Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher
I have wondered about the "historical" burning season in Alabama, and especially in the great long leaf forest. I don't think there could be much doubt that in my area the Creeks were burning in February to March. I've read many of the books written in their late period by the old traders and government agents, and most of them wrote about this.

What I have no idea about is what was happening 1000 years ago and longer. Did the previous Indians create the forest by constant burning, or did they just maintain what was already here? I don't know, but don't think it really matters; we know how they maintained it.


In order to have natural fire started by lightning strikes then you need lightning……which is very rare in Feb

Aside from when it might have occurred back in the day it doesn’t change what we’re currently doing and when flushes of rodents are “pulsing” and being made available to predators from drip torches…….That concept was the main idea of the podcast episode…….Anyone looking at it objectively would for sure ask the question of how the timing of us flushing rodents with fire impacts things like coyote litter size and predation rates on turkeys, etc…….

Last edited by CNC; 06/03/26 09:43 AM.
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