Holy clear cuts!

[bonecollector123]

Went up to see the damage from the clear cut and they left me about 14 trees on 136 acres and they are across the road cutting now. Timber must be bringing big money right now. They are replanting between Thanksgiving and March so it will be a few years before the hunting gets good again. I will have to bring shade with me every time I go up now. The upside is they knocked 1000.00 of the price so there's that I guess.

 

[earlthegoat2]

Clear cuts generally make pretty good deer hunting for the first few years. Just watch it doesn’t get too thick and overgrown in the coming years.

 

[slow motion]

Went up to see the damage from the clear cut and they left me about 14 trees on 136 acres and they are across the road cutting now. Timber must be bringing big money right now. They are replanting between Thanksgiving and March so it will be a few years before the hunting gets good again. I will have to bring shade with me every time I go up now. The upside is they knocked 1000.00 of the price so there's that I guess.

The deer will still be there. Lots of fresh growth to eat. After a few years it will get difficult to hunt because it's thick but the deer will still be there. You'll have to adapt a bit but the travel routes don't seem to change much. Don't let it get you down. Maintain a few trails. Game will use them too. Just another opportunity to learn. Good luck.

 

[4HAND]

Love hunting clear cuts/cutovers.

 

[Crakajak]

After a clear cut you can see where the deer travels.
Some of the biggest deer we have killed were on a 1-3 y.o. 100 acre clear cut.Especially during the rut.

 

[NCMTNHunter]

Way better than hunting a place that never gets cut.

 

[Dustin Pate]

Few years? More like a few months. I bet it will be crawling with deer by opener.

 

[BeerThirty]

I grew up hunting clear cuts on paper mill land in Wisconsin and we were always quite successful. One would think the deer would relocate but they actually hold quite well, especially for bedding (if the weather ain't too bad). Also, if you're into deer drives, you can push deer out of adjacent woods into the clear cuts.

 

[Spotlite]

Deer will still be there. You can see more, have less hunters.

 

[coolbreezeroho]

Should be good hunting ....Keep you a few shooting lanes cut down when it grows up...I keep one lane cut down thats 300 yards and three other places to hunt that I keep two or 3 lanes cut between 75 and 130 yards...

 

[Gbr5pb]

And clear cutting is what enables us poor people who’s lease got sold to get a new one across the road when it scares off the current hunters

 

[elfiii]

Few years? More like a few months. I bet it will be crawling with deer by opener.

This. ^ Get to the range and start working on your long range shots out past 150 yards. You're gonna need to be good at it.

 

[Deerhead]

Your luck they cut now. You have all summer for browse to grow. The deer will be there eating all that new growth.

 

[bfriendly]

Your luck they cut now. You have all summer for browse to grow. The deer will be there eating all that new growth.

Yep