Haskell County Texas

Texas Wildfire Updates 6/21/11

Texas Forest Service
June 21, 2011

New large fires from yesterday (more than 100 acres in timber, 300 acres in lighter fuels):

ROCKLAND, Tyler County. 500 acres, 90 percent contained. This fire is burning 13 miles north of Woodville. The community of Rockland was evacuated.

WEISE, Haskell County. 5,000 acres, 75 percent contained. This fire is burning 9 miles east of Haskell.

WHITE HAT, Coke and Nolan Counties. 20,000 acres, 5 percent contained. Voluntary evacuations around the community of Maryneal. Heavy airtankers and single-engine airtankers dropped on this fire. This fire is burning 4 miles south of Maryneal.

WILSON RANCH, Tom Green County. 4,300 acres, 30 percent contained. This fire is located north of the community of Grape Creek. Structure protection in progress.

COBBLE RD. #1, Howard County. 1,200 acres, 90 percent contained. This fire is burning 2 miles west of Big Spring. 1 home destroyed and 100 threatened.

MITCHELL RANCH 2, Crockett County. 3,000 acres, 5 percent contained. This fire is burning 31 miles southwest of Ozona.

BOYKEN RD, Howard County. 3,500 acres, unknown containment. Over 100 homes threatened. This fire is burning just south of Big Spring.


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Uncontained fires from previous days (more than 100 acres in timber, 300 acres in lighter fuels):

BEARING, Polk and Trinity Counties. 20,222 acres, 40 percent contained. The fire is burning near Carmona. Two homes and six cabins were destroyed and dozens have been evacuated.

POWER LINE, Jasper County. 3,500 acres, 75 percent contained. The fire is burning just south of Lake Sam Rayburn Dam. Five hundred homes are threatened.

SMAC, Brooks County. 35,000 acres, 50 percent contained. Extreme fire behavior was observed again yesterday on this fire 13 miles southwest of Falfurrias.

HUDSON COMPLEX, Sterling County. 3,160 acres, 95 percent contained. The fire is burning 34 miles northwest of San Angelo.

FAULKNER, Crockett County. 2,200 acres, 95 percent contained. 900 acres, 40 percent contained. The fire is burning southwest of Big Lake.

4097, Newton County. 410 acres, unknown containment. Good progress was made on the fire yesterday.

MIDWAY (COWBOY CHURCH), Walker County. 3,000 acres, 25 percent contained. The fire is burning near Huntsville. One hundred sixty-three homes were evacuated near Midway.

West Texas – Whitetail Hunt | Archery - International Hunting ...

This Outfitter has some of the best deer hunting in Texas. This West Texas whitetail hunting ranch has a year-round supplemental feeding program and strict game management program that produces trophy whitetails every year. The ranch was not commercially hunted until 1998 when an intensive management program was put in place to further enhance the already outstanding deer herd. West Texas has gained notoriety for trophy whitetail hunting. Bow hunting whitetail deer in West Texas in Haskell County on 14,000 plus acres of prime whitetail deer country. You will be whitetail hunting for trophy bucks in dense mesquite thickets, creek bottoms, deep rugged canyons, crop fields, and food plots.

You and your guide will have exclusive access to several thousand acres of unpressured Texas whitetail hunting country in Haskell or Throckmorton County. The whitetail rut in West Texas normally takes place from mid November through mid December. Bowhunters will be hunting from tripods and/or ground blinds set up prior to your hunt.

West Texas Archery Whitetail Hunting Season: October – January

Trophy Whitetail Buck Hunt – 2 days They provide transportation while on the hunting property and they can provide transportation to and from an airport for a small fee. American Airlines currently serves Abilene Regional Airport located about 50 miles from the ranch headquarters. Rental cars are available at the airport. Private pilots can fly into the Haskell Municipal Airport located 2 miles north of Haskell if hunting in Haskell. If hunting in Breckenridge, the Stephens County Airport is located 2 miles south of Breckenridge.

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