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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: wall of wood camp on September 10, 2012, 11:49:30 PM

Title: darn fires
Post by: wall of wood camp on September 10, 2012, 11:49:30 PM: Looking like I'm going to have to come up with a plan C for deer this year. With the damn fire over the weekend I am without option A or B this sucks my number one spot I used to go every year for almost twenty years and sit on the same rock and get a deer every year has burnt three out of the last six years now and hasn't been worth a crap since and wouldn't you know it it Burns again this time its pretty big scary close to town and still burning.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: bobcat on September 10, 2012, 11:52:42 PM: Which fire?
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: wall of wood camp on September 11, 2012, 12:14:29 AM: Barker canyon fire near Grand Coulee Dam and the leyheigh junction fire which have combined and consumed about 30,000 acres of sagebrush and grassland three weeks ago the other side of the river burned about 11,000 acres my parents live up there and they are so ready too be done with these fires.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: fisHUNTER on September 11, 2012, 06:55:16 AM: Is HW97 to and up Entiat River Road open?
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on September 11, 2012, 07:17:17 AM: Entiat River Road might be open, but they are asking people to stay away unless you live up there. Even here in the west side of Wenatchee they are having to turn the looky-loos away. With no wind at all, visibility here in Wenatchee is about 1/4 mile, tops. With over 100 fires going in the foothills of the Cascades it might be a while before the roads into the hills reopen.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: adictd2hunting on September 11, 2012, 07:58:10 AM: Does anyone know if there are any fires around twisp river burning im thinking about going over for muzzloader deer. I know theres some old burns around there but i dont want to go all that way if it burnt this year. Any info would help thanks.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: fisHUNTER on September 11, 2012, 01:51:47 PM: Thanks for the update HDD! I do live up their, every 9/15-9/25, and starting this year on Saturday... :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: firefighter4607 on September 11, 2012, 02:22:34 PM: Here is a link to the other fire thread.http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,104809.msg1367047.html#msg1367047 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,104809.msg1367047.html#msg1367047)
It is way too much information to post since there is so many fires going on right now. Also if they can get a hold of all these fires in the next few days it would help. Since later on this week it is going to get warmer and all the other lighting strikes might start getting active.

Naches Ranger District is called Yakima Complex. It has 95 confirmed fires, 16 contained, 28 staffed, 51 unstaffed.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3256/ (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3256/)

Cascade Creek South face of Mt Adams. http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3249/ (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3249/)

Wentachee Complex: Is 5 different fires spread out from Wentachee to Coulee Dam. The last I heard of the fire near Wentachee is that this fire was starting to turn back towards the houses and a winery in the area of 5th and Surry and in the areas of the intersection of Maple and Benoy directly North of 5th and Surry.Here is a screen shot of this complex: http://www.wildlandfire.com/maps/201...x-location.jpg (http://www.wildlandfire.com/maps/201...x-location.jpg)
InciWeb link:http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3258/

Useful Links:
This is an active fire map. You can scroll around and zoom into areas. On the left hand side you can click on the Legend to see what the red dots mean: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=ed0a7dad32fe4848b20c6f91c74c79ea (http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=ed0a7dad32fe4848b20c6f91c74c79ea)

Simliar to the above link. This link uses Google Earth to show where satillites picked up fire activity. On Fire Detections: Click (Current), that will show you the updated areas. All you have to do it zoom into Washington State or put in your GPS coords. http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/googleearth.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus (http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/googleearth.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus)

I hope this helps out a bit.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: wilsongideon on September 11, 2012, 05:41:42 PM: Quote from: adictd2hunting on September 11, 2012, 07:58:10 AM
Does anyone know if there are any fires around twisp river burning im thinking about going over for muzzloader deer. I know theres some old burns around there but i dont want to go all that way if it burnt this year. Any info would help thanks.

Benson creek - Leecher Mtn -Texas Creek area is burning 800 acres or so top of hunter mtn is burning thats the right hand of squaw creek as you go up. and Middle of Gold creek still burning so both N. Fork and S. Fork gold creek is closed
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: adictd2hunting on September 11, 2012, 10:56:24 PM: Thank you i will check out the links also. I mainly hunt lime creek thompson ridge and frost every once in awhile. Oh and buttermilk i just dont want to go all that way without knowing. Thanks again for all the info.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: ICEMAN on September 12, 2012, 05:09:18 AM: Quote from: firefighter4607 on September 11, 2012, 02:22:34 PM
Here is a link to the other fire thread.http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,104809.msg1367047.html#msg1367047 (http://hunting-washington.com/smf/index.php/topic,104809.msg1367047.html#msg1367047)
It is way too much information to post since there is so many fires going on right now. Also if they can get a hold of all these fires in the next few days it would help. Since later on this week it is going to get warmer and all the other lighting strikes might start getting active.

Naches Ranger District is called Yakima Complex. It has 95 confirmed fires, 16 contained, 28 staffed, 51 unstaffed.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3256/ (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3256/)

Cascade Creek South face of Mt Adams. http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3249/ (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3249/)

Wentachee Complex: Is 5 different fires spread out from Wentachee to Coulee Dam. The last I heard of the fire near Wentachee is that this fire was starting to turn back towards the houses and a winery in the area of 5th and Surry and in the areas of the intersection of Maple and Benoy directly North of 5th and Surry.Here is a screen shot of this complex: http://www.wildlandfire.com/maps/201...x-location.jpg (http://www.wildlandfire.com/maps/201...x-location.jpg)
InciWeb link:http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3258/

Useful Links:
This is an active fire map. You can scroll around and zoom into areas. On the left hand side you can click on the Legend to see what the red dots mean: http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=ed0a7dad32fe4848b20c6f91c74c79ea (http://www.arcgis.com/explorer/?open=ed0a7dad32fe4848b20c6f91c74c79ea)

Simliar to the above link. This link uses Google Earth to show where satillites picked up fire activity. On Fire Detections: Click (Current), that will show you the updated areas. All you have to do it zoom into Washington State or put in your GPS coords. http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/googleearth.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus (http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/googleearth.php?sensor=modis&extent=conus)

I hope this helps out a bit.

Great post firefighter, thanks.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: cougfan79 on September 17, 2012, 07:59:50 PM: Does anyone know if Shady Pass Rd is accessible, Entiat or Chelan side will work.

Thanks
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: CedarPants on September 17, 2012, 08:06:56 PM: Quote from: bobcat on September 10, 2012, 11:52:42 PM
Which fire?

I was going to ask which rock
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: MP123 on September 17, 2012, 08:08:48 PM: Quote from: cougfan79 on September 17, 2012, 07:59:50 PM
Does anyone know if Shady Pass Rd is accessible, Entiat or Chelan side will work.

Thanks

Pretty sure all of Entiat is closed

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5391037.pdf (http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5391037.pdf)

you might want to call and double check though.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: muleracks2 on September 17, 2012, 10:25:08 PM: The Wenachee Complex link is http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3258 (http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3258) and Okanogan Complex is http:www.incident.org/incident/3261. It interesting to see the updates as the fires do there thing. Map move can be drug around to show all of the larger fires but most of the fires have not been mapped or not grown big enough to show on the maps.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: danderson on September 17, 2012, 10:52:13 PM: Heres the link to the Table mountain Complex, east of Liberty http://t.co/8vu8uCO6 (http://t.co/8vu8uCO6)
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: luvmystang67 on September 18, 2012, 10:42:39 AM: I was in the Leavenworth/Wenatchee area over the weekend up high. Even the areas that are open are so covered in smoke that the back of your throat burns and visibility is at most a mile. At least it is near 1/4 mile. I would highly advise avoiding anything over that way. It isn't healthy and doesn't feel good on the lungs. Up at ~7000 feet it wasn't as bad, but still not great. The poor air quality starts about Gold Bar and gets worse from there on HWY 2.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: Glockster on September 18, 2012, 11:55:29 AM: Thanks for all the updates Firfighter!

Gonna be alot of displaced animals and hunters in these areas.
Title: Re: darn fires
Post by: Wahunter555 on September 19, 2012, 06:30:29 AM: I was over in the Wenatchee area all weekend and it was the Smokiest I have ever seen. I was going to go High Buck . but to many fires and Smoke you could not see one if it was ten feet in front of you. It sucks Now have to find another area until next year . :twocents: