Prairie Fire

Last week Andy went to Big Creek State Park to help his fellow Manager burn some prairie. We had a good day to do it and we got a couple prairies burned. Here's how one of them went....

Here's the bigger burn. You can see the fire starting off in the distance. Andy served on this burn as a look out and then mop-up man after the burn with his utility vehicle and water tank. The look-out position gave him a great vantage point to take some pictures as the burn progressed.


Here comes Chad, the Manager at Big Creek, as he lights the head fire.


The head fire comes to life....


The southerly wind that day pushed the head fire through the fuels with relative ease, creating some flame lengths as long as 20 feet! And boy, was it HOT!!!



The finished product following all the mop-up.


After the burn, Andy even cashed in on a pair of sheds from a nice 6 point buck! They were a little smokey, but still pretty cool nonetheless!