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Big Game Hunting => Backcountry Hunting => Topic started by: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 06:57:02 PM

Title: Buck creek fire
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 06:57:02 PM: Must be a new one going. Looking NW of town towards upper Entiat or Leavenworth direction.....pretty big smoke cloud rolling over town.
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 07:03:54 PM: from E Wen.
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: mountainman on August 18, 2016, 07:50:04 PM: Buck creek burning since July 22nd. Out past Spider meadow. Wind has it burning tonight
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 08:03:55 PM: Thanks D. Must really be pickin up. How ya been?
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: vandeman17 on August 18, 2016, 08:40:53 PM: Was just wondering the same thing driving home from Manson. Fingers crossed no new big fires this summer.
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: mountainman on August 18, 2016, 09:45:12 PM: Quote from: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 08:03:55 PM
Thanks D. Must really be pickin up. How ya been?
good! Getting ready for bear! You?
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: timberfaller on August 19, 2016, 07:03:19 AM: Another Wolverine in the making!

Read the inciweb report :chuckle: :chuckle: :chuckle: back on the 10th they figured rain was going to put it out! :chuckle:

We just might get to see if the "swath" built at Lake Wenatchee last year works OR Holden will get hit from the back side!
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 19, 2016, 11:16:34 AM: Headed up there
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 19, 2016, 02:41:11 PM: Is there a decent colum today? Last I heard, it was 630 acres and still in the wilderness.
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: NOCK NOCK on August 19, 2016, 08:26:05 PM: Quote from: mountainman on August 18, 2016, 09:45:12 PM
Quote from: NOCK NOCK on August 18, 2016, 08:03:55 PM
Thanks D. Must really be pickin up. How ya been?
good! Getting ready for bear! You?

Doin good, busy, trying to get ahead on woodwork so I have extra time to let the air out of some critters in Sept.

Timberfaller....sure does seems like a replay of the Wolverine. :bash:
Title: Re: Fire NW of Wenatchee ?
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 19, 2016, 08:36:48 PM: From what I've heard, structure protection happening now. Moved more than a mile in last 24 hours.
Title: Buck creek fire
Post by: MerriamMagician on August 26, 2016, 09:26:24 AM: I haven't seen any threads on here about the buck creek wildfire currently burning in the GPW. It seems like this fire has been kind of low key compared to most wildfires. I'm kind of wondering if not too many people are aware of it? Right now it has a good size chunk of the GPW closed including the popular high hunt areas of Phelps creek, Napeequa, high pass, etc. This is a bummer for me as I had planned on doing the high hunt in this area. I'm sure it will deter a lot of other hunters who were planning on hunting here also.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: DOUBLELUNG on August 26, 2016, 10:33:58 AM: That area typically gets a fair amount of rain in early September. I bet the closures are mostly or all lifted by mid-September.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 26, 2016, 10:43:17 AM: Really hasn't done much the last 4 days. Creeping around cleaning up the brush and torching a few trees.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Shank on August 26, 2016, 10:48:38 AM: My brother was camping at the chiwawa horse camp last week. Said the smoke got so bad they packed up and went to goose Creek.

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Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: MerriamMagician on August 26, 2016, 10:53:44 AM: From what I've read their not really fighting the fire and just letting it run its course. Also have read they anticipate it burning well into October which would probably keep the closure in place during the high hunt.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Naches Sportsman on August 26, 2016, 11:03:11 AM: Quote from: MerriamMagician on August 26, 2016, 10:53:44 AM
From what I've read their not really fighting the fire and just letting it run its course. Also have read they anticipate it burning well into October which would probably keep the closure in place during the high hunt.
Theres around 70 sprinklers protecting the buildings around trinity. They plan on letting it burn around it. The road is benefiting the most from this fire as the crews assigned to the fire have been brushing and falling snags.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: jstone on August 26, 2016, 11:59:50 AM: Would be good for it
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Post by: 7mmfan on August 26, 2016, 12:20:37 PM: Sounds like the perfect kind of fire. IMO, as much as the last couple summers of devastating fires in the Methow and Okanogan have sucked, I'm glad to see some of this ground burning.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: MerriamMagician on August 26, 2016, 01:42:59 PM: You guys have some good points. It'll be dissapointing if the closure prevents hunting in there this year, but could make for better hunting in the future
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Russ McDonald on August 26, 2016, 02:44:01 PM: There was one and I merged them.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Naches Sportsman on September 02, 2016, 01:24:27 PM: Last Tuesday was the most active day the last 14 days as far as fire activity goes.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: timberfaller on September 02, 2016, 01:32:09 PM: "its a healthy fire, at the right time and the right place. Its will reestablish old growth."

That is the USFS writer for inciweb!!

To bad they have forgotten their role in "management" of the Forest.

oh thats right, the Sierra Club tells them what to do these days! Do as we say or we'll file a injunction against you!!
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: Naches Sportsman on September 02, 2016, 01:41:26 PM: Mother nature controlled this one. Forest service let it burn which they needed to do. It is burning in the wilderness after all.
Title: Re: Buck creek fire
Post by: grade-creek-rd on September 07, 2016, 03:46:17 PM: It rained up there pretty good over the Labor Day weekend...and it's been getting down into the 30's at night so the relative humidity is up pretty high. I think this fire is about as big as it is going to get, but I am sure the Entiat RD will use it as an excuse to shut down roads and access somehow...

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