Also some conflict with burning late. This is my lease. I burned it in Early August to control 3 year growth of gums. Turkeys are using it like a winter burn right now. You can see the exceptional knockback of the gum with the growing season fire and no pine damage. It would not burn in hardwood stands if you tried. Pic was this week
Plus a cool drone vid of burning one of my favorite turkey hunting places in AL on Tuesday. A little shaky, still learning the drone video stuff. Might have burned up a turkey nest though Place is loaded with turkeys!
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Good stuff and nice video. From the picture it looks like you had a very high percentage kill on those sweetgums. What would you say is an average kill on 2-3 yr old sweetgums during a summer burn?
Good stuff and nice video. From the picture it looks like you had a very high percentage kill on those sweetgums. What would you say is an average kill on 2-3 yr old sweetgums during a summer burn?
in pine areas, 100% top kill on sweetgum less than 15' tall. They try to basal sprout then get frosted back so really depletes root reserves and 1 year later the regrowth might be 4-5" vs 3' on winter burns. However actual mortality might be 10-15% vs 1% on a winter burn
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Place is loaded with turkeys! 
