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Here is a good site for checking where the active fires are. Scroll in to see the detailed locations.


https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/usfs/map/#d:24hrs;@-114.5,53.6,10z

Hopefully the area you are planning to hunt wasn't hit too hard.

It’s near ground zero now. My outfitter is dancing around the flames right now with his bear hunters. They’re getting some, but it’s “day to day”.

Thanks. I’ve been following it pretty close. I guess it’s in the hands of God and the firefighters. Unless one of you guys does a good rain dance. 🫤

Some parts of the province are getting a good soaking right now. More is needed all the way across

https://www.windy.com/-Rain-thunder-rain?rain,53.506,-113.428,5

Yeah I wasn't sure if your hunt was guided, but he will know where to hunt and what to do. Some area's may only be singed, while others burned right up, its still early in the year too.

I dont know the area, but around here a great place to hunt in the fall is the edge of a burn, even if it burned into august. The game likes to come out into the burn for the new growth which comes up pretty much right away...and you can see along way after a fire lol.

We have had no choice but to hunt near burns as we have had 3 big ones over the last 30 years.

Keep us posted on your hunt.

My house was about 10km from the East edge of the Stoddart fire.

Never got any closer or farther after the first 24 hours due to the wind shifts kept blowing it back on itself. CO and SAR guy came to the house a week ago to notify me of the Evacuation Order and that I should leave, but the CO acknowledged that the air quality was better in my yard than in town.
Fort St John was put on evacuation alert, and half the town lost their [bleep] minds. Fuel line up hours long, people filling tanks/tidy tanks/every [bleep] jerry can they owned, only to post them for sale an hour later for $100/jerry. People doing 120kph running lights and stop signs in the middle of town holding down their horn and flashing their lights.
Fear is apparently quite the motivator for some folks.


20 hours of driving rain yesterday knocked it down to nothing.

KodiakHntr;
Good afternoon my cyber friend, it's been too long and I hope that the interim time has been good to you and yours.

Thanks for the positive report, I'm glad to read it.

We were wondering/hoping that some of the rain we were getting moved east.

While there was some lightning down here, it rained nearly a couple inches in that many days, so no new fires from it here.

Anyways I'm glad to hear you all got some wet weather and it cooled down some.

All the best to you all.

Dwayne

Clear skies here in Edmonton, the first time in many days! It's amazing how a blue sky and a brilliant Sun makes you so very happy!

I am surprised since the wind is blowing in an Easterly direction.

People will panic under the stress, after a couple fires you settle down abit lol, the last fire here was 200,000 acres and it was about 4-5km away from us when it turned and went a different direction..

Trouble with leaving your home is the looters move in, thats what happens around here, if they can get to your house using trails and backroads, they will.
My buddy and friends chased a couple through the bush, and the mountie's finally got them several km away. The two were grateful to see the cops because my buddy was kinda big and really pizzed off.

I never left the 3 times we have been ordered too, now I am prepared with fuel for the generator's, also have a plan A and B for when it happens.

Glad to hear of the rain and hopefully put people at ease.

It has made for some really striking sunsets here in east-central Iowa. (Would gladly forgo them to cancel the fire.)

You are fortunate that you just get the haze, breathing it really sucks and I feel sorry for people with poor AC Systems with average filters because your home stinks like smoke as well. Not to forget the significant temp drop during the summer!

I think about all the birds and animals that die in the fires as well, it's horrible.

I just drove through Alberta and BC. Smoke was terrible. I detoured to Jasper to avoid a road closure. I literally drove through fire in spots. Ft. Nelson had no power, the whole town was dead. No fuel. Power poles burned down all along route. I was glad to get to the Yukon and clear skies

Bugger as an update for you we have been getting steady rain showers -- a little each day with some northern areas getting heavy amounts. Fire and ATV bans have been lifted in many areas.

Fort Chip North of us has been ordered to evacuate.
That means they have to get put by either biat or plane, thete is no all weather road from there to here.
The River Rats are gathering extra boat trailers and storage areas for the residents. Many are staying in Ft. McKay as well, and extra groceries, clothes, etc . Are getting donated.
I personally know all too well how devastating a wildfire can be.
Cat

Let’s hope for the best for all concerned.

For those who do not know, Fort Chipewyan is about 250 km north of Fort Mac or about 700 km north of Cold Lake.

There are some large wildfires in the Atlantic Provinces as well, things are bad this summer!
Cat

It is our turn now. Smoke, haze and gusting winds made my trip to the range today an adventure. Things are much worse for those directly affected by the fires.

https://www.orilliamatters.com/loca...impacting-air-quality-in-orillia-7097657

Listening to the fire reports from all around.....how are these fires starting?


They continue to bring people from all around the world to fight fires. Here in BC, they told us we weren't qualified to fight fires anymore, even though we had been working in the bush and fighting fires all our lives. I was there when they told us we weren't putting out fires anymore, you could here a pin drop.

The last fire here was 200,000 acres, the local loggers were going to put it out, after all they do have 10 million in equipment nearby, they were threatened with a 100,000 fine if they suppressed the fire in its infancy....nearly a brawl ensued.
In hind sight, the fine would of been doable considering the fire wiped out 4 generations of future employment. The local logging operators have been here logging and managing the forest in the community for 100 years.

Then the government started 3 backburns which went the wrong way and burnt about 50 houses down, then gave everyone shyte when they wouldn't evacuate and stayed to protect their homes, because nobody else would. The forestry in BC is the most mismanaged entity in this Province, if other Provinces are anywhere close to ours, you are not in good hands.

We just had a fire in the hood here, started at midnight, the forestry showed at 7am, the locals had it under control by the time morning came, truly bizarre.

Our little town has 100's of millions of oil patch and logging equipment ready to go at any time, hundreds of tandem tank trucks, untold miles of hoses, buldozers, excavators, pumps, helicopters with buckets, you name it. The fire was small when it started, businesses were preparing and sending equipment long before fire crews showed up. Gov't fire bosses showed up and told them all to stand down or they would be fined heavily. The fire could have been contained easily with local responders. Anyway the fire was allowed to escape the quarter section it had initially started during the lag time between when the locals were asked to leave and the gov't fire fighters showed up, was allowed to jump a township road, then jumped a highway, then jumped another highway, then jumped the North Saskatchewan river then up a hill, jumped another major highway and was licking on the edges of our town itself before the gov't allowed some local businesses to use their equipment to keep the fire stopped at the local ring road around town. Meanwhile local businesses and contractors spread out around the area and saved many houses and properties that would have been lost if not for them.

Thing is that fire was started a week previous, didn't burn more than an acre, was called 'extinguished' then left unmonitored by officials, despite complaints for a week while it smoked away until heavy winds fired it back up. It was a needless fire that shouldn't have endangerd our town or caused a two week evacuation of the town and surrounding farm and timberlands. Thanks mostly to local untrained 'redneck supposedly ignorant' oil patch and logging company contractors who said screw the BS orders, basically pulled rank on the gov't fire bosses after they could no longer stand the inaction nonsense. Only 5 residences burned and the town itself was untouched. Nobody was fined or had their fingers slapped. Funny how there was nothing on the media about this massive screw up by gov't.