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Post by tjshunter13 on Oct 31, 2015 9:37:19 GMT -5
Well yesterday, I talked to the landowner of one of my hot spots and he let me know they had decided to log the small wood lot where my stand is at. I was almost heartbroken when he told me that. I have a few pictures of a big buck and lots of does at this stand and I am just wondering what you all think about the effect it will have on the deer and their movements? It's not like they stay in the woods where I am at. They all come from the big woods on neighboring properties to the north and east of my stand but they all come out into the fields around my stand usually. With this cutting and working going on there for at least another week, would you think my season is shot at this stand? Or should I still give it a shot?
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Post by deadeer on Oct 31, 2015 10:05:48 GMT -5
Those deer will be there every night when the loggers leave, but of course will be nowhere around when the work is being done. I watched this two times now. If your stand is anywhere near, you better move it as the destruction is unthinkable, at least what I have seen. If they don't clean up the treetops, it will be a haven for critters afterwards. My hunting woods was crawling with deer and turkeys like everyone came from miles around to check it out and use it for cover. Depending on when the work is done, it could be a good deal for you in the future. I was all bent out of shape at first, but seeing first hand it turned out to be OK. Since then, they bulldozed the whole thing and burnt it to the ground for farming, but the one season was exceptional. Good luck!
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Post by esshup on Oct 31, 2015 11:47:39 GMT -5
deadeer, that's my experience too. Going from a mature woods to one that is logged, not the first year, but the 2nd through about the 5-6th year is when it is good. Lots of cover near the ground, and in non-agricultural areas, the new trees that are popping up create a lot of food sources (browse) for the deer.
Once it gets really thick, hunt the edges or the trails leading to the logged area.
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Post by 76chevy on Oct 31, 2015 12:01:16 GMT -5
spot on posts above, year 2 on will be great! Hunting will be much better. Yr 1 might be rough but hang in there.
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Post by 3ptbuck on Oct 31, 2015 12:14:49 GMT -5
If they really open up the canopy, see if you can run a bush hog through the logging trails that are left behind a couple time a year.
The woods I'm hunting at home was logged plus a macroburst storm hit it a year later and it's grown up so much now that 3/4 of it is inaccessible to me. Full of deer, I just can't get to them in most areas.
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Post by Land Between the Lakes on Oct 31, 2015 18:26:28 GMT -5
It can be beneficial to many species including deer. Usually a few years after the logging is when you notice the benefits based on my experiences. I have helped with logging operations in the Forest Service and I have seen deer, quail, and other species use the areas within a few days of being logged.
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Post by chasingtails on Oct 31, 2015 18:30:40 GMT -5
It might create more underbrush in the woods in a few years that a plus for you if you can wait.
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Post by swilk on Oct 31, 2015 18:32:49 GMT -5
How it'll go this year is questionable but it should be much improved in future years. Once the sunlight is able to hit the forest floor it explodes with browse and cover....what looks like hell to us looks like heaven to them.
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Post by budd on Nov 1, 2015 8:42:18 GMT -5
Buying ten acres down in Cass with a house on it, going to clear cut it. Should be good in a couple years.
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Post by esshup on Nov 1, 2015 12:17:11 GMT -5
Buying ten acres down in Cass with a house on it, going to clear cut it. Should be good in a couple years. I would selectively log vs. clear cut if there are mature mast producing trees on it. Leave mast producing trees in strategic areas and trees where you can hang stands. |
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Post by boonechaser on Nov 1, 2015 13:29:11 GMT -5
More browse, more bedding, security cover = more deer.
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Post by budd on Nov 1, 2015 18:11:28 GMT -5
Think I got the 8 acres of ajoining woods bought also, managing it for rabbit habitat, should be good deer cover as well.
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 2, 2015 8:56:00 GMT -5
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Post by tynimiller on Nov 2, 2015 9:34:02 GMT -5
Logging only causes temporary ill affects to hunting...and even then it just changes them. In the long run you will be thankful this happened! Discuss with the landowner possibly once all his money trees are out doing some hinging for bedding as well...and perhaps a small micro plot....but overall the woods will provide SO MUCH more cover and food now that browse will explode. The cut tops will have fresh shoots from this year on them too and the deer are gonna be ALL OVER THEM!
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Post by throbak on Nov 2, 2015 12:51:18 GMT -5
I think you'll find hhe deer coming to.the cut tops immediately all that previous unreachable brouse will draw them like a magnet
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Post by tynimiller on Nov 2, 2015 13:00:22 GMT -5
I think you'll find hhe deer coming to.the cut tops immediately all that previous unreachable brouse will draw them like a magnet Not gonna lie...we've been known to do some hinging late season for this thought  |
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Post by budd on Nov 2, 2015 13:08:46 GMT -5
Late winter its nothing to see deer in and around the equipment while they are logging.
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