bigorange Report post Posted June 29, 2020 4 hours ago, MULEPACKHUNTER said: First hand I have seen deer and elk back while it was still smoldering. Also the same year of a big fire I’ve seen them back in burned areas. Remember even though it looks really bad there are always patches of habitat or mosaic type burns. Pretty interesting to follow tracks in ashes for hundreds of yards and watching deer munch on little green patches in the middle of ash. Had a bull tag in 27 right after the Wallow fire...elk and deer all over the usual places. Maybe not a good comparison since they dropped a bunch of barley in there to help. wonder how many of the 2500ish folks who drew 33 tags have watched their planned areas go up in smoke. Hopefully some good monsoon action makes for a good hunt. Someone mentioned the sheep...local news has been running a few pics of them sighted below the fire in several places. Hopefully most of them got out of the way. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IA Born Report post Posted June 29, 2020 21 hours ago, pwrguy said: Just my opinion. Deer will be back this year, 2-3 years it will be better than it was. I am wondering about the sheep in that area? 5 hours ago, MULEPACKHUNTER said: First hand I have seen deer and elk back while it was still smoldering. Also the same year of a big fire I’ve seen them back in burned areas. Remember even though it looks really bad there are always patches of habitat or mosaic type burns. Pretty interesting to follow tracks in ashes for hundreds of yards and watching deer munch on little green patches in the middle of ash. Both correct. I've spent a great deal of time working on fires, both as a firefighter and resource advisor. I've seen all wildlife (deer, elk, bear, turkeys, etc.) back in the burn perimeter before the fire is contained. A typical western fire burns with about 10-ish percent high-severity damage, 30-40% moderate-severity, and the majority is low-severity/unburned. Mosaics are the natural process of a typical western wildfire. Its also very important to differentiate between flame intensity and burn severity. They are not correlated. I've seen plenty of low-instensity flames create high-severity effects because the flames are moving so slow. They sit and burn everything deep into the mineral soil. I've seen high-intensity flames move so fast that there is barely any damage to any vegetation. Of course,these aren't all typical, but they are burning fairly close to a typical fire behavior. A light, steady rain is best to keep erosion minimal, and that will help the green up and keep the deer in there longer. 25-06, I have an inside scoop if you're referring to the Bighorn Fire and you're hunting area. I might be able to get you some info on burn areas if you PM me where you are looking. No promises, to be clear, but I'll see what I can drum up. And, rest assured, you're honey holes are safe with me. I don't roll like that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
25-06 Report post Posted June 29, 2020 28 minutes ago, IA Born said: 25-06, I have an inside scoop if you're referring to the Bighorn Fire and you're hunting area. I might be able to get you some info on burn areas if you PM me where you are looking. No promises, to be clear, but I'll see what I can drum up. And, rest assured, you're honey holes are safe with me. I don't roll like that. Thank you. I'm sending you a PM. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dan Report post Posted July 2, 2020 Drove up the beeline yesterday and Mt Ord is moonscaped !! Looks like a heavy rain could cause major problems on the north west side of the beeline with the drainage.. I think there is going to be bad flooding issues both there and the 188 !!! Don't know if that chaparral will ever grow back !! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesFanatic Report post Posted July 2, 2020 The north side got hit hard, but how could it not with the giant growth in there. I didn't think the top was that bad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildwoody Report post Posted July 2, 2020 Finely that mountain was way to thick. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted July 2, 2020 On 6/29/2020 at 4:42 PM, 25-06 said: Thank you. I'm sending you a PM. I heard they stopped it at the main road. With this rain going on you should be good bud. Unless lightning strikes and ruins it. But I’m optimistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CATERPILLAR Report post Posted July 2, 2020 There will not be any over flow deer from 22 into 21 they all went east, you should turn your tag in and not go hunting. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
