reezenhunter Report post Posted June 27, 2014 Can somebody post that outline map from inCiweb just click on the outline it won't upload on my map please Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues79 Report post Posted June 27, 2014 Lookin like its starting to get cranking again. These winds haven't been great for fighting fires today Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shanehamblin Report post Posted June 27, 2014 The wind has been blowing hard since about 9 this morning in Eagar Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZ8 Report post Posted June 27, 2014 Latest perimeter. Not sure when this was updated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shanehamblin Report post Posted June 27, 2014 It looks like it went more north than east though so that's good and it didn't burn much of the rez my 400 bull should still be in his spot Well now that we know that we can all sleep better at night Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues79 Report post Posted June 27, 2014 Any info on containment? Upper level winds seem to have a little more westerly flow today as overhead smoke is more over eagar today vs yesterday. Let's hope that firefighters and folks property stays safe. 400" bulls are secondary to that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
reezenhunter Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Yep! Pray for all the firefighters and anyone in danger!! We need rain!! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
naturebob Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Any updates? Went rite thru some nice stuff. Where I killed My 1s't turkey . It is a hot fire. Some of that stuff don't come back as good right away. Hopefully some timber left in area................BOB! PS, Be safe Guys. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonaelkhunter Report post Posted June 28, 2014 This is a crying shame, I harvested my first nice elk in this area and my Dad did the same along with others. God bless the fire fighters and lets all hope this area is saved. I have been camping and hunting this area for over 30 years. I know this comment won't be popular however, they should shut the forest down until the moisture levels/monsoon gets going. A few jerk wads don't want to follow the rules and something like this occurs. Maybe I am wrong, but I doubt this was naturally caused. I did a post a few weeks ago about penalties for violating fire restrictions and still feel the same. Fine them 50,000 just for violating, not starting and then make them clean camp ground toilets without gloves for three years as community service. Too bad we are now a feel good society and if they even catch the SOB they won't do jack but maybe ban them from the forest. Hit them in the wallet and hit them hard. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
520HUNT Report post Posted June 28, 2014 This is a crying shame, I harvested my first nice elk in this area and my Dad did the same along with others. God bless the fire fighters and lets all hope this area is saved. I have been camping and hunting this area for over 30 years. I know this comment won't be popular however, they should shut the forest down until the moisture levels/monsoon gets going. A few jerk wads don't want to follow the rules and something like this occurs. Maybe I am wrong, but I doubt this was naturally caused. I did a post a few weeks ago about penalties for violating fire restrictions and still feel the same. Fine them 50,000 just for violating, not starting and then make them clean camp ground toilets without gloves for three years as community service. Too bad we are now a feel good society and if they even catch the SOB they won't do jack but maybe ban them from the forest. Hit them in the wallet and hit them hard. If the forest was closed it wouldn't have stopped this fire, due to the fact that it started on the reservation, then burned onto the national forest. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rossislider Report post Posted June 28, 2014 This stuff can't come soon enough! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arizonaelkhunter Report post Posted June 28, 2014 Yeah I know it started on the res and it should be close as well but overall I agree. even with the frosts closed idiots will be idiots and you can't fix stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted June 29, 2014 Man, I don't know where to start on this. I walked out to my driveway to see huge plumes of smoke. Normally, this time of year we start thinking we missed "the big one" after the end of May. I've been through Bear Wallow, Rodeo-Chedeski. Anyone up here knows it's just one fire in the wrong place and we can lose our home. It's a little surreal to see a big fire like that, then hear there's another just miles below us, and the only thing you can think to do is start taking pictures of everything - your house, your tools, your closets. I heard the guys at Whiting Homestead and that "red roof cabin" sic had like 5 minutes to gather everything that is not insured. That's a lot to ask of anyone - grab what you can in 5 minutes. Just hard to grasp. For sure I'll have some melted trail cams up there, but after watching the wallow fire totally transform pretty much every place I used to hike, hunt, put out salt licks, and now seeing the other half of everything I used to know become a moonscape - it's just strange and hard to get a grasp on. I can be very thankful that my home was spared. I can be optimistic that the fire will create new habitat. But ultimately, for the rest of my life, I'm going to have to look at some of my favorite, beautiful places as scarred, blackened burn remnants. That's the hard part for me. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ready2hunt Report post Posted June 29, 2014 Anyone see the video posted up by one the crews who had the 1/2 mile safe zone breached in under a few min? It looked like the hill was spontaneously combusting. To you fire crews- respect 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coach Report post Posted June 29, 2014 While I love the "crews on the ground", this isn't exactly uncharted territory. From memory, the Wallow fire was around 800 acres the first night, then 2500, then 2.5 million acres, in days. Maybe I'm being over simplistic, but shouldn't the first fire raising smoke get a slurry plane and every dozer in the county on it in the first couple hours? I'd rather see a slurry plane paint a whole campsite orange than another million + acres burned. If this $hit can't be contained, we'll see full forest closure from March unit the monsoons hit. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
