How long for a clear cut to grow?

If land is clear cut between now and September will there be any growth before Deer season, or will it be pretty Bare? What about land clear cut in June?

It'll be mostly bare both times especially if u get the amount of rain we've had this summer...they'll both have weeds but it's still good hunting

It won't have much browse I would dang sure be huntin it

I hate a cut over!!!!

Pretty bare. Still a great place to look a long ways. Depending on the land owner or timber company it might be that way for the next two or three years depending if they choose to spray afterwards or not

Was on a club in Marion Co where they clear cut pines and hardwoods during the summer. Everyone was pretty upset. To our surprise, the deer were traveling their same routes right after the loggers left and continued to do so through that fall and winter.

It will be surface of the moon bare. Some deer will still walk it though. Its just ugly to look at.

Herbicide application will determine a lot for the next couple years.

Aint any better hunting out there

I have killed some good deer on clear cuts after they were cut in the summer, it takes sometime for them to grow back, but the deer will use them......

This is the correct answer.

I love a clear cutt - killed my biggest buck off one - awesome to hunt

My thinned timber areas have taken off - jungle thick - was wide open past turkey season - so thick my turkey hunting may b about done - but the deer should thrive

They did this same thing in September of 2018 at my aunt and uncles and it was bare dirt due to them having a guy with a dozer come in and rake it before planting long leaf pines. I hunted from November til the end of the season in February and I pretty well saw deer everytime I went there and had some really good deer on camera. By about August or September of 2019 I was having to go there with the bush hog to mow an area to hunt and been doing it every year since then.

A fire every couple of years will reset that

Love me some flames in a cutover every couple years. Can hunt it indefinitely. Forever and ever and ever and ever.

rather hunt any stage/age cutover than most other terrain type we have- almost always see deer and especially bucks during rut.

If they left the tree tops and limbs laying around I’d hunt it.

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They will hit bare dirt hard the first year - and then it just gets better the next year - that first few years ought to be fun

I have 40-50 acres of beautiful mature thinned burned pine timber I wish to heck was a clear cut. It would be a clear cut right now if not for a lying scum bag timber buyer. Lesson learned is do not write a 1 year contract and when the guy is telling ya how they will be able to knock that right out as soon as it is dry enough, SOB is lying out his face. Unfortunately my best friend, who was in the business his whole life, vouched for the guy and it turns out he was a piss poor judge of character. So I expect I am going to be 1 year behind in my management plan and then have to go find someone who will actually get it cut.

Hunt it until you can't see in it. Maybe next three years. If they spray it you may not see a deer in it for six months.

You should have some growth but not a lot. Next year will be awesome though.