"Growing Season" Burn

[Sasha and Abby]

I have a beautiful pine tract with about 80 basal feet per acre of timber. It has gums coming up like nobody's business. I have burned it on a two year rotation for the last 12 years and all it does is stunt them and then the roots send out new shoots later.

Dr. Grant Woods recommends a warm season burn to control saplings and promote forbes.
SC Forestry Dept and Congaree Park say it will NOT make any difference if I burn In April or in June/July.

Have any of you burned similar tracts in the summer to control? I know that my burn days are diminished the longer I wait with reference to humidity/winds...

I'm tempted just to try it, but I can get it done for free if I burn this Spring with the neighbors.