Originally Posted by
bluebird2
Deer are attracted to a clearcut no matter how good the surrounding habitat might be. If the cut is surrounded by pole or saw timber there will be little if any preferred browse in the understory and therefore the deer will concentrate on the new growth in the clearcut. Therefore, heavy browsing on preferred species should be expected in small clearcuts of 70 acres or less.
Once again,I don't consider a 70 acre clearcut to be small.