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I have three white oak logs that I want to mill but will not be able to mill them for a couple months.  Is there a good way to store them or cover them to keep insects from getting to them? I do plan to keep them off the ground.

Thanks

Drop them in a pond if you have that as an option.  Otherwise, end seal them with a wax based product (Anchorseal seal is one).  You should be ok for a couple of months.

Wudman

Ask this question again in the sawmills and milling section.  

  White oak is very resistant to rot. I'd seal the ends, stack them on a couple of brow logs to keep them off the ground and saw them when time permitted.

Ambrosia beetles like white oak.  If you don't want the little black beetle holes, best spray the logs with DOT (disodium octaborate tetrahydrate).  If I let white oak logs lay down here for a couple of months during the warmer month, they are sure to get ambrosia beetles.  Does not hurt anything except for the little holes they leave behind. 

The colder/wetter the better. Not in the sun and on the ground is cooler than off the ground.