If I can't hunt elk in 37, I'm not hunting Elk at all. Thats just it. I spend my summers up in that country because I enjoy it. I hunt it because I enjoy it up their, not nessisarly because it is great elk hunting, which it is not. Our odds of taking an elk up there are small, but we love to hike and see the country.
I actually got into it with a group of dirtbikers up in 37 this last summer. I stopped the truck by the road infront of there camp.. they had alot of dirtbikes around. Now, my thinking is, what in the hell are they doing up here. There are no atv trails, it has a gob of atv restrictions, ect. What the hell? I come up here to relax, hear the birds and the water and these punks are in this country riding? Why?
So a bald punk looking guy comes storming out of the camper and the first thing he says is 'got a problem'?
Now, I'm thinking 'F-U bud', what the hell you doing here. Then I thought, What!? This dude walks out and the first thing he says is 'got a problem'!?!?
Typical dirtbiker attitude! Now my blood is boiling!
My buddy jumps in and says, 'have you seen a green pickup?' (just to cover my ass from a ##### storm of furry.)
The bald guy said 'nope'.
Buddy said 'oh, we are looking for a green chevy, a friend of ours'.
Now were we looking for a green pickup.. no.
We have been hunting and camping up there for years and years. Never had we seen something like this and we are thinking, crap, what did they tear up?! and why the hell are they here.
Well, they tore up plenty. Road all over gods green earth. Needless to say we were pissed by the time we left. They had 8B plates.. Bonniville county. But thats all we got. Lord only knows what would have happend had we run into them screaming up a mountain side. For their sake, I'm glad we didn't see them do it, but we sure saw where they had been.
And to have them riding around while we were relaxing... it would have been a fight. Luckly they left after our conversation.
What a nightmare of a situation that could have been.
If the ATVer's move into 37-37A.. the ##### will hit the fan. I will not put up with that crap up there and neither should anyone else. Those units are known for horse or hike hunting. Not ATV hunting. Hell, you can't even ride your ATV during the light hours in those units.
My bad, just venting! I hope to hell we don't see that crap again this next summer.