Originally Posted by 2Dogs
What took you so long, ?! laugh Fire is fine in low value hardwoods I suppose , least that's where I burn. No way I'm lighting one on the side of the mountain in high grade oaks. I'll let a logger stick a saw in them though. I like to grow big deer but I like big $ better.


Ahhh, hence the true conundrum. Landowners not willing to sacrifice growing fully stocked stands of pine or hardwood to grow an abundance of quality wildlife habitat! Does not matter whether you are growing either one if you cant sacrifice the stand stocking rate to let a little sunlight in for the wildlife habitat!! BTW, we burn high value hardwood stands all the time without damage. Depends on the burning technique and timing.

Last edited by gobbler; 05/19/18 08:41 PM.

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