Fire for wildlife management?

I'm sittin here watching my huntin shows like usual and on e of the shows I'm watching the guy says that fire is the best for management? I thought its kinda crazy. What do yall think?

It is, but not any time soon.

How though? And I know that's right. We need rain like a junkie needs a needle

The fire speeds of the recycling of nutrients into the soil. the new succulent growth that occurs after a fire is very nutritious for the deer. Erosion is typically a big concern after a big fire.

Oh gotcha well that makes since

TPWD burns the state parks up here in sections every couple years. Doesn't take long after a rain for stuff to start greening up.

Only good for management if the fires are in 13" wide patches.

Curly, you are like an annoying dog that barks in the back yard all day. Bark Bark Bark. Wish I could spray you down with a water hose. At least AR lovers don't piss and cry in every post even when the topic isn't about AR.



Bowmadness26,

Here is a good link. If you do some searching on TPWD site you can find some great reads that get in more detail.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/landwater/land/habitats/cross_timbers/habitat_management/

I'm not an expert on this(or anything else) but have observed some fires and their outcomes.

About 25 years ago a fire went through my place in the winter accompanied by 50 to 60 mph winds. This is Montague County where we are all oaks and cedar. Everything looked terrible. It burnt many years of accumulations of dead leaves, dead wood on the ground and low hanging branches. In the Spring everything returned to normal and it was beautiful. I only lost a couple of mature oaks. It put a lot of nutrients into the ground. I probably lost some small animals and all of the plentiful ticks.

Two years ago Montague County had huge summertime fires that were also accompanied by high wind. They killed everything including the trees.

It is my assumption that the fires are beneficial when the sap is down but deadly when the sap is up in the summer.

I could use a controlled burn but there is no way I'm going to even try it. Unless everything is wet I don't even like to burn brush piles.

We've used fire for yrs..to control underbrush, weeds, ect..also
it clears a lot of old dead material out so new growth can occur.
It may save you a wildfire also..Finally got the Doc we hunt with
in So. Texas to try and burn several yrs. ago, when it was wetter
and we had a lot of undergrowth, but he waited too late and we
couldn't get much done..However, where it burned had all new green sprouts in less than 20 days...Look at the side of the
Hwys' where folks have thrown out their smokes..see how quickly
they green up...DD