Osage Land & Wildlife Management LLC

04/13/2025

Yesterday was a great day for a burn in Adair County. Just in time to promote Turkey activity and Morels.

03/08/2025

Getting some on a recent burn in Southern Osage County.

03/08/2025

Great stats from OSU. Reach out today to discuss getting fire on your property.

Have You Seen Smoke Recently?

Although wildfire conditions are common in early spring, 1 million+ acres are safely burned in Oklahoma under prescriptions with...
- WINDS 4-15mph
- TEMPERATURE >35°F
- HUMIDITY 25-80%
- Ideal WIND DIRECTION for Burn Unit
- Well Prepared FIREBREAKS

Fires Detected By Satellite February 24-28, 2025
(good prescribed burn conditions across much of the state)

Fire Information for Resources Management Systems (FIRMS) Map
From VIIRS, MODIS, & LandSat Satellite Data https://go.nasa.gov/4ixGIxw

For more, check out the Fire Prescriptions factsheet! https://bit.ly/OSUFirePrescriptionsFactsheet

01/02/2025

A good reminder that January is a great time for prescribed fire. Reach out today to learn about our prescribed fire services.

What land management tasks are important to do in January?

- Forest Thinning With Herbicides: Thinning trees can benefit wildlife, livestock & timber. Apply herbicides using hack & spray, girdle & spray, basal bark and cut stump techniques.

- Prepare Bird Nest Boxes: Cavity nesters like bluebirds, purple martins and wood ducks choose nest sites in late winter. Clean out existing nest boxes, replace shavings and maintain predator guards.

- Strip Disking for Forbs: Native broadleaf plants (forbs) benefit dove, quail, wild turkey, deer and pheasant. Disk in fall or winter to increase native forbs.

- Conduct Dormant Season Burns: Look for available burn days with desired conditions early in the dormant season. This allows for the most opportunities to burn.

Find the factsheet here https://bit.ly/LandPondOSU

11/26/2024

What makes the perfect turkey roost tree?

Features
- Large horizontal limbs for roosting.
- Open understory to expose predators.

Remove Cedars Below Preferred Trees
- Cedars/junipers provide ladder fuels.
- This allows fire to kill large roost trees.

Preferred Roost Trees
- Cottonwood
- Oak
- Hackberry
- Elm
- Sycamore
- Pecan
- Pine

To read more about managing habitat for wild turkey, click the link https://bit.ly/TurkeyMgtOSU

11/06/2024

"The grass is at times green and short and at other times tall and white… nothing but bare prairie, which becomes confused in the distance with the smoke of burning grass."
- Washington Irving, 1832, From A Tour on the Prairies

Historically, frequent wildfire burned parts of the prairie, attracting bison, elk, deer & pronghorn to the nutritious regrowth.

Today, patch burn grazing with cattle & goats mimics this providing quality forage & wildlife habitat diversity.

07/02/2024

Oklahoma State University Natural Resources Extension the deer apparently love this purple flowered giant but what is it?

05/01/2024

First antlers of the new season. Pretty crazy some were still hanging on just a month ago.

03/22/2024

Does burning draw in gobblers? I don’t know but what I can say is 2 weeks after burning this area for the first time, we saw our first spring gobbler in person and it’s the 3rd spring weve been here.