2021 California Bear

[NickCNC]

I've heard the B zones are just riddled with black bear. Unfortunately I can't justify that drive for me to make and take the necessary time and leave my wife at home with a newborn and 4 other kids. Lol short trips for me this year.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

I've heard the B zones are just riddled with black bear. Unfortunately I can't justify that drive for me to make and take the necessary time and leave my wife at home with a newborn and 4 other kids. Lol short trips for me this year.

At some point you'll have 5 packers with you to bring out meat!

 

[NickCNC]

At some point you'll have 5 packers with you to bring out meat!

The oldest won't. He's 18 and not an outdoorsman at all. My 15 yr old will, he hunts with me.. My daughter won't either. She's glued to her laptop and drawing. The other 2 I'm hopeful for lol

 

[jryoung]

This thing is a beast, spreading in acreage though heavy timber like a chaparral fire does. In 2020 on a shroom hunt I drove north to south right through the centerline of this fire looking for a thinning project that was on the map. It hadn't commenced yet, and there were no shrooms to be found, but I noted that if this area ever got a spark and the right winds it'd be lights out. It got all of that and more.

 

[NickCNC]

These fires are insane and as devastating as they seem it's still a course of nature. These forests come back to life, just a shame when folks property and homes are at stake

 

[David Gough]

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd945011.pdf

Eldorado forest closure. Shitty timing for hunters in D5.

 

[David Gough]

These fires are insane and as devastating as they seem it's still a course of nature. These forests come back to life, just a shame when folks property and homes are at stake

Fires of this magnitude are not as beneficial to wildlife and habitat as smaller, regular fires are.

 

[NickCNC]

Fires of this magnitude are not as beneficial to wildlife and habitat as smaller, regular fires are.

I agree, but it's not fair to say they've never happened before. Lightning strikes have sparked fires in wilderness' long before man has had the ability to battle them and they run their course and the wildlife and habitat takes a hit, but it comes back.

 

[David Gough]

https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd945702.pdf

Further national forest closures.

 

[SoCalhunt88]

Those closures do not seem targeted at all

 

[David Gough]

Those closures do not seem targeted at all

I'm not sure they are meant to be. From what I can tell, USFS is saying they are running out of wildland firefighting resources.

 

[NickCNC]

Archery season is certainly going to be more concentrated with hunters in available areas

 

[SO7mm]

Wow. What are the chances they actually lift them on September 6th? I'm not sure if I still can but I think I'm going to trade my B tag for D3-5 this afternoon.

 

[NickCNC]

I think d3-5 will be closed longer than B zones. But that's just my guess.

 

[SO7mm]

It looked like El Dorado and Stanislaus are still open, at least for now. We have a cabin in Dorrington so if they do like last year and shut down camping I can still go poke around. Who knows.

 

[NickCNC]

El Dorado is closed. Stanislaus open

 

[SO7mm]

Thanks. I hadn't seen that. Stanislaus won't be far behind I would imagine.

 

[NickCNC]

There's nothing there yet. But you could be right.

 

[NickCNC]

I'm heading up Sunday with my son for just a day trip cuz I don't want to leave my wife overnight with a newborn and our wild child 2yr old. Too much for her to handle for me to go have fun. But we're going to stanislaus, D6. Bear and deer tags in tow. Luckily my tags are AO

 

[SO7mm]

Good luck. It looks like it's going to be cooler up there this weekend.