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If you’ve killed more than 1 deer in the last decade, I will accept this as statistically significant data. LolIn the past decade every single deer, both muley and whitetail, that I've killed has been in/near a burn or recently logged area. Any sort of edge habitat with a nutrient recharge is going to be a deer magnet, I'd go all in on your buddy's idea.
Haha, usually 2 or 3 a season, it's good dataIf you’ve killed more than 1 deer in the last decade, I will accept this as statistically significant data. Lol
But is it only because deer are at the burn area and NOT anywhere else or is it just that you’ve predominantly hunted the burn area?Haha, usually 2 or 3 a season, it's good data
But is it only because deer are at the burn area and NOT anywhere else or is it just that you’ve predominantly hunted the burn area?
I can say hunting burn areas is a waste since I never killed one in a burn area. What is conveniently left out it is the key detail: not bothered to hunt them. Tiny detail there but makes a huge difference.
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Wouldn’t bet the farm but it’s something to check out. Seen deer and bear cruising through overly fresh burn looking for food. Seen similar area be animal-free for a couple of years after. Maybe water issue? But have one small parcel that historically was a paradise; tons of food and game. But the area around it got burnt crisp. Two years later and there still plenty of food but there’s only a single sow and cub; still no deer nor javelina.
In the past decade every single deer, both muley and whitetail, that I've killed has been in/near a burn or recently logged area. Any sort of edge habitat with a nutrient recharge is going to be a deer magnet, I'd go all in on your buddy's idea.
Good info here. Adding nuance to the blanket concept of hunting the burn is legitimate.Sometimes really hot, intense fires that result from decades of supressing the smaller natural fires can also burn down to mineral soil.
I also would like to hear some perspectives on your question. No doubt it will vary depending on fire intensity and ecosystem, but for a middle of the road fire intensity in the inter mountain west, how soon would you anticipate animal activity to return following a fire.How soon after are you hunting them? To quantify, I am more talking about an average fire, not a flash burn that skims the top nor a kiln that torches everything to nothing.
How soon after are you hunting them? To quantify, I am more talking about an average fire, not a flash burn that skims the top nor a kiln that torches everything to nothing.