Arrrrrrggggggg!

[Rifleman1911]

I want quadding this weekend to check out the area that I went hunting in last fall and to see the lay of the land without the snow. ( New to hunting that area)

I found that the tree that I set my stand on was gone, and all of the others around it. They logged it all, just for OSB and newspaper.

This spot had some real potential, I saw a lot of activity in the area and pulled out a nice whitetail from there in the rut last year.

I normally don't mind logging as it gives me ways to get in the areas using the roads but I seemed to find nice spot and they go and log it for me.

well rant off.

 

[Accurate]

That sucks. Any sign of the stand?

 

[joe m]

By the fall there will be lots of browse where they cut. Find another tree on the cutblock edge & hang your stand there.

 

[waderow]

logging will tend to revive an area. The area will grow in with fresh shoots, and the moose and deer will thrive in it. As long as they dont spray it. Sometimes they spray herbicide to promote spruce growth....

 

[casterpollox]

This could be a good thing. Don't get upset just yet. Like mentioned above, the new growth will attract a lot of different critters into the area. Bears, moose, elk, deer. They will all be looking for those tasty, tender shots to start coming up. The stumps also allow for grubs and insects that will also attract animals into the area for a snack.

I do understand the frustration though.

 

[Rifleman1911]

I have a steel stand that I put up in about 40 minutes., but it seems that all of the work that I did last fall makeing shooting lanes and clearing tall grass and such was a waste, as well as all of the time finding the spot.

I guess I will have to see what the critters are doing in the fall. (SIGH)

 

[grijim]

I've had it happen to me on a few occasions, drives around the bend but some how I move on and live with it, Not much else you can do.

 

[daveg01]

If the logging occurred in the winter, you might be just fine. Time will tell, but if the critters came through there before they probably will again. Plus you will have lots of new growth coming up.

On the bright side, you should have lots of light to put a food plot in now

 

[John Y Cannuck]

If the area fills with raspberry cane, and slash, the deer will come.
Hard on your hide though.