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Season long plot maintenance is essential in building ideal habitat for trophy hunting opportunities. The benefit of burning in the late-growing season, is the promotion of more forbs in the understory, compared to grasses and brambles. Herbaceous weeds are much higher quality in protein and other nutrients for deer, attract bugs for turkeys and quail, and provide cover for fawns, quail, and turkey pouts. Late summer burns will be 2-3x more effective at controlling undesirable woody plants encro