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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Aug 25, 2013 14:34:40 GMT -5
Checked out the new farm yesterday after the loggers had left. They left it a wreck! Tree tops everywhere! They even cut down smaller trees so they could make their road in and out and let them just lay. Talked to the farmer to see if they were coming back and he said they are done in there. I have a ton of work to do now. I do however, like the path they made through there. I plan on keeping it mowed with hopes of it being more beneficial for getting in and out quietly. I can definitely use the firewood also. As for the brush, I think I may just drag it off and stack it in "V" shape piles and maybe get deer to bed there.
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Post by schall53 on Aug 25, 2013 14:58:21 GMT -5
Pile it up to move the deer through the areas you want them to go.
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Post by jdaily on Aug 25, 2013 16:15:37 GMT -5
I hunt a woods that was logged 10 years ago. The season after they did it was great. You will be surprised at how many deer will travel through it. With it opened up, you can see a long way and then move your blind to the most traveled area. In a couple years, you will have some great bedding areas also. For the record, I thought it would be a disaster for deer hunting, but it turned out to be a great woods to hunt. Good Luck!
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Post by henson59 on Aug 25, 2013 19:47:16 GMT -5
Our new property we purchased last year had been logged in the last 10 years. The down side of it is we don't have a lot of mature trees for tree stands. Most of the property is still a thick mess and the deer love it! We have so many deer that use our place as a bedding area. Once we get some food sources established they really won't have a reason to leave.
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Post by jajwrigh on Aug 25, 2013 23:34:20 GMT -5
The private property that I hunt was logged last year and a lot of is insanely thick now, but there are deer eveywhere. There are still alot of mature trees left as well so it should be a decent year. This was done about 10 years ago in a different part of the propert and I remember feeling like the area was destroyed after the logging was done, but the next season was great!
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Aug 26, 2013 5:48:10 GMT -5
I am still hopeful that the season will be good. Just have to come up with a new game plan as far how to hunt it and where to place stands.
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Post by elmo on Aug 26, 2013 7:15:49 GMT -5
They came in and cut dead wood out of the place where I hunt 3 years ago. I put a stand 25 yards from an intersection that the loggers used. I have taken 6 deer from that stand since. The deer use the road as much as I do. The buck I killed last year walked in my footprints almost all the way to my stand. Don't overlook the junctions that were made in the woods and you should have some good years ahead.
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Post by swilk on Aug 26, 2013 7:16:36 GMT -5
What looks like a nightmare to you looks like heaven to the deer.
They have browse/food and cover.
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 26, 2013 7:25:15 GMT -5
I am still hopeful that the season will be good. Just have to come up with a new game plan as far how to hunt it and where to place stands. Ahhh, but that is the challenge of hunting. Accept the challenge and enjoy.. , |
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Post by lawrencecountyhunter on Aug 26, 2013 7:26:04 GMT -5
Back when I hunted at Crane, everyone targeted the recently logged areas. There are about 60,000 wooded acres on Crane, and the deer would just flock to the thick timber cuts.
If you can, you might even make a small clearing or 2 now that the canopy is pretty much gone and put in a little food plot next year.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 13:43:53 GMT -5
The main issue with hard logged areas is that after the first summer it makes a lot of them completely unhuntable from green briars and brush.
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Post by Sasquatch on Aug 26, 2013 14:06:48 GMT -5
Typical "forest management." While it's true deer like cover, they also like mast. There is a place for mature trees in a healthy forest. You hear a lot about careful selection of timber, but the usual reality is that heavy machinery rolls in and crushes everything in it's path. Trees that aren't worth money are often ringed, and in the end the woods is a rutted mess.
The place where I hunt sells a few trees now and then, but the owner makes sure that the guys doing it don't make a mess and he never cuts everything. That makes a lot more sense to me.
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Aug 26, 2013 16:19:15 GMT -5
I am still hopeful that the season will be good. Just have to come up with a new game plan as far how to hunt it and where to place stands. Ahhh, but that is the challenge of hunting. Accept the challenge and enjoy.. , I sure plan on it. Just have a busy schedule now and I'm afraid season will be here before I get it all done. Either way, even if I don't get all the top cleaned up, they will make good ground blinds with just a little trim here and there! |
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Post by Woody Williams on Aug 26, 2013 16:25:16 GMT -5
Ahhh, but that is the challenge of hunting. Accept the challenge and enjoy.. , I sure plan on it. Just have a busy schedule now and I'm afraid season will be here before I get it all done. Either way, even if I don't get all the top cleaned up, they will make good ground blinds with just a little trim here and there! I would not worry about cleaning up all the tops as deer will bed right in amongst them.. The places I have seen that was logged was actually improved .. |
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Post by Genesis 27:3 on Aug 26, 2013 16:28:23 GMT -5
Ok thanks! I do have concerns of the think briars and weeds but I plan on trying to control that the best I can with the land owners approval.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2013 18:08:39 GMT -5
Most loggers now days will drop trees on skid trails on their way out vs. making expensive water bars which take a dozer. For the hunter, this is a poor option. You need to clear the trails because the deer will use them when the jungle grows up. This might take a few days of heavy equipment work to get it done. You might also check with Soil Conservation folks to make sure the loggers did nothing in violation of the current regs. that they might be responsible to fix, saving you some of your own money
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Post by boonechaser on Aug 27, 2013 12:11:03 GMT -5
We are 2 year's into property being logged. I made sure that mother-in-law had put in contract that once finisded that they graded out and removed dedris from all logging road's. (Which they did) and also i met with the logger/mgr and had him give me colored ribbon to mark all my tree stand location's and food plot area's for them to avoid or not cut down tree's. (Again they did.) Thus I saved 20 or so red and white oak's that would have been cut down. Once they left I disked up and planted imperial whitetail clover on ridge top road's and a grass mix on all other road's, which i now keep bushhogged. Deer use the road's and it's alot easier to get through the property now. Agree with Woody to leave the tops undisturbed as the deer love to bed in them. We are starting to see alot of new undergrowth in area's that were logged heavy. Which again is good as deer eat the brose. So all in all it's a win, win I am seeing. good luck.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Aug 27, 2013 20:25:16 GMT -5
I'm not totally useless, so I can help you clear out some stuff. Just let me know. I'll be off work for another 5 or so weeks.
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Post by ccdeer1960 on Aug 27, 2013 21:13:37 GMT -5
that's what Ive seen after logging. Briars everywhere
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