I hate NH deer hunting

[Bowsnbucks]

?? for the VT., NH., & Ma. guys - once the cuts are finished, do they fence them to exclude deer ?? They do here in Pa. on state forest AND state game lands. Inside the fences, it gets thick as H in there. Seedlings, saplings, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, - it becomes a jungle. Once the trees get big enough that deer can't browse them to death, they take the fences down. Some are so thick, you can't see 5 ft. Then they let the trees self-thin for the strongest survivors.

I don't know if that info helps you in any way, but that's the game here. :)

 

[MA VT Flatlander]

Good to hear NH Mtns.



I hear you. Nothing I've ever thought about too much...sometimes I just wonder about policy decisions behind closed doors.




That's a great site MA VT Flatlander...a little funny. I love some of the captions...the poor state forests that have been slaughtered. I live in the Savoy State Forest and thathuge logging area is just starting to regenerate nicely. As you said, it will be nice to see if the deer pop. responds. And if not, why?

The state also cut some WMA. I wonder where the money from that logging went? I hope it went into buying more land for WMA's, and not in to general fund.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

I like that patchwork of cuts. It makes critters want to roam and investigate each of them. More movement - and cover in between the cuts for security.