Originally Posted by Rock Chuck
Originally Posted by Alamosa
That does put things in perspective.
We killed a couple elk in a unit that had lost 110,000 acres to fire earlier that same season.
Congratulations on not getting your license.
5 or 6 years ago we had a huge forest fire about 150 miles north of here. 2 years later, Google Earth updated that area and it showed the burned area. It's amazing how much green was still left where the fire had gone around things. Even these cheatgrass fed range fires will leave big unburned patches here and there.


With elk anyway, one or two seasons after a burn seem to be the optimal time when regrowth really brings the herds back in and hunters begin to have a lot of success.
Prolly not much different for open country.
In our particular situation the burn had only been a couple months prior and very little had regenerated yet. That made for a very interesting hunt. Elk could be spotted at great distances through the burn, but they could see us too, so it changed the rules some.

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