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01/12/2013 12:29PM (Thread Older Than 3 Years)
What exactly are the rules for collecting it in the winter? Can you cut something that's clearly dead but still standing? When you're just getting something crackling for a little while in the evening for summer camping finding enough wood is no problem, but do you find you have trouble getting enough for heating throughout a winter trip?
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01/12/2013 12:58PM
In my experience its easier to find wood in winter, than in summer. You're not confined to the campsite area or you don't have to put firewood in a canoe. A sled works better and you have easier access to other shorelines. Not a problem to find enough at all. I believe same rules apply as in summer for harvesting.
01/12/2013 03:46PM
Same rules apply for winter. You're supposed to take dead and "downed" wood. Only reference for winter I saw which was very hard to find was the one where you can camp anywhere rule and that they prefer you camp somewhere other than a designated campsite to reduce the impact of cutting and collecting firewood.
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01/15/2013 04:45AM
I seem to find 50-75% of winter wood "up". Broken limbs/branches caught in a "V" of another tree or or some how hung up from reaching the ground where it gets covered by snow. In March when the snow depth is usually maxed out-- it's sometimes the only place we get good, dry wood.
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