Ran a fire through the farm this weekend

[hesseu]

Timing and weather finally cooperated. Have had a 52 acre burn planned this dormant season. While not "great" satellite pics, EOS has a landviewer that captured these aerial images. The before and after. 26 acres of old field management burned, and 26 acres of TSI woods burned. Was a little different this go-around with an easterly wind.

 

[Hardwood11]

Find any sheds ?

 

[Daver]

I'm jelly! Nice work!

 

[Tmayer13]

My second favorite habitat practice to perform(TSI/Chainsaw work #1). I was hoping to burn this past weekend as well but still had some wet spots! Nice work

 

[cchadww]

We are burning a couple units this year. One will be in timber the other is old field. We plan to wait until the late March/early April to knock back invasive. Also does amazing for turkeys!


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[IowaBowHunter1983]

Nice work! Fire is such a fantastic tool used strategically.

 

[LoessHillsArcher]

Cool! Post some followup pics of your timber burns if you think of it!

 

[hesseu]

Find any sheds ?

Really didn't look for any. For 2 guys, we were VERY busy getting this done on a 1 day burn I will have to go looking when back up there. Last year found some small ones after a burn...but, we burned in March last year.

 

[hesseu]

Cool! Post some followup pics of your timber burns if you think of it!

That's the plan. Since I'm in SW Missouri, we will green up a couple of weeks sooner. This is the first fire after the TSI work was completed. So, I'm pretty excited to see how it responds.

 

[hesseu]

We are burning a couple units this year. One will be in timber the other is old field. We plan to wait until the late March/early April to knock back invasive. Also does amazing for turkeys!


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Fire is my favorite turkey "food plot" Our month of March is extremely busy, so we had to take advantage of the day!

 

[Nightvision]

I love controlled burns. And so do the critters.

 

[iowavf]

Yup very good tool, also a very bad tool if used by beginners who think they know what they're doing! We see a few of these type every spring.

 

[hillrunner]

Remember to let the fire department know what you are doing. Trust me, you'll feel stupid when suddenly there are firemen walking through your timber because a passer by called it in. !

 

[Sligh1]

I was the young kid who played with fireworks & seemed to catch everything on fire & fire dept called several times. Burnt down my neighbors pine tree. Field fires. I’ll admit - I never do anything with fire since I have PTSD from fires as a kid. I’m gonna learn this & do it safely.

 

[hesseu]

Road systems and creeks are your best friend. Another reason why I'm a huge proponent of having a road around your property and not just through it. Humidity between 30-60% ( I prefer 40-60%), Winds 3-8 mph