If done right logging can enhance hunting, but the use of chemicals to keep the willows at bay are not good. Access is the real problem. Logging roads means more hunters and that puts more stress on big game. Very few hunters are aware of how stress effects big game. It can actually kill them.
Very true. The increased access has impacted the area we used to hunt much more than the actual logging did. A once great place to hunt moose and mule deer was completely devoid of wildlife. For many years we had enjoyed great hunting, then last year I drew a long awaited Antlered moose tag only to find no moose at all. We hunted hard for a week and saw no tracks, even after a fresh snowfall. There were a few new roads which had opened up country we previously had humped into and always found plentiful game.
I won't draw a tag in that WMU again as it was a 5 year wait.
Hard to access cut blocks are fantastic magnets for game, from grouse to bears, deer, elk and moose as well as furbearers. The cut blocks were there as were too many roads. A darn shame!
