So if you got wild TV might want to catch tonights episode of The Flush.
Hope its the repeat of the one I saw yesturday.
Nice upland hunt for woodcock and grouse featuring a Setter, Shorthair, and Pointer,
8:30 pm
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So if you got wild TV might want to catch tonights episode of The Flush.
Hope its the repeat of the one I saw yesturday.
Nice upland hunt for woodcock and grouse featuring a Setter, Shorthair, and Pointer,
8:30 pm
Yup good show.
showed some dog work
Also gave you a good indication of what good upland cover is.
I watched some of them on YouTube. Pretty cool show. It was an ontario grouse episode
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ya last season they did a 2 episode feature on north ontario can't recall exactly where though. Last night it was north Wisconsin show.Quote:
Originally Posted by trigger02
Awesome habitat in that show. Too bad our government doesn't manage our forests like they do in Wisconsin.
Think that forest is managed for pulp and paper where our forest, esp county forest are managed for timber.Quote:
Originally Posted by huntervinni
Simcoe just purchased a private property I hunt. Spoke to the forestery guy and asked what the plan was. Gonna plant red and white pine plantation.
When asked why not let it just regenerate on own as edge habitat and new growth his response was people want to see trees.
i know Ontario is big with the reforest program as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
seems like its always pines going up around where i hunt
One good thing I've noticed there has been some second and third cutting of the pine plantations that made for better habitat. with the more open rows rasberry and other shurbbery is filling in.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bowjob
The only thing the slash left behind sure makes walking through the stuff almost impossble.
[QUOTE=finsfurfeathers;1140888]Think that forest is managed for pulp and paper where our forest, esp county forest are managed for timber.
Simcoe just purchased a private property I hunt. Spoke to the forestery guy and asked what the plan was. Gonna plant red and white pine plantation.
When asked why not let it just regenerate on own as edge habitat and new growth his response was people want to see trees.[/QUOTE
There in lies the problem. People just aren't educated enough to know that those pine plantations are a wasteland and void of all life. Maybe biologists should be traveling the country educating tree huggers on the benefits of clear cutting and diversity of trees in our county forests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya7a...K_eF-zyYqyT4R8
I believe this is the episode mentioned
Just wondering why are a lot of the county and conservation lands in southern Ontario planted in pine? As said pine offers very little to wildlife other then thermal cover in winter. I can usually pick out a county bush in southern Ontario, just look for the pine trees planted in a row.
Speaking in terms of north of GTA such as the Simcoe County Forests and SW Ontario like the Norfolk County Forests, its the sandy soils. I suspect its the same thing in York Region on the moraine. The origins of these more than a century old forestry programs were to combat soil erosion on marginal farmlands prone to erosion. Pines do well in sandy soil and they make for a revenue generating cash crop. In Simcoe County the forestry program turns a profit, enough so that the County is able to acquire and plant more land.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishhawk
Its a mixed blessing for hunters; lot of public land, but much of it a sterile mono-culture, cultivated for harvest.
I'm starting to get long in the tooth and as such I've seen several reforestation areas progress. Yes, they're planted with pines. When the pines are harvested, very nice open natural hardwoods replace them. It is truly amazing how times flies. In 40 years I've seen areas pass from pine seedlings to 6" diameter hardwoods!!!
Got to concur. This year a fair number of woodcock taken were in areas I wouldn't expect finding them in. Had a bit of wonderlust last fall and sampled a few new areas. With the dogs on a freer reign was suprised to find birds where they shouldn't be.Quote:
Originally Posted by mark_t1012001
Enjoyed the episode. They weren’t big on gently lifting the birds, were they? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers
Quicker pace made for a more exciting show rather than featuring some old fart creeping around the woods :moose:Quote:
Originally Posted by ninepointer
Was a typical hunt though even with some trees taken.
Was it the episode with Ron Boehm? Beaver island in Lake Michigan?
No the episode took place in Wisconsin. The Beaver Island one was good as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by dilly
Yup, those pine forests are just a monoculture. Not much in them.
Good show
There's a new episode of The Flush on Youtube (added a few days ago). This one is about paying tribute to some of the gun dogs on the show. Some of you might like it. Included the link below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0PG2weW16A
watched it when it aired found it quite depressingQuote:
Originally Posted by JP Outdoors
Today's show was Sage grouse in Wyoming.......definitely a bucket list hunt for me.