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So if an area burned last summer at the timberline, then I shouldn't be too worried about it deterring deer for this summer/fall is what you're saying? The area I'm wondering about was the very perimeter of the burn as well, if that makes a difference. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk
Quote from: TriggerMike on July 13, 2017, 08:47:30 PMSo if an area burned last summer at the timberline, then I shouldn't be too worried about it deterring deer for this summer/fall is what you're saying? The area I'm wondering about was the very perimeter of the burn as well, if that makes a difference. Sent from my SM-G930V using TapatalkCorrect. I've done quite a few post-fire vegetation evaluations, and summer range burns in migratory mule deer habitat are usually an enhancement. I've seen deer come into burned areas before the smoulders are extinguished, for everything from minerals, to grass regrowth and sprouts from root-sprouting hardwoods. As Bobcat noted, where deer are dependent on shrubs for winter survival on critical winter ranges, the number of deer that can be supported can be reduced for decades. Other than stand-replacing, high intensity fires that sterilize the soil, there is generally some benefit for deer from most wildland fire. I'd actually be pretty happy to have any of my summer range honey holes burn.