collapse

Advertisement


Author Topic: Dear offroad vehicle operator,  (Read 5168 times)

Offline hirshey

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2009
  • Posts: 2279
  • Location: Central Washington
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #15 on: March 22, 2010, 09:02:16 PM »
Me and my friends ride our atv's all the time we stay on open roads and respect the land. Just a thought if the guys were on horses doing the same thing would you guys still be pissed. I hope that these guys breaking the law dont ruin it for the rest of us but it always does. It sucks. Alot of my hunting ground has been gated because of people dumping garbage and stealing firewood.

Horseback is definitely not the same. I don't see horseshoe scars across numerous hillsides. And as CS pointed out, the roads and hillsides we are talking about are closed to motor traffic, not foot and horse.

Even today when I was out, there was a fellow on a 4-wheeler thinking he was in the right to be motoring along on the road. I have news for many ATV riders: just because its a dirt road, gated or not, many roads are not open to ATVs. Check before you ride if you don't want all roads restricted.

In any case, I think it would be a fabulous idea to allow the F&W to seize vehicles not heeding offroad or closed road restrictions. Can you imagine the revenue that could generate? :)
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

Offline hirshey

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2009
  • Posts: 2279
  • Location: Central Washington
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #16 on: March 22, 2010, 09:04:27 PM »
I have personaly seen 1 guy (who is an entiat native) ride his old 1980's dirt bike up a ridge and them jump off, lean his bike against a tree and then run around in a cirlce and then jump back on race down and up the next ridge and then bail off again, run around in a circle and repeat this over and over for 4 months out of the year. I can always tell if i was beat to a certain spot cause his bike tracks will b all over the hill side and every ridge line and every bench,flat. but he cant get em all, I still find a bunch with my 2 legs! They only get the easy 1's and the big 1's. They are very experianced riders i find bike tracks running across bare hill side that r pretty steep 1 wrong move and its all down hill to the river.


Makes me sad. :( I'm alright with getting beat fair and square. When I see boot prints I'm usually a little bummed but not aggrivated. ATVs do miss a significant amount of sheds though... the boyfriend found a great 4 point the other day down a draw that was a little too steep and bushy for the ghostrider. :)
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

Offline gasman

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 6377
  • Location: Tacoma,wa
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2010, 09:06:29 PM »
It seams that a few bad apples screw it up for the rest of us  :bash:


never mind  :dunno:
Gasman


It's 5 O'clock somewhere.......

Offline hirshey

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Nov 2009
  • Posts: 2279
  • Location: Central Washington
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2010, 09:08:59 PM »
It seams that a few bad apples screw it up for the rest of us  :bash:


never mind  :dunno:

Its true... I guess there's a few of those in all walks of life.
I am not opposed to golf, for I suspect it keeps armies of the unworthy from discovering deer.

Offline gasman

  • Washington For Wildlife
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Old Salt
  • ******
  • Join Date: Dec 2008
  • Posts: 6377
  • Location: Tacoma,wa
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2010, 09:12:56 PM »
It seams that a few bad apples screw it up for the rest of us  :bash:


never mind  :dunno:

Its true... I guess there's a few of those in all walks of life.

Your right, but i hate it when people think that all ORV users or any user group for that matter are all the same  :bash:

You do realise that some public land is leagal to ride of road  :dunno: not all areas are illegal to ride off road......
Gasman


It's 5 O'clock somewhere.......

Offline CoyoteSlayer

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Pilgrim
  • *
  • Join Date: Mar 2010
  • Posts: 23
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #20 on: March 22, 2010, 09:27:01 PM »
I definitely realize that, like I said, I have rode them myself. I think we are trying to be clear that it is the closed areas we are concerned about. Like I have said, I see tracks going around locked gates with clearly posted signs about vehicle usage. Quads can be tons of fun, sorry if we seem to be stereotyping people who ride them, it is not intended to be that way. I am concerned about the people using them when and where they are not allowed. You have to worry about the people misusing them as well, it is only going to lead to more restrictions  :bash:

Offline Pathfinder101

  • The Chosen YAR
  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Explorer
  • ******
  • Join Date: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 11921
  • Location: Southeast WA
  • Semper Primus
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #21 on: March 22, 2010, 09:51:50 PM »
Replace each shed in "no-ride" areas with a spike strip (for next year)... :chuckle:
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.  That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

Offline Missing

  • Non-Hunting Topics
  • Trade Count: (+1)
  • Scout
  • ****
  • Join Date: Dec 2007
  • Posts: 343
  • Location: Cle Elum
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #22 on: March 23, 2010, 04:44:26 PM »
I have seen the same thing this year, I have shed hunted for many years and the last couple of years have been crazy with people and ATV's. Im done for this year :bash:
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. You choose.

Offline heavy hauler

  • Trade Count: (0)
  • Sourdough
  • *****
  • Join Date: Sep 2008
  • Posts: 1366
  • Location: t90
Re: Dear offroad vehicle operator,
« Reply #23 on: March 23, 2010, 09:06:29 PM »
bad apples are bad apples. it doesnt matter if they are :on foot  way too early in the year,riding quads or dirt bikes in closed area or on horseback running elk( i have seen that from hwy 504  at st helens)they all suck and we  all get lumped in with them in the eye of the public.we need to police ourselves  better.call that bs  what it is when you see it. :twocents:
you cant eat the horns, but backstraps look like crap on my wall!!!!

 


* Advertisement

* Recent Topics

Riffe Lake by Mtnwalker
[Today at 08:08:33 AM]


Bow mount trolling motors by deerlick
[Today at 08:02:28 AM]


KODIAK06 2025 trail cam and personal pics thread by kodiak06
[Today at 07:25:16 AM]


SE raffle tags holder by trophyhunt
[Today at 06:25:08 AM]


Archery Elk Advice by PsoasHunter
[Yesterday at 11:29:00 PM]


Share your out of state experience by dvolmer
[Yesterday at 11:05:49 PM]


Baker Lake Sockeye 2025 by RB
[Yesterday at 09:21:30 PM]


A question for any FFL holders on here by dreadi
[Yesterday at 07:28:54 PM]


Best/Preferred Scouting App by MuleyTracksWA
[Yesterday at 06:59:55 PM]


Wolf documentary PBS by Fidelk
[Yesterday at 06:17:50 PM]


Montana Breaks Elk by Magnum_Willys
[Yesterday at 05:45:34 PM]

SimplePortal 2.3.7 © 2008-2025, SimplePortal