Should I still hunt there??

[yamms]

ok so this is my first post....here is my situation, i hunt about 400 acers (200wooded) in southerntier ny, there is a seasonal road that separates this land about 50/50. nowthis is not my land (but i have permission to hunt all of it), the owner and the state have some kind of agreement where the state comes in and logs some of the land like every 15 years or so, and the owner gets some kind of tax break. anyway, i found out on sunday the loggers have come and gone (i hope). they have ripped up about 60 acers of the woods that i normally have my most suscess with. i look at this as bitter/sweet.
i'll start with the bitter. all the activity in that area has got to have some bad effects on any deer wanting to stay there, and even if i tried to hunt the area it would be very difficult to get back there and find a treedue to all the tops and brush everwhere, not to mention what i would have to clear away for shooting lanes.withbow season starting oct. 18 i dont feel there is enough time for me to clear everything out, and scout the area. plus i dont even know if they are done in there yet.i should also mention, the area the loggers used to access the land i hunt, i do not have permission to go on or i would just use their new trails.
but on the brighter side, all of the new bedding area they have created for me will really make for holding alot of deer (most likelynext year). so, any suggestions??

[fatsbucknut]

Finding a suitable tree to go up might be an issue but i wouldnt worry about spooking the deer. My best friend is a logger and he see's deer all the time eating leaves off of the freshly fallen tree's.

[Steven McBee]

welcome and ive heard that logging helps the deer by creating bedding and fresh browse, plus all the new young plants that will sprout up because they will have sunlight on the ground.................. i bet the spot will be even better than it was b4

[early in]

You still have 140 acres of woods left to hunt. I'd find a tree in a nice spot on the "edge" of that cutting. They will be feeding on the tops of those trees as well as bedding in that cutting. That should be a deer magnet.Good luck!

[MarquetteMagnum]

what happened is a good thing for you. bucks will be in that for bedding area, look at your maps and find some routs to the fields coming from that newly chopped up woods and set up along them, do not go into thelogged off area. if it's 60 acresmake it a sanqueary. hunt the edges of it during rutt with bino's and see what is going on there, I bet you'll be quite happy. good luck.

[childers]

set up a trail camera. that should tell you everything you need to know

[yamms]

thanks to all for the info. i will definetly use the advice giving to me....i am finding this website to be of great value and i wish i had found it earlier