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Old 07-17-2010, 05:31 AM
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There was a large forest fire that burned tens of thousands of acres near the area where I elk hunt in CO. The burn scorched trees and burned up grasses all over that area. The following spring nature rejuvinated the growth by the burn and green sprung up all over the place. The burn area was on the next ridge over and wasn't open to our hunt and the following hunting season we could see all kinds of elk gobbling up the green tender grasses that shot up. I would look elsewhere for this year but next year it could be a bonanza. Then again nature can come back pretty quickly because that is the way she works.
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