skinner
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maybe in time with the paper industry on the way out a few trees may get to live a little longer
Wow thats wild and what looks like a huge dip around '86. Anyone remember a really bad atretch of weather around then? I know spruce bud worm was a huge problem years back maybe that correlates with the '86 dip?
I would say there is definitely a correlation in relation to logging practices. Mechanized logging really opened the door to productivity.Wow thats wild and what looks like a huge dip around '86. Anyone remember a really bad atretch of weather around then? I know spruce bud worm was a huge problem years back maybe that correlates with the '86 dip?
I also had a look around the google machine at forestry practices. Komatsus website has some interesting history on the development of the harvester here https://www.komatsuforest.com/about/history. The 70s had some models available but '84 appears to be the first year of a single grip model being available which appears is what pushed the market doors open. Not sure if there is any correlation to the shift in logging from predominatly cable skidders to harvesters but the dates align pretty well. Obviosuly correlation doesnt equal causation.
I remember the ‘86 rifle season. Driving up 490 Rd you could see out either side for a very, very long ways in most places. Logging due to Spruce Budworm was going on 24 hrs a day. Add to that mid-3rd week there was a huge blizzard that dumped a ton of snow, like 24”, which definitely screws up getting around and completely screws up normal deer behavior.I would say there is definitely a correlation in relation to logging practices. Mechanized logging really opened the door to productivity.
Try going out through that country now. It's an absolute jungle for miles. Still some deer that move through there but you can't see the bill of your hat in there. You could track one for a week and never see it.I remember the ‘86 rifle season. Driving up 490 Rd you could see out either side for a very, very long ways in most places. Logging due to Spruce Budworm was going on 24 hrs a day. Add to that mid-3rd week there was a huge blizzard that dumped a ton of snow, like 24”, which definitely screws up getting around and completely screws up normal deer behavior.
Seems as though '86 was the tipping point with quite a few things going on all at once. Logging practices likely changing due to better equipment. Spruce budworm leading to clear cutting having to be done to combat that issue. Possibly a bad winter with deep snow. Thats likely something the North Woods will never recover from with respect to the deer herd.I remember the ‘86 rifle season. Driving up 490 Rd you could see out either side for a very, very long ways in most places. Logging due to Spruce Budworm was going on 24 hrs a day. Add to that mid-3rd week there was a huge blizzard that dumped a ton of snow, like 24”, which definitely screws up getting around and completely screws up normal deer behavior.
My friend shot the 239 and it wasn’t even shot in zone 8!More fuel for the fire. Just looked at Bishops in Jackman and they tagged 78 deer this year and only 8 were over 200 with the biggest 239 lbs.
That pretty much summed up our season and others I know. Some of them were up there for 3 weeks too. The total amount of combined miles on foot would be unbelievable.My friend shot the 239 and it wasn’t even shot in zone 8!
Everyone I have been talking to up there that I bump into shed hunting said it was almost impossible to find a big track this year. These are the guys hunting every day.
Vermont?? NH??I hunted out of state this year and saw more deer and more big buck sign in one week than I did in October and November here.
Keep guessing maybe if you say the state he will tell you.Vermont?? NH??
It’s a big country but, getting smallerKeep guessing maybe if you say the state he will tell you.![]()
Top secret honey hole.Keep guessing maybe if you say the state he will tell you.![]()