I would divide the property into burn units, place a 4/5 acre clearcut in each burn unit that gets burned every 2-3 years with the pine stand in that unit. Several small patch clear cuts managed with fire will be far better than one larger clear cut. You’ll maintain early successional bedding and browsing habitat perpetually. You could place a 1/2-1 acre plot along the edge of a couple of the patch clearcut. I love hunting food adjacent to cover. Recipe for success.

Last edited by Mbrock; 01/02/21 07:48 PM.