Stone Branch

[Stone Branch]

Looks good. Sounds like fun. How steep are those hills your burning?

Pertty steep.

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[keeruss8]

Ok. Those pics look about like my place. I did some thinning last winter and going to do some more this winter and would like to start burning a bit of it.

 

[Stone Branch]

Had a campfire already burning today it just had to be gravity fed.

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[Stone Branch]

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[Ezelkyhunter]

So do the fires just go out?

do you wait for rain in the forecast the next day etc?

Id love to do some burns but afraid it would get out of control

 

[Stone Branch]

So do the fires just go out?

do you wait for rain in the forecast the next day etc?

Id love to do some burns but afraid it would get out of control

No, fires go out when they are done consuming available fuel or when it starts to rain.

Generally, 2 - 3 days after a rain is good when it becomes dry enough to get a good burn but not so dry that flying ash causes spot burns. That being said I will burn on red flag days taking appropriate precautions.

I do all my fire prep work before I light up. Burning in leaf litter is really pretty straight forward, no leaf litter no fire. I rake out fire breaks with a big green plastic leaf rake around the whole burn unit. Chain sawing out dead wood is often required when making new fire breaks. I rake out leaves and remove deadwood from around any trees that I don't want burned. I rake out or saw down any dead snags that could catch fire and fall over fire breaks. On steep ground I make sure that there are no burning logs that can roll down over fire breaks. I do most of my raking around trees with a metal garden rake.

When I conduct a burn, I have two tools in my hands, my metal garden rake and my Bic. I advance the fire by loading up the rake with grass or leaves that I catch on fire or just drag burning leaves. I back burn off of critical fire breaks and light appropriate head fires only into back burns or into previously burned units like I did the other day.

I tell people who might want to try burning to go and rake out a little burn unit say 20x20' in a relatively safe easy area to get a feel for burning. You always have to be prepared for wind shifts.

What's more, burning is fun and exhilarating but not recommended for anyone with a bad ticker.

G

 

[Ezelkyhunter]

No, fires go out when they are done consuming available fuel or when it starts to rain.

Generally, 2 - 3 days after a rain is good when it becomes dry enough to get a good burn but not so dry that flying ash causes spot burns. That being said I will burn on red flag days taking appropriate precautions.

I do all my fire prep work before I light up. Burning in leaf litter is really pretty straight forward, no leaf litter no fire. I rake out fire breaks with a big green plastic leaf rake around the whole burn unit. Chain sawing out dead wood is often required when making new fire breaks. I rake out leaves and remove deadwood from around any trees that I don't want burned. I rake out or saw down any dead snags that could catch fire and fall over fire breaks. On steep ground I make sure that there are no burning logs that can roll down over fire breaks. I do most of my raking around trees with a metal garden rake.

When I conduct a burn, I have two tools in my hands, my metal garden rake and my Bic. I advance the fire by loading up the rake with grass or leaves that I catch on fire or just drag burning leaves. I back burn off of critical fire breaks and light appropriate head fires only into back burns or into previously burned units like I did the other day.

I tell people who might want to try burning to go and rake out a little burn unit say 20x20' in a relatively safe easy area to get a feel for burning. You always have to be prepared for wind shifts.

What's more, burning is fun and exhilarating but not recommended for anyone with a bad ticker.

G

Many thanks!!!! I’m gonna slowly and very cautiously try it

 

[Stone Branch]

I broke through to the rim yesterday.

G

 

[barney]

According to my elders the woods and fields burned most every spring around here back in the 40's and 50's.

 

[Stone Branch]

Many thanks!!!! I’m gonna slowly and very cautiously try it

Good luck. Be mindful of the burn bans, 10/1-12/15 6am-6pm and 2/15-4/30 6am-6pm. I hope to get my burning done this year before 2/15.

According to my elders the woods and fields burned most every spring around here back in the 40's and 50's.

I did some reading up on this and it seems Indians and settlers all burned to the benefit of oak and pine communities. Then Smoky the Bear showed up to the benefit of red maple and tulip poplar like the mess that I am trying to rectify. I hope to do some Bic flicking today.

before

and after.

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[web splitter]

I am simply amazed at how much you seem to get done so quickly. How many acres are you trying to whip into shape?

 

[Stone Branch]

I am simply amazed at how much you seem to get done so quickly. How many acres are you trying to whip into shape?

And I wish that I could get more done faster. The orange area is the first area that I burned where I had already killed red maples with my hack hammer in the fall. The red area is where I am currently working. The black x is my tree stand. Both areas together are almost 2 acres. Today I hope to burn the triangle left of the red area. I'm not going to clean this area all up I just want to top kill some red maples with fire.

G

 

[Dark Cloud]

According to my elders the woods and fields burned most every spring around here back in the 40's and 50's.

They say you can tie a inner tube on fire ,on a long rope and pull it around ,in the hills ,don’t know why.People always burned their farm land ,to sterilize the soil.

 

[Stone Branch]

Yesterday I finished cleaning out behind my Amphitheater of Hunting stand

Before and

after out the back of the stand.

In this picture you can see my camera tripod in the lower left corner. I set it over the rim trail and newly exposed acorns.

Merry Christmas to me. 10/27 was the date of the last picture of big 10 prior. He looks to be in great shape. I just need him to shift his core area to my ground so he could be my target 10 for next year. I have pictures over 3 years of this guy.

G

 

[keeruss8]

Heck of a buck right there