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Big Game Hunting => Elk Hunting => Topic started by: nocklehead on July 11, 2010, 11:42:56 AM

Title: bikes at peaches
Post by: nocklehead on July 11, 2010, 11:42:56 AM: Well, got into peaches and lookout area yesterday, saw some good fresh sign, and had a big doe bed down 10ft from us (that was cool) no elk sighted, but we could smell em sometimes....lots of sign...
Too bad it was like a freakin KTM convention out there.. :bash: Why have a "wildlife enhancement area" that allows 2 stroke motors of any size whiz around, and around, and around, (youve already seen this trail but there you are again!) basically ruining any tranquility for MILES, stressing out the elk and deer? :dunno:
Ive had my share of fun in the dirt on various ORVs, but these guys have miles and miles that arent a wildlife enhancement area.....wtf?
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: nocklehead on July 11, 2010, 11:53:00 AM: several times we had to LEAP off the trail to avoid ppl doing nearly 60mph on 3ft wide trails....not too fun when your in shorts and step into some poison oak because of it..
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: Rhinoron247 on July 11, 2010, 12:51:45 PM: Try leading a pack horse down a narrow trail when a couple of those bikes come flying around a corner. The after effects are not pretty.

I am in the area all the time and there are plenty of Elk and they seem not to be to worried about the bikes. However, it is not what it could be if they weren't in there. I think everyone should be able to follow their passion and I would hate to have to divide up the state based solely on user preference we would all loose to the tree hugging bunny Fu*(&^ers.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: royalbull on July 11, 2010, 01:02:29 PM: was the trail posted for bike use
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: link on July 11, 2010, 02:59:08 PM: Quote from: royalbull on July 11, 2010, 01:02:29 PM
was the trail posted for bike use
Yea. lets not go making criminals out of these guys just yet.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: tmike on July 11, 2010, 03:48:38 PM: Go where the bikes can't and you'll find elk.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: nocklehead on July 11, 2010, 04:07:55 PM: Quote from: royalbull on July 11, 2010, 01:02:29 PM
was the trail posted for bike use

Some were some werent, also saw quite a few ppl that werent street legal on "streets"...Im not gonna take the time to photograph them all and be a narc but theyre annoying, they were riddin fast and rippin up the dust clouds, not the putt putt honda 90s alot of ppl use there.

Quote from: tmike on July 11, 2010, 03:48:38 PM
Go where the bikes can't and you'll find elk.

from what I have scouted and seen on google earth theres nowhere more than a mile or so from the trails...well except maybe one area :dunno:
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 11, 2010, 04:18:58 PM: I hunt that area for archery season. Most of the elk just step 20 yards of the trail and let you go by. I know it gets old when you're hunting but I don't think the elk are to afraid of must of the bikes.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: 3dvapor on July 11, 2010, 05:11:17 PM: use those bike trails to your advantage and learn that country. those elk will not be far from them. i agree with the annoyance when your trying to scout but that country will come alive during the rut.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: gasman on July 11, 2010, 08:04:11 PM: The bike trails have been there for years,will be ther for many to come. Either get used to sharing the counrty with all types of recreation or get out >:(

I am so tired of people wining about other users being in there area, Get over it........

There is a tread for just winers, use it........

The elk are not scared of the OHV's, Horses, trucks driving down the roads, etc. They grew up with it and are used to it...

The Animal are where you find the, All Over...............

Sorry, Had to Rant, Tired of people wining about sharing the woods.

And my rant is not directed to you specifically Nockelhead, it is directed to all the winers out there. your tread just caught me at the wrong time.

Flame on you winers............
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: KDume on July 11, 2010, 08:57:03 PM: Your right gasman, it is the bike riding season and they will be out of there after labor day! Ride on bike riders.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: norsepeak on July 11, 2010, 09:00:41 PM: the national forest is "multiple use" that means everybody has the right to use it and recreate in it on whatever vehicle or horse or foot that they want....as Gasman said, the elk don't pay any attention to vehicles. If you don't like sharing the woods with motorized users, go into the wilderness.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: Rhinoron247 on July 11, 2010, 09:01:33 PM: Quote from: royalbull on July 11, 2010, 01:02:29 PM
was the trail posted for bike use

No I ride on roads and trails bikes aren't supposed to be. I know better than trying to mix it up.

I have been up there and glassed Elk bedded down with in yards of a bike trail and they just watched the bikes roll by.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: bobcat on July 11, 2010, 09:38:23 PM: nocklehead, What is this "wildlife enhacement area" you speak of? I've never heard of such a thing in that area.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: letmhunt on July 11, 2010, 10:11:56 PM: The elk dont care about the bikes, 4wheelers, or 4x4s. I think they actually like the noise.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: royalbull on July 12, 2010, 06:23:56 AM: Quote from: KDume on July 11, 2010, 08:57:03 PM
Your right gasman, it is the bike riding season and they will be out of there after labor day! Ride on bike riders.

bikes will be there until after snow flies
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: Recurve-Elk on July 12, 2010, 07:13:14 PM: I just wish the riders would say on the trails. That's all I care about. Heck I have ridden in the taneum on my motorcycle several times. Just wished people would obey the rules and regulations. :twocents: That is my two cents, and my only two cents. I will not be getting back into this discussion again haha ;)
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: HHPro on July 12, 2010, 07:39:21 PM: There is no wildlife enhancement in that area,as far as bikes go as long as they are on the trails there is no issue and I know there are a lot of people that cry about them but they have the right just as much as you do so your gonna have to live with it if your gonna hunt that area.
Title: Re: bikes at peaches
Post by: flyguide on July 13, 2010, 09:10:45 PM: I don't mind the bikes, I usually bushwhack off the trails anyway and don't walk the bike trails. I am glad there are still a few places that the USFS let's multiple use go on, the more the left wingers take from us (starting with bikes) the closer they get to our guns and bows.