I was reading the article below and starting thinking, "How many high-fenced areas burned up in this series of fires?"

Growing up, our family business involved contracting for the state and feds to fight forest fires. I have seen entire pastures with dead smoking carcasses of cattle that had no place to run and they weren't even fenced in. I imagine that a lot of the big game went up in smoke this week as well.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...towns-red-alert.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...towns-red-alert.html

More than likely a lot of wildlife and stock did burn up in these fires. I think it would be wise for a lot of the fenced places to investigate back burning fire breaks anually. Might prevent them significant revenue losses in the future.

I doubt any. When Chaparrel burned a few years back not a single deer was lost according to the aerial surveys.
When pressed with fatal circumstances 8' does not contain a wt deer. I have seen video of bucks in helo surveys going straight over 8' fencing without missing a step.
These fires are great for the land. They just scare the hell out of people while they are burning!

perry

I've had reports from family members that have inspected burned areas of NW Texas on the ground that some deer carcasses have been found that were casualties of the fire. These were in non-high fenced areas. For the most part, animals like deer and cattle will escape fires, but those which do not succumb regardless of whether a high fence is present.