Proper road hunting etiquette

[baker5150]

Here's a question about road hunting ediquette or just primitive road travel in general. Let's say primitive road, fairly good ascent or decsent. One vehiclel going up and the other coming down. Only place wide enough is about 1/8 of a mile either up or down the road. Who has the right of way? Vehicle going up or vehicle coming down.

I think it depends on the situation. I ran into this when I was snowmobiling. I had an SUV and a snowmobile trailer loaded, along with my family in the vehicle. I was coming up a really big hill that was muddy and clay like. I saw another car coming down, when I was already started up the hill.

Had I stopped, I would have began to slid backwards with the trailer and possibly put my family in danger of an accident with the forestry. The car ahead of me did not stop and just keep coming down.

I was a little irritated as I had a decent load, and the other car was empty other than the driver and one.
passenger.

When we passed, we just about side swiped eachother, while he was honking at me as we passed. At the bottom of the hill, the guy in the car stopped and was looking back at me all pissed off. I stopped at the top of the hill and was waiting to see if he was going to get out and want to start something. Nothing came about it, but then I was wondering....... "How the heck did a car make it up here"?

I always slow down or stop when I come across another vehicle when on the trails, except that one situation I just explained. I feel that I rather would take a moment to figure out how me and the other vehicles will pass by each other, instead of assuming whether I am in the "right-of-way" or not. That's how accidents happen, and hot tempers get started. 

I just play it safe, no matter where the pull out is or if there is one.

Alot of ***holes on these trails

I was always told the downhill vehicle has the right of way, pretty sure it was based on log truck traffic, but not positive.
Made sense to me since the down facing vehicle has a harder time stopping and backing up compared to the uphill facing vehicle.

[Badhabit]

Baker, that's the way it was explained to me along time ago in Idaho. I don't know if it's written in any law books or not.

[7mmfan]

I don't think there are any rules, or written laws anywhere regarding this. Its purely situational as far as I'm concerned. I've stopped and backed up, and down hills for people that I felt needed to be given the go ahead, and I have also pushed forward when I felt I was the one that needed it. SIlverbullet's story sounds like it was handled correctly by him. Once forward motion is started on a slippery hill, especially when towing, it can be downright dangerous to try and stop.

[spiononedawg]

Down hill traffic always has right of way, wether you are in the city or the woods. It is a matter of physics, down hill traffic has momentum. Certain situations require common sense though. In washington logging trucks always have right of way regardless of where they are positioned thats why they post signs at the bottom.

[Fishnfowler]

Don't have a shell in the chamber or magazine while driving.  That really isn't etiquette, but more of a law. 

[thinkingman]

Gross tonnage has ROW.
Also, boats under sail have ROW over powerboats.
Walking and shooting from the road are permissible.
While walking the road with our dog, I had a gamie check me and my son this grouse opener.
She was cool and professional.

[Bob33]

Gross tonnage has ROW.
Also, boats under sail have ROW over powerboats.
Walking and shooting from the road are permissible.
While walking the road with our dog, I had a gamie check me and my son this grouse opener.
She was cool and professional.

Shooting on a Forest Service road is not legal.