Never paid attention to the angle but I do know exactly what you are saying David. This crotch was huge, and it has feathering but the black in it to me will help offset what it may lack. I really wanted to take my big saw and my mill and cut that crotch for use as an end or coffee table slab. There are more there, we just couldnt get to everything in a day. We are going to give it a month so the coyotes clean up all the deer carcasses dumped by hunters, then get in there and hunt and gather wood as we come across it. I still plan on going back in in a week or so IF the weather allows it. They are do for 6 inches of snow today and if it stays cold, the wood thats down will have to wait until early spring. We are going to try to get a truck with a winch in there as well, there are a few big crotches just over the hill that got pushed by the dozer. I saw a few Ash, Oak and ofcourse more Cherry in just this one landing area. The loggers just finished another block so we need to get to that landing and see what they left for us