out how to get more than 1/post?

[Hunt4sap]

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Maple that I milled in 2016 , was hollow.
Can see that hollow spot in picture.

[Hunt4sap]

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Think I figured out how to get more than 1 picture, let's see if this works...

[Hunt4sap]

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Here's a picture of the buds(with tree in backround)

[Moeferg]

How about this one? Sugar or red?17675