NO MOTORIZE ACCESS MEANS NO QUADS OR TRUCKS

[Snowman]

Well was over east for the last weekend of elk. And I got to say that I am   Very angery. Was hunting the teannaway area. Had permission to access land through private poperty and got to say that what the hell don't these damn idiots understand about private no tresspassing, NO MOTORIZED VEHICLES. Was up in the hills an had quads an trucks up there. B.S. I don't care if your to damn old to walk go hunt somewhere else or apply for a disable permit. People can make excuses but when I hike my butt off to just have a quad come past me it's B.S.!!!!!!! If your 30yrs. DOES NOT INTITLED YOU TO RIDE YOUR $#@*&^^%%$$$ QUAD BY ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get off an hike like the rest of us and if you don't have permission go somewhere else!!!!!!

[carpsniperg2]

x2 people need to follow the rules.

[blackveltbowhunter]

 Amen!!!!

[Snowman]

We pay through the nose for our gear an lic. and take time off work and plan these trips just to have people screw them up, No B.S.. Been hunting elk for yrs. now an still have not got one an the first time I'm on elk an looking at the chance to harvest my first it's screwed by guys no older than me! I'm tired of it. Felt like shooting their tires out, but then I would be the one to get in trouble. The gamys an cops don't give rats, well you know.

[ffgus]

I am glad to see I am not the only one that has had enough with the quads and Jeeps not following the rules. I hiked in to a secluded spot in the dark by headlamp only to have 2 dipsticks on quads crosscountry right through where I was glassing right about the time I had elk working their way towards me. Of course they never saw the elk which quickly vanished into the timber. Saw several quads on the USFS roads in Milk Creek and Rock Creek where you drive by multiple really big signs that say NO QUADS! They can't all be illiterate can they?? Also got screwed by a jeep "road hunting" by driving out to the top of a rock ledge while I was trying to get in range of a 5 poing bull just below it(I had a tag) which promptly bolted.
We law abiding citizens are at a huge disadvantage to these jerks. People are just rude, that includes many of those we share the woods with.

[coriantonk]

Those people really piss me off!!!    Just because you can get your Suzuki samurai around a gate does not mean that you should.  I had two little Samurai's crest a hill 150yards above me just as a herd of elk were coming into the clearing.  The elk took off and I never got a good look at them        I have never been more tempted in my life to shoot somebodys rig   I am glad I did not do it, but damn I was mad.

[huntnphool]

The gamys an cops don't give rats, well you know.

Of course they do but there are only so many of them and there is only so much they can do without catching them in the act. Its not their fault, they are doing what they can I assure you.

[Bobm]

I hate these ATV's!!!!

For all the above reasons.

Fat lazy pukes who ride them are slobs!

[Snowman]

I know. I've shot deer, bear and birds an the one thing I want the most because I have spent countless days over years out hiking my butt off and the one chance I get to maybe get a shot off at an elk some yahhos drinking beer and trespassing urged. No there not pics of these guys should be good enough to write these jacks a ticket but they don't. Just liked the guy who shot across  rigs in a parking lot onto private property at snowgeese on the ground and if I wouldn't have called my son back they would have shot him. Wrote them a ticket an didn't pull their goose cards like the law states, they were out hunting the next week. Screw the WDFW they take our money gives *censored*ty regs an don't do damn thing!! Let me be the warden and see what happens!!!!

[dbllunger]

Snow you are absolutely wrong in the gamies and cops don't care.  That is total BS.  Have you not looked around at where all the goverments are cutting funding .... they start at the cops.  They don't have the time or manpower to deal with off roaders when they have people getting shot, drugs, and houses getting broken into.  It is a matter of priority and reality of ability.  Do you have any idea how much country, back roads, etc. that are to be watched and how many people there are to do it?  Probably not and you would be shocked to know how impossible a task the few gamies and cops have.  Then you mentioned that this was on private land correct?  Well private land does not get police patrols!!!!  That is the responsibility of the owner or the people using the land.  Did you stop hunting to track down, photograph, or do anything to show who the person was or might have been?  Did you call and file a report, if not how were the cops supposed to know of the violation?  We all have to do our part.  I have given up a days hunt to do just that, and will continue to do that in the future.  We need to do everything we can to stop these jerks on quads, jeeps, and other motorized vehicles where they don't belong.

[mulehunter]

Snowman, Why not you STOP THEM    and ask them cant u read the sign?  Get their Motorcycle # ? Have you tried Call Gamedept or Kitta County Sheiff? I am sure they will Come right away.


Mulehunter 

[Snowman]

Yep did call with pics and lic plate of the truck and make of quads. No response from cops or gamys an yes I do know about all the cuts but I have called countless time for people exceeding fishing limits and bird limits. Yes the access through private property was to public land. There is alot of roads but when u call these agencies an they do nothing it is irratating. And it is not B.S. been around alot of places an seen unlawful activities and have called only to  be told that there is nothing they can do when the gamys are sitting down the road in trucks. Just tired of turning around every time an these jerks getting away with it! You think they would do something after being called constantly to these areas an nail them as hard as they can. Guess I'm tired of working my ass off year after year an these jerks have no brains and think the law doesn't pertain to them. Look at how screwed we are getting losing land to hunt because of these morons. Tired of parking at gates an having to deal with all the other people parking there to as I know some of them feel the same. When you confront them they don't care and the cops didn't want to deal with it. But drive down into the town of cle elum an there's sheriffs driving all around town. Guess this is an unload session as I know there is whole lot of us on this site that feel the same.   

[cle elum bowhunter]

Snowman, I personally know the local game agent here in the upper Kittitas Valley and he takes trespassing and road closure violations very seriously.  I have friends, who he has known for years, that have been ticketed for having a Motor Vehicle behind a gate.  Problem is, he is just one man and he has a huge area he is responsible for.  Have to thank the higher-ups in our State government for cuts in enforcement as much as anything.  I understand your frustrations though.  Had the same problem during archery season,  had a nice area with a few big bulls hanging in the drainage but every morning two old boys would drive up the old logging road in there very loud jeep and like clockwork the bulls blew out into the dark timber over the ridge.  They would actually stop the rig, shut of the motor and rip a bugle before the rumble died off.  Needless to say, they never filled their bull tag or even saw a bull to my knowledge.  Of course, I ate my tag also, although I was very close.

[huntncoug]

I have had several hunts ruined by *censored* bags on ATV's/ Trucks, driving where they werent suppose to be.  The only reason I see to use atvs to hunt is if you own the land, even if it is allowed it is still a half ass way to hunt.  I spend a good part of the year getting into shape to be able to hunt these out of the way places and to see some lazy fat a hole role up in an ATV really pisses me off.

[norsepeak]

why don't you guys who hate the quads and jeeps so bad go hunt in the wilderness?  Or is that too much effort?  I agree they shouldn't be where they are not supposed to be, but whining about it isn't going to help.  Go hunt in the wilderness where they can't go...simple.