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What happens to wildlife after a fire
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:59 pm
by super white hunter
Just curious what people think about the wildlife in burn areas
How long does it take for deer, elk, lions and bears to come back?
Do they care about the lack of cover and go for the new healthy green grass?
How long before you should hunt that area again?
Re: What happens to wildlife after a fire
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:56 pm
by horshur
I think it would depend somewhat on climate but there was good hunting in the the big burns pretty damn soon hereabouts and some very big deer taken around four years after.......within a short time they become a hunting destination and kinda ruin the effect.
Re: What happens to wildlife after a fire
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:09 am
by tiz
Everything love the new soft grass... lots of times in large fires the air seed Aspen Elk love Aspen...Deer love Aspen.. Mt Lions LOVE DEER & ELK
Re: What happens to wildlife after a fire
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:52 pm
by mulehound
Had hunters Booked for the fall deer and elk hunts. Fire burned 100,000 acres that summer. Deer and elk were in the burned ares eating the new forage coming up. It was a great year they all had black horns from rubbing the burnt trees shedding velvet. We were glassing a hillside one afternoon when the hunter says hey there are three bear walking along the ridge. It was three bull elk black from spending their days in the burn.
It has been some years now but the burned areas still have most of the critters using it.
Darrel.