I have a small 15 acre spot of private land that I bow hunt on. Its mostly CRP with a little woods framing it. My landowners just told me that the DNR is going to be burning all of the CRP this spring. How will this affect the deer? I know that the new growth will be good for the deer herd, but does that take a couple of years? Or will it be good this fall.
It will be the best thing that's ever been done to the property. The new growth will start sprouting within weeks and it will provide tons of quality forage. It will also help control your tick population, which will takes stress off of the fawns. It will also help develope new, quality bedding areas.
It will make for excellent turkey hunting as well. The toms love strutting in the fresh green up Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I work fire for the MN DNR, I go back every morning after to walk the fire from the day before to make sure it is out. I have never been on where a fire was and not found deer tracks the next morning. The deer will do nothing but benefit from the fire the area that is burned will green up faster and the nutrients released by the fire is like fertilizing the area. Like Covey said they are doing you a solid favor. I would also suggest you walk the area after the burn to look for sheds.
Last summer I was wondering the same thing after I burned a section of my property. I had deer back in that burned spot within 24 hours and I ended up having more and bigger deer visiting that spot then ever had in the past. Plan on doing it again this year already!
I probably know the guy who is running the crew, is it wildlife or forestry doing the burn? I would guess it is wildlife if so the guy in charge is a great guy been on many fires with him.
The only draw back is if you burn an area that has willow brush, the willows take a tremendous amount of water out of the ground, if you kill the willow brush you may find that brushy area is then wetter than normal and a real possibility of standing water.
