>I hate to bring this up
>amongst all you Daniel Boone,
>Kit Carson, explorer types.
>
>Has anyone on here NOT seen
>a trophy animal grazing alongside
>some ROAD, somewhere?
>
>Has anyone not seen the trophy
>quality animals dead alongside roads?
>
>
> Does the term "Deer in
>the headlights" escape your notice?
>
>
>Are the little whistles that you
>stick on your bumper, made
>for cattle?
>
> Are the statistics on automobile
>repairs caused by collisions with
>deer unavailable to you?
>
> And how about human fatalaties
>from collisions with deer and
>elk?
>
>I could go on and on,
>but the bottom line is,
>roads don't mean CHIT to
>game animals. They don't avoid
>them, try to go around
>them or have any fear
>of them whatsoever. If you
>believe otherwise, you have had
>WAY too much "Walt Disney"
>in your upbringing.
>
> Now, if you WANT to
>hike 10 or 15 miles
>into some gloriously beautiful area
>to hunt, say so, more
>power to you. I applaud
>your efforts. But to say
>animals are not found around
>roads or trails is simply
>foolish.
>
> The answer to the original
>post is; go as far
>as you are comfortable with.
>
Not saying the bucks aren't around the roads, but the other billion hunters are too. I like to glass across a canyon and not see orange, quads, camps, roads, etc. I see better bucks on average away from the roads on a consistant basis