Let us live our best life bro!! Our odds are worse than a non resident applying to the Rob Shaul limited non resident unit in the Jackson National Elk Refuge.
Welcome to Appalachia where everything can become an airbrushed t shirt and ultimately a lower leg tattoo hahaha
I don't think the fires in 28 were small. Unit 28 may be a better unit for a while in comparison to 18 with the size and severity of the East Troublesome Fire. You have to admit that there is a big difference in 180,000 acres and 14,000.
Sorry haven't been on for a while. I haven't looked at the burn severity mapping to see what it shows. I can tell you that during large fires there are scientists that specialize in all the different areas of forest management and ecology involved in most decisions. As long as the things they...
Oh and there aren't really any "bad fires" in that part of the the country. Needs fire terribly. Lodgepole needs hot fires especially with all the beetle kill in there. 18 was hotter than what you want for the next 30 years but 100 from now it'll be great. 28 has some great edge already...
I hiked and glassed a good bit of 18 last year in second rifle otc as a dirty lowlife non resident. I didn't see elk. I found sign, I saw really good pockets they could be in and heard from some resident Backcountry guys that had horses that the elk were in hellholes they didn't want to go into...
If you're looking in that area and don't like 18 go down to 28. Tough country, thick timber, lots of beetle kill. You can encounter elk everyday...can you actually see them? Questionable... Good place to learn. Best chance to kill if you're hunting first time? No. A lot of hunters? Yep. But...