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http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Woodmen

They didn't even live in the forest. Besides that LORE description, here is some reasons why:

1. Livestock, They had livestock such as sheep, meaning having Sheep in a forest isn't a good idea. They normally would live on pastures near the river. As its more fertile soil. The woodmen wouldn't be able to live in the forest, all the animals are horrid tasting and rare. Plus spiders and orcs.

2. Eagles, the Eagles were able to attack the woodmen' sheep, which also means they were in pastures away from giant tree canopies keeping birds away.

3. Geography, The hobbit states the orcs and wargs were planning an attack on the woodmen from goblin town. Meaning they would have had to cross the giant Anduin!!!! To attack them if they lived in the forest.

4. Trees, there are trees outside of the greenwood where woodmen might have cleared you know.

Normal Woodmen are literally generic Northmen, and would wear a plain sort of iron armour. I like a sort of combination of a red tunic with iron chainmail, kinda opposite of Dale's armour, but with red and some different patterns.