knafelc wrote on Nov 6^th, 2011 at 12:35pm:

Wonder what the Pigami Creek fire will do to  bear concentrations in the BWCA area just north and east of the fire this spring? Will the fire have pushed a bunch of underfed/emotionally disturbed/wounded animals into that pocket of unburned forest? If everything dove into the water to escape the fire and then emerged to a landscape devoid of vegitation and many running obsticals,how will that effect the preditor/herbrivor thing this winter? Must have been a number of roasts laying/floating around for the scavingers. What came back for this stuff/...birds? 100,000 acres is a pretty large expanse ...

Could be interesting.

Newly burned areas quickly become excellent forage areas after the fire.  I think it was Kevin Callan who explained this to me.  If you want to see wildlife, go where it burned out recently.  All those tasty new shoots.  Lots of berries grab hold on the fresh open spaces.

"Emotionally disturbed" has me thinking of a bear with a punk haircut & a chip on his shoulder, "Daddy never loved me!"   :D


So long as you take reasonable precautions, there isn't anywhere in North America you should be overly concerned about going to.  Sometimes reasonable precautions includes a gun.