02-04-2005, 07:33 PM
Not all logging is bad guys, it helps prevent major forest fires by reducing the amount of tender that can burn. If done correctly all animals and the area in general can greatly benefit. At times they will just thin out some areas but even when they clear cut bigger areas it helps animals like elk and deer by providing areas for grass to grow. This of course helps hunters by having more open areas to hunt but the animals are the big winners as long as the clear cuts are not too big. In years past I thought elk would not even go into areas that had logging in progress but I soon found this was not the case. I was elk
hunting in a area a few years ago that had logging going on, I was on the other side of a huge meadow. I heard a cow elk calling from the other side where the logging was going on. I made a stalk to the spot and watched a group of 10 or 11 elk go right by a bunch of logging equipment that was shut down for the weekend. After that I changed my mind about logging operations, if done right, they are not a bad thing but some environmentalist would have you believe that all logging is bad. Just my opinion. WH2
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hunting in a area a few years ago that had logging going on, I was on the other side of a huge meadow. I heard a cow elk calling from the other side where the logging was going on. I made a stalk to the spot and watched a group of 10 or 11 elk go right by a bunch of logging equipment that was shut down for the weekend. After that I changed my mind about logging operations, if done right, they are not a bad thing but some environmentalist would have you believe that all logging is bad. Just my opinion. WH2
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