This is topic Fire season... in forum Member forum at The New Huntmastersbbs!.
To visit this topic, use this URL:
https://www.huntmastersbbs.com/cgi-bin/cgi-ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=004957
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 07, 2018, 02:14 PM:
May finally be over with.
Last few days of rain and snow above 7,000 feet sure or has finally put fall in the air.
Trees are turning gold/reddish pink.
4 more days on the mountain and it's over with for the next 6 months.
I'll be glad when Friday arrives!! Yahooooooo!!!
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 07, 2018, 02:54 PM:
Enjoy !!!!
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 08, 2018, 05:38 PM:
Yup good news. Looks like all day rain tomorrow. Like last Thursday & good shower last Saturday.
What's not too like ? I'm building some new fence soon. Good damp ground helps a lot.
My goats despise the rain though..
[ October 08, 2018, 05:38 PM: Message edited by: Dave Allen ]
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 09, 2018, 03:47 AM:
We'll see how long I make it on the mtn. today.
Need to go check on the building and pull the last of the food out.
Can't wait for deer season tomorrow. The road will be rutted and some idiot will haul a travel trailer to the top at the saddle.
That road has a couple of spots that get slicker than snot. Of course it's towards the bottom and in a couple of corners.
Goats like a perfect world.Especially pampered ones. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 09, 2018, 05:43 AM:
I am four square 100% for goats! If they want sunshine and lollypops, give it to them! Life's too short.
Good hunting. El Bee
....why do they hate rain, Dave? Or, are you afraid to ask?
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 09, 2018, 06:57 AM:
Idahoans I think we got all your rain , very unusual it started raining in July and quit yesterday we had a few sunny days but not many all the water holes are full and all the trick tanks as well , funny thing is just 7 miles down the road they didn't get squat go figure ! we were so green I thought I was in Ireland then just down the road brown.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 09, 2018, 07:13 AM:
Idahoans I think we got all your rain , very unusual it started raining in July and quit yesterday we had a few sunny days but not many all the water holes are full and all the trick tanks as well , funny thing is just 7 miles down the road they didn't get squat go figure ! we were so green I thought I was in Ireland then just down the road brown.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 09, 2018, 08:21 AM:
Well, (along those lines) I don't think it's uncommon at all to have a sudden downpour on one side of the street and dry as a bone on the other. I'm always annoyed when trying to set up my Coleman on the tailgate, and I can see it coming out of Mexico, not ten miles away. I've had to move 3 or 4 times before I found a spot where it wasn't going to rain or it had already passed through. But, the frogs! The frogs! It's amazing how they show up and disappear just as fast. The Southwest is a magical place. Paul, you ain't barely "southwest" I think? More, southern Utah.
I told one time about when we were down below Tombstone, some sleepy motel and I walked across the street to get a soda from the convenience mart sleezy gas station. Midmorning, hot as hell, not a cloud in the sky, that I could tell? But, again, Mexico was not far away and as I exited the door and headed back, a sudden drenching cloudburst that ended before I got to the room, which was the furthest from the street, and it still hadn't rained there. Pat looked at me as I stood there looking like I fell in the pool! And, it was gone as quickly as it came, no sense in him looking outside to see what I was talking about. Magical place. I love it down there, if I ever GET INVITED again?
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 09, 2018, 09:07 AM:
Yeah they were hunkered down in the "goat house" this morning.
My place came with a goat house & they've always ducked into it during snow or rain. Couldn't tell ya if all goats are the same way or not ?
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 09, 2018, 09:44 AM:
....but, you're working on it, right?
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 09, 2018, 09:49 AM:
It's a toad strangler on the mountain top right now.
I mainly came up to show a little time on the time sheet but also to check on the building and finish pulling out some items and shut the frig off so I can clean it tomorrow. Will dump water on Thursday.
I don't care what I'm doing after conserving water on the mountain tops I still hate to dump it at the end of the season.
Some fool just had to walk up over the weekend in the mud and track it all over the catwalk. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
I'm hoping this lets up some in a little while so I can shut down and get off of here.
It's the only lookout I've been on where I actually stay warm and cozy. Electrical base boards for heat.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 09, 2018, 11:33 AM:
Well good luck, a doozy of a storm rolled thru here awhile back headed your way & another just hit.
Inbound !! escape while you can !!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 09, 2018, 11:52 AM:
There's a worthy project for ya, Dave! Get the goat house all wired up with electrical baseboards. Time's a waste'n! Getter Done! What would Q say?
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 09, 2018, 12:44 PM:
Yes I'm no longer in the central part of the state I'm up north but we still have the desert toads up here by the thousands something to hear after the first rain of the season.
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on October 09, 2018, 01:43 PM:
Just got back from a little Coyote hunting trip in Nevada. WOW!!!!! The fires did a really number out there. Was amazing to say the least.
Good Hunting Chad
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 10, 2018, 02:11 AM:
UTcaller, what rock you been hiding under?
They just burnt up another 7,000 plus acres in Lamoille(sp?) canyon last week. Pretty sad.
Opener of our deer season today. Sure glad it rained or we'd be chasing fire today. Never know still might be.
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on October 10, 2018, 07:48 AM:
Just been a busy couple years. But still like stopping by to see what’s up on Huntmasters every now and then. 🙂 I was out to Spring Creek a couple weeks ago getting Propane and it is as dry as I can remember out there. Glad we’re getting alittle rain and I hope we get a good wet winter.
Good Hunting Chad
[ October 10, 2018, 07:51 AM: Message edited by: UTcaller ]
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 10, 2018, 06:29 PM:
Chad,
Didn't you, your brother, and some others take a trip and kill about a jillion and twelveteen critters last year about this time, maybe September?
Let's see some pictures!
[ October 10, 2018, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Locohead ]
Posted by UTcaller (Member # 8) on October 11, 2018, 01:07 AM:
Loco, yeah that was actually a couple years ago. We had a pretty good hunt and had a good time for sure. Last year was pretty good as well. This year was damn slow to say the least. But we’ll keep after them. I can’t figure out how to post pictures anymore so I’ll just bring the thread with them in back up.
Good Hunting Chad
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 11, 2018, 03:49 PM:
Cant believe it , it rained all day today cloudy tomorrow and rain again on Saturday! wtf is this Florida?
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 12, 2018, 03:14 AM:
We had mostly sunny skies late day fair weather clouds yesterday.
Ice on the roof, took a while for it to melt enough to get on it to get the shutters in place.
Building is shut down finally!!
I check out today and get on with my life.
These kids can't figure it out as they've let fire become their lives. A whole lot more to life than a job.
But what do I know? I'm an old fossil and don't like most people.
Computer and internet go down Saturday and won't be back up until Tuesday (I hope). Moving almost everything up country and leaving it.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 12, 2018, 04:31 AM:
Enjoy your time out of the tower ! Gonna fence a horse pasture today while the skies are clear. then hunker back down tomorrow.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 12, 2018, 05:35 AM:
You know what they do on the Papago? they put bracelets on the front feet and let them wander. But the horses are smart enough to know that walking too far away from feed and water is a two way street. Fences? Mañana.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 12, 2018, 05:47 AM:
Its a turnout for a horse boarding operation not my idea just a job ! Ill take it !
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on October 12, 2018, 08:50 AM:
Hey Paul;
We're getting your rain down here now. Not sure if it's the last of the Monsoon or the first of the Winter Wet but I'm lovin' it !!!!
Could it be …………...the drought we've suffered thru for 20 years is coming to an end ??????
All I know is that if Global Warming is causing this rain, then I'm going to use more coal oil lamps.
Posted by Locohead (Member # 15) on October 12, 2018, 08:00 PM:
In Colorado, weather is:
Chile today, hot tamale.
Posted by Kokopelli (Member # 633) on October 12, 2018, 09:54 PM:
Groan !!!!
Chili today …………… poo-poo on fire tomorrow. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 13, 2018, 03:39 AM:
KoKo good for you the central and southern part of the state did not get the monsoon we did lord knows we need the moisture but it gets old when you live in the dirt everything comes to a halt. 2 wheel drives stay parked and the 4 wheelers get muddy as hell and the floors are a bitch to keep clean lol!
Not to mention the dogs!
But I wouldn't have it any other way I am blessed beyond belief !
[ October 13, 2018, 03:42 AM: Message edited by: Paul Melching ]
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 13, 2018, 06:35 AM:
I suppose they have it other places but up in Saskatoon, they do have a mud room for boots and parkas, etc. before getting in the house proper. I remember, in Berlin, the fancy stores had wall, to wall, to ceiling heavy blankets just inside the front doors that you had to part to actually get inside. Pretty effective way to keep the frigid outside air from the toasty inside. I didn't see any dogs but the locals all park on the sidewalk and pedestrians must deal with it.
Good hunting. El Bee
PS Woke up to rain this morning
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 14, 2018, 04:39 AM:
When I can afford a deck it will have a mud room most homes up here have them ! Mine will be on the back porch so as not to obscure my views !
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on October 15, 2018, 05:26 AM:
Damn fires just don't want to quit.
Out and about over the weekend, had a particular route in mind. Start getting down into the valley I needed to get across, damn fire 20 miles wide blocking my path. Had to go nearly a hundred miles (ROUGH miles) to get around it.
According to the inciweb site, that fire has been out for weeks. Uhhhh, nope... Still fucking going!
Could see distant smoke from others still going too. All this, following four or five days of rain and snow and overnight temps way below freezing. Some crazy shit...
- DAA
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 18, 2018, 03:39 AM:
DAA you have to read the SIT report over inciweb. They tell you that you might still see smoke on these big fires as the interior burns. They don't put anything out 100% any more. If the fire was on the exterior and up and running I would have called it in. But the fact is the wild land fire force is laid off by the first of October due to a new physical year starting and they don't want to dip into next seasons budget. They should totally budget at least one pay period into the next physical year during these high fire seasons. I'm a career seasonal (meaning I get 6 months and 1 day of work) I usually go into the next physical year at least 1 or so pay periods and then come on later in the spring.
As for moon dust. I totally hate it. The drought has brought that chit in bad for the last 20 odd seasons. I've seen the dust move like water when you drive through it. The worst is when ranchers haul water over the same road all summer or the fire boys go out and fight fires then rehab the fires. The road are totally gone when they are done. Don't care to ever be around that chit anymore. It's very hard on vehicles and people. I cringe just thinking about it.
Posted by DAA (Member # 11) on October 18, 2018, 04:30 AM:
EW, it was burning actually on the exterior, but, wind was pushing it towards the interior - and there is a HELLUVA big interior on that one. Hell of a big. I was just dumbfounded it could still be going after the weather of the previous week. And like I mentioned, had been listed as fully contained for almost a month at that point. At first figured it was just smoke, but got close enough to see real flames. Turned around and made a big detour at that point.
And yeah, that moon dust, bull dust, silt, whatever you want to call it, is HORRIBLE. I've put my Jeep through miles and miles and miles of it already this fall. I mean, MILES and MILES. I'll be replacing u-joints this weekend...
And yes, the roads were just chewed up way beyond anything I have ever seen in that area. Must have been the fire crews. Worse, I lost a front shock early on that trip, had to drive that hundred miles of bad road to go around the fire missing a shock absorber, that really sucked!
Happened right after I left pavement, while everything was still clean, ha-ha!
Killed the shit out of the coyotes though. Got 7 the first morning before noon. Ended up with 15, even after all the lost time trying to get where I wanted to go. If I had been able to take the route I wanted, I'm pretty sure I'd have got 20. By myself.
- DAA
Posted by Lone Howl (Member # 29) on October 18, 2018, 06:41 AM:
Oh snap! Literally.
Mark
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 18, 2018, 08:01 AM:
That Dave can make an interesting portrait out of a wheel well. On a Jeep, no less. Takes talent.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 21, 2018, 01:43 PM:
Hot and dry enough again I think we could strike up a fire if the right idiot comes by and does something real stupid.
Was 70* yesterday afternoon and it'll be close to that again.
Found snow in the deep shaped areas above 8,000ft yesterday. With water running off the snow down the roads.
Animals aren't moving at all. Seen 2 elk in the back of trucks and not one animal hanging on a meat pole yesterday.
Crazy weather. Weather peeps saying something by end of week but only a 20% chance which is nothing.
Need some cold wet weather.
Posted by Paul Melching (Member # 885) on October 22, 2018, 04:46 AM:
Was beautiful yesterday mid seventies and puffy clouds on a deep blue sky twice a dark cloud rolled in and sat right over my place and rained for a few minutes just laughed my ass off. only see people on my road during elk season only saw one elk roll out.
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 22, 2018, 06:29 PM:
earthwalker: Working up in Wheezzer Idyho. Still a burn ban up here I guess ?
Locals burning corn stalk fields I guess. Must be under permit. Smoke all summer, now fall smoke.
It's great !!
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 22, 2018, 07:32 PM:
Dave! Dave!
About time you checked in!
We need to know what they did with the chopped up body?
I'll pass it on to Trump, he don't know what's going on, at all?
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by earthwalker (Member # 4177) on October 23, 2018, 04:32 AM:
Got a hunch the Washington county fire chief has kept the burn ban on. He knows the wild land fire boys are laid off for the winter and there is no help from that quarter.
Idaho's closed burning season is May 10 -October 20. Boise county has put a total no burn ban on during that time you can't even go to the state and get a burn permit.
Custer county you have to call the sheriff's department to burn anything year round. $300 fine if the fire department is called out on a controlled burn. Save's on false fire calls.
I know the Washington county has been closing down the county each year to burning. They must be waiting on a good wetting rain and temps to cool down. Boise was 73* yesterday we were mid 60's.
No one is getting any elk unless they are walking them down. Haven't seen a buck up here. Went out yesterday and sat at 8,000 feet and glassed for a hour or so and never seen anything move.
Later in the day we were in another area and I glassed 5 big horn sheep and on the way home seen 2 antelope. The full moon and way to hot is keeping critters hid deep and not moving much.
I did see several deer the other night running down the road in front of the house. Out front by the mail box looks like a deer highway.
Hope things cool down and gets stormy. We have tags for a late cow hunt in December.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 23, 2018, 07:05 AM:
That's as clear concise report as we ever should hope to get. Thank you.
Dave, see how it's done? And, where's that Saudi report on the killing from Q? Always appreciate his slant/version/interpretation.
Good hunting. El Bee
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 23, 2018, 09:59 AM:
Q has been quite for the last two weeks. Q has mentioned in the past a power struggle in Saudi.
Some even think the Vegas deal last year is tied to them ? Dunno.
Posted by Leonard (Member # 2) on October 23, 2018, 10:30 AM:
Thanks, Dave. Not even going to mention the little spelling error.
Well, I wasn't. Sorry!
He may be traveling, who knows? Is his silence unusual? LB
Posted by Dave Allen (Member # 3102) on October 23, 2018, 10:55 AM:
Yeah posting from work. Shhh don't tell my boss !!
Q has been known to be gone a week or two, but usually comes back with loads of info.
Might be gone till after mid-terms ? this coming election is big !!
UBB.classicTM
6.3.0