For those that burn food plots, what is the best way to do it? Tips, pointers, tricks. All info appreciated.

Fire.

get blm/antiteefa

disc a 10 foot row around the edge, burn into the wind

Ist step is to buy a drip torch, step 2 is a good fire lane around what your burning. Manpower is a good security blanket. Don't burn if it's windy, it can jump fire lane and then the chit show is on, been there, done that, you don't want to experience it, it's scary. Start with a back fire into the wind, once the back fire gives you a good buffer, you can burn with the wind toward the back fire. If you have a shifting or swirling wind, go fishing instead unless you're up for a rodeo

Yep.

I use a drip torch and I prefer a steady, windy day to burn.

All of the above and call for your burn permit.

^^^^ This guy knows...

Jeremy

People have to overcomplicate the simplest things. 🙄

Only if it’s over 1/4 of an acre.

If you have a four wheeler sprayer have it handy just in case it gets out.

Also, make sure to have plenty of bottled water for the VFD when they have to show up. It is much appreciated after a brush fire.

Jeremy

It was two summers ago when I accidentally started a fire in a sage field. After it was over, the whole thing was comical, but it didn't seem funny at the time.
I nearly had a heart attack and a heat stroke, trying to beat out the fire with pine tops, before I gave in and called the fire dept.
When they arrived, one of the paramedics brought me the bottle water and asked me to sit in the AC to cool off. I'm pretty sure he was amazed that I didn't die.

How do you accidentally start a fire in the middle of a sage field?

Honestly I think it was the truck muffler. The fire started under the truck. It was extremely dry.
And extremely terrifying for a bit. 😳

CNC in 3...2...1

I bet that would've been a joy to see!!!!

I have found a gas blower to be helpful.

Do you use it to blow gas all around before and during or just during the fire???

3 of us fought one 3 or 4 years ago, during the drought, that was started by a guy cutting an old lock off of a gate with an angle grinder. That one kicked our tails. I told my son's girlfriend to start praying for rain, and about 10 minutes later it started coming down. Had not rained before that for weeks. It was a much welcomed sight.

Jeremy

FIL started one on his place while bushogging sage field. hit a rock, caused a spark, wind hit it and woooosh it took off... He hopped off tried to put out with a jacket and pine tops to no avail... He got back on the tractor dumped the clutch on the tractor and stalled it, it failed to start back up. Lost a good tractor in it but he was VERY LUCKY.

Dayum that sucks but that would be my luck

Wow. That would suck. My luck too.

Flip side to that. My buddy was pushing debris into a burn pile. Tractor died and burned to the ground. Insurance pays him some stupid amount. He buys cab tractor. His dad rebuilds the old tractor. Now he can ride in the A/c or do chores with the rebuilt Frankenstein tractor.
Lucky SOG always comes out like that.

some people have luck like that... fall in a bucket of crap and come out smellin like a rose. Ha

Not me.

If you don't have much experience with burning from nd someone that does and get them to help. Burning off fields can be super simple, but at times it can be really sketchy. If it's too dry or windy don't force it.

Burn them at night. The temperature drops, humidity rises and the winds usually calm down. All of these can turn a raging blaze into a puppy dog. A slow moving, low fire is perfect for plots and is a lot easier to handle.

Now why would anyone want to go and set there food plot on fire??

Just a broke bottle can start one .

After you spray them there is a lot of stuff left on the surface. Burning releases nutrients, removes SOME weed seed and makes it a million times easier to till.

Do you have to be a burn manager to get a burn permit?

No. Calling it a burn “permit” makes it sound much more official than it is. You just call the forestry commision and they ask when and where you’re burning and that’s pretty much it.

yea I burnt 3 this past weekend works great