Michigan's U P

RDHunter · 08-06-2007, 09:40 PM

Heard a rumor that Michigan's upper peninsula was burning up ?
My wife told me she heard on the news that some state forest land caught on fire and some thousand acres was destroyed.
Can any of you yuppors confrim this and how will it effect the hunting season.

BullRider115 · 08-07-2007, 04:04 AM

On our vacation we went up to the upper and looked beautiful as ever....

We did on the other hand go to Mio into the Huron National Forest and there for the past few years have been burning. I use to hunt these very grounds years ago and it was sad to see it look this way. The rows of pines were planted in 1936 and now they are black stick but, the new growth was looking healthy and thick. A deers dream and a hunters nightmare.

finner · 08-07-2007, 07:34 AM

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Heard a rumor that Michigan's upper peninsula was burning up ?
My wife told me she heard on the news that some state forest land caught on fire and some thousand acres was destroyed.
Can any of you yuppors confrim this and how will it effect the hunting season.

Yep its no rumor RD, the eastern U.P caught fire last weekend 6 miles north of newberry, from a lightning strike. firefighters been battling the blaze all week and has doubled in size and now has burnt 15,000 acres.
As far as hunting in the area goes im not really sure, but i do believe that area is alot of marsh/swamp type conifer forest, but im sure it will screw someones spot up. but on the upside it will be good for the deer as im sure the regrowth will take over.

here's the link that talks about it RD
http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7...3353--,00.html

RDHunter · 08-07-2007, 07:45 AM

Thanks for confriming that for me , that is sad .

YooperMike · 08-07-2007, 11:22 AM

That's two this year now, it was in the west the last time earlier in the summer, tough year for the UP

RDHunter · 08-14-2007, 09:58 PM

Heard on the news today that it's still burning ?

9th tine · 08-15-2007, 05:49 PM

Yeah it's still burning,They feel they are getting a little better handle on it,But that can change quickly.
also another one started up from a lightning strike in the carney lake area, That's not to far from Iron Mountain.
It's so darn dry,We haven't had any rain around here since the 4th of July and it was dry then.

9th tine · 08-15-2007, 07:12 PM

Go to the DNR website www.michigan.gov/dnr
It has the story and pic's about it on the cover page
it's getting close to 19,000 acres now

RDHunter · 08-26-2007, 08:40 PM

By chance did all this rain and storms we have had the last couple of days dowse that fire

Michigan hunter14 · 08-26-2007, 08:49 PM

I haven't heard much more about it, last I heard they were dying down a bit.