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Author Topic: The fire helped me find...  (Read 2668 times)

Offline Doug Treat

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The fire helped me find...
« on: September 10, 2018, 12:41:48 AM »
The Carr fire (230,000 acres burned and still going) ripped through my hunting area where I took my bear last year, but I was finally able to kayak up there today to see the damage:
« Last Edit: September 10, 2018, 12:58:00 AM by Doug Treat »

Offline Doug Treat

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2018, 12:48:35 AM »
That was right where I hit the bear in that last picture. This is where he made it to. It used to be thick with manzanita bushes:
« Last Edit: September 10, 2018, 12:49:43 PM by Doug Treat »

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2018, 12:54:08 AM »
Before the fire, I have been back in to the area quite a few times and always spent some time trying to find the front end of my arrow. Today, the bush it was hiding in was gone:

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2018, 12:57:02 AM »
My Zwickey may be a bit more tempered than it was but it looks like I could still use it. Can't kill those Eskimos.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2018, 04:22:05 AM »
That's cool. Glad you found it.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #5 on: September 10, 2018, 05:53:37 AM »
Great story.  Glad you tracked it down.
 

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2018, 08:25:31 AM »
That's pretty cool! Hopefully that area will still produce for you after the fire. Should start getting lots of new growth I would assume.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2018, 10:50:55 AM »
That is a fascinating story.  I think I would have to clean that head up, resharpen and use again.  :cheesy:
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2018, 12:48:02 PM »
That's pretty cool! Hopefully that area will still produce for you after the fire. Should start getting lots of new growth I would assume.
Yeah, it should be good next year.
That is a fascinating story.  I think I would have to clean that head up, resharpen and use again.  :cheesy:
My thoughts exactly.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2018, 01:35:15 PM »
 :thumbsup: Amazing......
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2018, 02:26:41 PM »
How do the animals recover from something like that?  Seems like a horrible situation for them. 
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2018, 02:42:56 PM »
Nice finding that. My platoon mate almost lost his home, he’s along Clear Creek near where the road goes over it. From your pictures I can see the damage he described.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2018, 04:01:17 PM »
Sorry to hear about the damage caused by that fire. Pretty neat that you were able to find the front end of your arrow though.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2018, 04:15:32 PM »
Really cool story sir!
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2018, 05:21:25 PM »
Cool story Doug! Congrats on finding your BH. Wonder what critter it will take next????
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2018, 05:54:13 PM »
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #16 on: September 10, 2018, 06:25:12 PM »
Very cool sequel to your excellent TBM article.

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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #17 on: September 10, 2018, 06:37:05 PM »
Now thats neat! Hope it serves its purpose again.
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Re: The fire helped me find...
« Reply #18 on: September 10, 2018, 09:15:39 PM »
Thanks for sharing , I love stories like this....

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