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idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby justahunter » Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:52 am

Dam i am bummed out lost all my hunting ground to the wild fires here in idaho. im gonna be moving i think a little farther north, but not to far or i wont be hunting at all because the wolves will wipe me out :evil:
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby tman308 » Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:57 am

You'll be happy to know the bears and cougar are still in the prairre/pine area. We have seen several bears and have had cougar tracks on top of boot tracks in the fire burned areas. Also had two wolves walking down the road.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby FullCryHounds » Wed Aug 21, 2013 8:31 am

You'll also find out that the fire will be the best thing for you're hunting area. More elk and deer will start using the area within weeks after the fire. A few years from now, the elk and deer will be bigger and a lot more of them because of the fire.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby justahunter » Wed Aug 21, 2013 11:30 pm

i bet they just gate everything off now. Like they did after the fire of 92
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby Jake Bell » Thu Aug 22, 2013 10:51 am

bears love burns when the undergrowth starts coming back which doesnt take too long, makes for nasty hiking though!
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Postby Cowboyvon » Thu Aug 22, 2013 11:45 am

I'm facing the same thing here in the Gila.. the silver fire got within a half a mile of my place. It burned the top and most of the places I had found where the lions cross.. wondering if this will change there patterns?
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Postby radar » Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:58 am

It looked on the news like dam there half the us has fire problems. There's even one in Alaska burning :shock: I agree with Jake, the burns make for tough going. Hope your hunting spots recover soon. take care
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby justahunter » Wed Sep 11, 2013 1:31 am

i went up there a couple weeks ago it burned absolutely everything its horrible. i think we are screwed forever in that area.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby FullCryHounds » Wed Sep 11, 2013 10:17 am

Fires are the best thing that can happen to your hunting area! You guys that think your area is ruined will be very happy about the fires impact in the next few years. The area will hold so much more game then it ever did before, and the bears and lions will be right behind them.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby Cowboyvon » Wed Sep 11, 2013 11:12 am

I believe thats right.. if the fire didn't burn too hot
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby akbruce66 » Wed Sep 11, 2013 6:44 pm

Here in the Pine Ridge of Nebraska we are at the one year mark post fire, some of the larger trees we cut to do or redo fencing were over 100 years old. We had some good rains and got great growth of grasses and other fire climax plants. Lions ,deer, turkeys are all back in normal places. Just give it a year and break out the wolf snares this winter.
Oh Alaska often has wildfires, record was 4 to 5 million acres a few years ago.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby justahunter » Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:59 am

it burned very hot . not a tree left or a bush anywhere.
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby justahunter » Thu Sep 19, 2013 7:24 pm

Yep i was right they are already blocking off roads. its bs
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Re: idaho fires ruined my hunting grounds

Postby radar » Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:48 am

Just after the post I put on here, in California we had a big one. "The rim fire", was one of the biggest I'd ever seen here. Crazy how so much beautiful land, can turn into ash so quickly. Fire is one fierce piece of nature!! Big thanks to all those who fight them :mrgreen:
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