Wildfire behavior

LAST EDITED ON Sep-07-17 AT 11:38PM (MST)[p]Hey yall,
First time posting on here. I'm new to hunting, last year was my first season. Without a hunting buddy or dad to teach me I fumbled around the woods all season last year, got lucky and saw a few deer but wasn't able to take one home to meet the folks. I live in the PNW, more specifically oregon.

I'm just curious from some people with a bit more experience than me (pretty much anyone with a pulse) any ideas or predictions on the animals behavior this year with our current wildfire epidemic? Of course the animals are gonna move away from the immediate flames and obviously I wouldn't Rambo out and head directly into the wildfire regions, but any other advice would be helpful....

Thanks guys!
-Elijah

THE GAME IS WELL IN FRT OF THESE FIRES , GIVE IT A YEAR AND THEY , WILL BE BACK IN NUMBERS , BURNS ARE A FAVORITE FEEDING AREA BUT IT TAKES AT LEAST A YEAR FOR NEW GROWETH

With the recent panguitch fire the deer and elk were back in there within a month. After the following month of rain they were feeding in the burn. The big beaver west fire 8 yrs ago, the deer never left.

I've seen deer and elk casually feeding in unburned areas right next to an area that is still burning. Furthermore, I've seen new grasses growing within a few weeks of a fire. Deer and elk love new growth...

Deer love new growth. Burning forests to produce brush fields is usually a good thing--provided the oak and other brush is not sprayed to produce clean stands of pine or fir with little at ground level for the deer to eat. But what if the growth does not occur? Recent fires in Nevada have turned deer habitat into sheep and horse country, and these lands will remain nothing but grass and rabbit brush for decades. Too frequently, fires kill bitterbrush and sage, leaving only the less desirable species. Also, the green grasses that attract deer in the summer will be dead by winter. And then the die off begins...

That said, deer do like burns. Part of the appeal may be the lack of parasites, dust to roll in, etc.