Trailhead comments

[Bill W]

By and large, I've had mostly positive interactions, but try to avoid areas that get gobs of hikers.  The worst was when I went up towards Ingalls Lake for the high hunt (I wasn't actually hunting at the lake, but used that trail for access).  I went in at night and didn't see anyone but when I went out I probably passed a hundred hikers on the way out - definitely got some strange looks and at least one "Oh, no...." 

Just found this gem on WTA when doing some e-scouting

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2020-08-12-6114641073

Curious about people's opinions.  I probably would have drug that bear out of sight somewhere and quartered it... I also probably wouldn't have been hunting right on a popular trail either, but wouldn't have passed on a shot either - assuming it was a bear I wanted anyway.

Further down in the write up by the irate hiker it says " Please report the clueless idiot.".    I don't think the irate hiker really knows who is the clueless idiot.

[2MANY]

Sounds like the hiker wasted a good day of protesting by going hiking.

[GASoline71]

They are the same people that pretty much got bear baiting and hound hunting shut down many years ago.

Gary

[Onewhohikes]

Well I made my comment so she/he can chew on that a while

[NitRally]

Well I made my comment so she/he can chew on that a while

Likewise.

[KP-Skagit]

I also feel the hunter/hiker interaction is exacerbated by the fact that access is decreasing. Particularly in the area where this WTA post was from. There are several roads in that area that I used all the time that have been washed out and never repaired. One of my favorite bear spots up by Baker used to be a mile walk in on an unpopular trail. Now it is 8 miles and you have to use Schreibers Meadows with half of Bellingham to get there. I have given up on it.

Personally, I do just about everything I can to avoid non-hunters, actually even hunters, in the woods. But with decreasing accessibility comes increased density. What we need is the USFS to start selling some timber, get these roads repaired and let folks spread out. 

[salt n sage90]

By and large, I've had mostly positive interactions, but try to avoid areas that get gobs of hikers.  The worst was when I went up towards Ingalls Lake for the high hunt (I wasn't actually hunting at the lake, but used that trail for access).  I went in at night and didn't see anyone but when I went out I probably passed a hundred hikers on the way out - definitely got some strange looks and at least one "Oh, no...." 

Just found this gem on WTA when doing some e-scouting

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2020-08-12-6114641073

Curious about people's opinions.  I probably would have drug that bear out of sight somewhere and quartered it... I also probably wouldn't have been hunting right on a popular trail either, but wouldn't have passed on a shot either - assuming it was a bear I wanted anyway.

What a doozie of a thread. Love the outrage. Sums up seattle to perfection

[stlusn30-06]

By and large, I've had mostly positive interactions, but try to avoid areas that get gobs of hikers.  The worst was when I went up towards Ingalls Lake for the high hunt (I wasn't actually hunting at the lake, but used that trail for access).  I went in at night and didn't see anyone but when I went out I probably passed a hundred hikers on the way out - definitely got some strange looks and at least one "Oh, no...." 

Just found this gem on WTA when doing some e-scouting

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2020-08-12-6114641073

Curious about people's opinions.  I probably would have drug that bear out of sight somewhere and quartered it... I also probably wouldn't have been hunting right on a popular trail either, but wouldn't have passed on a shot either - assuming it was a bear I wanted anyway.

What a doozie of a thread. Love the outrage. Sums up seattle to perfection

I appreciate the irony of one group of people in a forum thread, knocking another a group of people a forum thread, for knocking them in a forum thread. I try to just stay in my lane and call it good.

[NitRally]

By and large, I've had mostly positive interactions, but try to avoid areas that get gobs of hikers.  The worst was when I went up towards Ingalls Lake for the high hunt (I wasn't actually hunting at the lake, but used that trail for access).  I went in at night and didn't see anyone but when I went out I probably passed a hundred hikers on the way out - definitely got some strange looks and at least one "Oh, no...." 

Just found this gem on WTA when doing some e-scouting

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/trip-reports/trip_report-2020-08-12-6114641073

Curious about people's opinions.  I probably would have drug that bear out of sight somewhere and quartered it... I also probably wouldn't have been hunting right on a popular trail either, but wouldn't have passed on a shot either - assuming it was a bear I wanted anyway.

What a doozie of a thread. Love the outrage. Sums up seattle to perfection

I appreciate the irony of one group of people in a forum thread, knocking another a group of people a forum thread, for knocking them in a forum thread. I try to just stay in my lane and call it good.

Forumception. In all honesty it is helpful posting on wta or all trails to inform people that its legal.