JoeyP
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Anyone following the news on Tongass National Forest? Sounds like they're going to open it up for logging. Not sure what that means for hunting.
A buddy of mine once killed an elk standing on a closed road. Does that mean we should turn hundreds of thousands of forested acres into 2-track roads? Just trying to figure out a good place to find elk.My first Sitka blacktail was standing in the middle of a clearcut on POW. Tongass forest. 1988.
I’m a big fan of clear cuts. Critters are a big fan as well.
A buddy of mine once killed an elk standing on a closed road. Does that mean we should turn hundreds of thousands of forested acres into 2-track roads? Just trying to figure out a good place to find elk.
If a road is closed is it really a road or a walking trail with 2 lanes?A buddy of mine once killed an elk standing on a closed road. Does that mean we should turn hundreds of thousands of forested acres into 2-track roads? Just trying to figure out a good place to find elk.
This is the conversation I want to have! It sure is nice to have that double path, that way you can bs with your hunting buddy without rubber-necking the whole time!If a road is closed is it really a road or a walking trail with 2 lanes?
FWIW I hail (generally not proudly) from Minnesota where logging is/was a large business in the north. These timber stands matured rather quickly compared to other areas. Most of the areas we hunted were "slashings" or clear cut areas. That's where almost all of our deer and grouse were. In that area, logging played a large (and positive) role in habitat management for game species. There was always more old timber than there was a market, so we had a great mosaic of habitat types. Not saying I know a darn thing about forestry in AK, cuz I don't, I'm just saying that good management with logging as an option, can be beneficial in certain areas.