Hey all! I'm new to the site and I'm sure this has been talked about before... But does anyone else just love burning in the Spring? I'm not a pyro type of guy, but MAN there is just something I love about burning, and seeing a white shed laying on the black ground!
I have never actually burned before. I am thinking about clearing a 2 acre pasture for a food plot and I may have to do a burn because the weeds and grass are pretty thick and I can't go over that with my tiller.
I usually burn a fair amount in the spring. It's a great natural way to get rid of the old duff and promote new growth. I just till me a fire line, light into the wind and let it slow burn. Takes a lot longer that burning with the wind, but you get a much cleaner and controlled burn.
We are starting a lot of prescribed burning here. I hate doing it, the threat of a wildfire scares the puddin out of me but it's something that has to be done. I had about 112 acres of native warm season grass crp that had to be burned every year for the last decade so I'm familiar enough with it to respect it....still hate it.
I have never done it before but I have a small food plot that I want to put in this year and was actually thinking of burning it. What is the best/easiest way to do this?
I have never burned before but like you I think about bowhunting all day every day!!!! Cant wait for October 1, 2014!
Be careful with the burning. I've seen too many outbuildings, campers, cars and houses lost to grass fires. Also...check your local laws.
I would like to but if it gets away with these big ridges there is no stopping it. Good friend of mine burned his neighbors lake house down while he was inside having a soda,a fire which he thought was out kicked back up went up the hill destroyed a small house and the boat sitting next to it.
These get away fires can be mitigated with the proper precautions. Like Caleb said, be careful about it for sure. I helped burn a few hundred acres in Kansas while out there Turkey hunting a few springs ago... it was awesome. Plowing under WIDE fire breaks helps and choosing days that the wind is steady.
We are always mindful of the wind when we burn. You just have to know whats beyond your target area. We have tilled up a row or two for fire breaks, but we typically let the fire go, and just keep an eye on it. In SE Kansas, there is a lot of old mining land that is real dumpy, up and down, land. We like to get the fire in there to burn up a lot of that winters damage thruoghout the dumps. Like someone mentioned, back burning is a pretty safe and controlled way to burn. If you have a fairly calm breeze out of the north, start your fire on the south end and just make sure to stomp it out before it takes off south, and it will slowly burn back to the north. Once a small area has burned back a few feet you dont have to keep as close of an eye on it, as the burnt grass will act as your fire stop. Just start small so you can control the fire early... and if its too windy, I wouldnt recommend this. A strong wind will blow embers all over and its impossible to control. The burning just helps many of your native grasses germinate for the spring. I am starting a new food plot this springs that is has been used for hay in the past. I will burn it this weekend and then prep it for the plot in abother week or so. But most cattle men will burn their hay pasture to insure their grass grows to its potential
To look at the fire and watch it burn! Jk it can help jumpstart new life to dying grasslands Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
