First controlled burn on the new property! - Proving Grounds 2
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2023
- Controlled burning is one of the most effective and efficient ways to improve the overall habitat on your property. Follow along as the GrowingDeerTV® team completes the first burn of 2023!
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From a forestry employee, thank you for covering the firelines and safety info. Many dont
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
It's Martin Luther King day and my son and I just burned about twenty acres of timber today.
One tip, have two methods of fire suppression for each person. The only time I had a fire get out on me was when my ATV spray pump went out. Had to call the fire department and they put it out with a combination of pump up sprayers and leaf blowers.
This is one of my favorite channels. It combines university-level research with practical applications.
Lots of ticks declining here 😊
Thank you Grant and crew, wonderful learning video God bless...
NOW WE'RE TALKING!
Grant you are awesome!!!
My favorite time of the year. Burn Season!
Great video. Can't wait to see follow up videos the upcoming spring and summer from this site. Not to mention the start of Proving Grounds II.
I just had a thought that I think would be really neat if you guys were able to do it. It would be awesome to have you guys put on your website all the photos you got of bucks on the Proving grounds 2 each year going forward and have a list of all the improvements done each year moving forward. That way we would get a small glimpse of how the improvements in quality cover and forage improve the quality of the deer!
We'll do something like that!
I completely understand fire is a great tool. However, there’s a few times in there, where the flames were really big, I would have been completely freaking out! I’m hoping I can work with my local forestry folks and get some RX burns done on my property. Thanks for sharing!
Daniel! The beard is magical!
Thanks for sharing your videos keep them coming please.
Thanks Charley and we will!
Oh the FUN!!!!!
good man!
Looking forward to the next chapter in your book=proving grounds 2!!
Burnt 5 acres of about 30 yesterday evening. Didnt do any TSI this time;just focused on the years of leaf and limb litter. This summer we plan on dropping cedars and elms. I do Wildland Firefighting and prescribed burns are a lot of fun too.
At last, burning season is upon us 🙌🏼
Great job. Getting ready for burning here in Ohio.
MORE FIRE VIDEOS!!!! :)
Absolutely have learned so much from your videos over the last 3 years. Thank you!! I have recently taken the online burn course here in Mo, and has scheduled the in person day course in Kirksville in March. Looking forward to it. In my limited experience of prescribe burns that I've done here at home, (1 acre or so) what seems to flourish is the poison ivy. I'm not seeing much of any native forbs that I see on your videos. Any suggestions. Thanks, Jack
Deer like poison ivy! If it gets dry enough, try a growing season burn. If you are allergic to don't breathe the smoke!
I am going to take a prescribed fire course put on by the state of Georgia .Just $15 and includes lunch .
Heck ya!
Grant, awesome video. Do you offer any Webinar series that wr can sign up for?
Ryan - We post multiple videos on this channel weekly.
Thanks for the video, I was happy to see this as I do have a question around this. I'm in Kentucky, and on my property, there are a few stands of cedars. I've always thought that these were bedding areas for the deer (as I see deer coming from them in the mornings and heading towards them in the evenings, so I've tended to stay out of them and leave them as they are. I've now seen several videos here that seem to suggest that getting rid of all the cedars is a good thing. Any light you can shed on this?
The other question I have is, I can get some help from the state for a burn, never done one and don't have many people that could help, would using a woodchipper and just sending the chips back on to the ground around where the cedars are viable?
I know I can't chip the main trunks on big cedars, I'd most likely find something else to do with them.
Thanks!
Deer will bed where they feel safe. If no one goes in the cedars - it's a sanctuary - then I'm sure deer bed there. However, cedars shade out all other plants if allows to mature and the bottom limbs prune. It's thick where you and I walk but a biological desert where a deer, turkey, and quail make a living. Feeling the cedars, allowing them to dry for two years, and then burning in place - not a pile - will return all those nutrients across the area and usually results in a great stand of native vegetation where the sun reaches the soil ands the sun's energy products quality food and cover -not a biological desert. We'll host a Field Event June 9-10 at our place and show all of this. Registration is limited to 100 folks so everyone can see and hear the demonstrations.
How long does a tree have to lay on the ground after being cut before it is dry enough to burn well? Specifically pine trees and sweet gums that are a few years old and in the 10-15 foot tall height range.
Tree trunks on the ground tend to hold moisture and rarely burn well.
Hello Dr. Woods. Thank you for this video! I have property in SC but MUCH smaller-20 acres. I have relatively closed canopy from thick pines and collection of pine needles/straw on the forest floor. I am in process of getting sun in by drilling and killing with glyphosate and will be downing trees soon. I have no desire to harvest any of the pines for profit. I am, however, unable to burn so would like to know will clearing pines and opening up for sunlight result in good growth of native plants on forest floor without burning?? Thank you!
Exposing the soil will work but not as good as the use of fire. Maybe you can start with some very small fires with great fire breaks - like 10' by 10'.
Love the video. Going out tomorrow to burn.
Have fun!
I’m in northern Arkansas and have just done a lot of hack and squirt on lots of big mature gum and some elm. These mature woods also have lots of white oak. I anticipate a lot more sunlight this spring. I’m hoping to burn as soon as weather allows.
One question. Should I just let the existing seed / vegetation take over in these sunny areas in the woods or are there seed mixes that would be beneficial to scatter in some of the more open areas ?
Nice work! I'd give it a year or two and see what native species come up! Often there's no need to plant a crop. It's often good to plant at least a Hidey Hole plot to attract deer and make a bottleneck.
I imagine somebody would love all those cedar logs for use
Clay - I've tried and tried to give them away. Few folks wish to work that hard these days. Your welcome to come get all you want! Same with firewood - folks only want it if I split it and deliver it to them.
@@GrowingDeerTV if only I lived closer! I'd certainly take you up on that offer. I have plenty use for cedar post! It's not surprising the fact that most people don't want to work for anything these days. They just want it given on their own terms. Best of luck on your endeavors of phase 2. God Bless.
How many calls did you get from the neighbors what is the optimum optimum humidity for a burn and wind speed
Depends on the fuel. Native grass will burn with substantially higher humidity than timber will. Where you may get away with 45+ humidity in dry native grass you will need closer to 20 to get a good timber burn. This is good to know because if you are burning grass you can know with higher humidity you can rest easy knowing your fire will not escape into the woods and get away from you. Same with a recent rain... you can more safely burn "finer" fuels and anything in the timber will be unavailable to burn.
As for wind, consistent winds are what you want. 5-8 is perfect... anything above 12-15 beware lol.
No calls during this fire. Our neighbors are used to us burning. The weather conditions depends on the fuel load, size of unit to be burned, etc.
how long have the cedars dried?
two years
Grant there is a strong cedar market in the Ozarks why do you not log those cedars?
There's a decent market for the cedar, but few folks that are willing to cut, carry, and take them to a mill. I'm busy assisting landowners with habitat and hunting improvement plans. I've tried giving them away and no takers!
@@GrowingDeerTV WOW! My how times have changed! I grew up in Forsyth back in the early 90's. All of us high school boys would cut cedar every weekend for beer money. It would yield a couple hundred bucks a day to a guy would wouldn't care to work.
I don’t have anyone to help so is there a group that can offer assistance in my state? Where would I start? I live in Tennessee.
Idk about TN. In Kentucky they have a prescribed fire council that works with the DNR to teach landowner courses on prescribed fire. It costs $75 to attend and you must pass a test at the end to be able to be a "crew member" on a DNR burn. Allows for great hands on experience and KY DNR is also pushing hard for co-ops and getting landowners equipment to share with neighbors to help one another burn.
There are more prescribed fire associations popping up throughout the USA. I'd ask the local NRCS office about assistance in your area.
@@usernamehere6061 Great info and thanks
@@GrowingDeerTV ok I will do that and thanks
Do you do any burns in eastern nc
Joseph - I have friends that use prescribed fire there and know a contractor that travels to do prescribed fires.
Could you not get any money for the cedar lumber??
Ryan - I wish there was a market. If the cedar is high quality and very easy to get to, I can sometimes sell it. Hauling off logs hauls off nutrients from the site. Fire releases the nutrients. So, if I can sell the cedar, I'm OK to return the nutrients to the soil.
No way I could burn on my property in Northwest Wisconsin. I'm on the edge of big woods. One of the biggest fires in Wisconsin history traveled less than 2 miles from my place. What else would you suggest?
Jerry - When was that fire? Recently? There's not a good replacement for fire. Herbicide can be used but that's a lot more work and expense and doesn't remove the duff from the soil to stimulate new growth.
How long does it take to burn 2 acres
There are many variables - it could take 10 minutes or two hours.
I'm seeing some fat deer in ya'lls future
I can see this takes a lot of knowledge. Not something an armature should try,without a professionals help.