Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Hunting Season

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From: "Rides 2 Far" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx>
>
> My only real problem with the "real" hunters is that they seem to be so
> paranoid that they'll lose their hunting rights that they don't want
> anyone else to use the WMA for the rest of the year. ......  I guess after
> seeing some of the attitudes of others on here I can see where they get
> their paranoia.  If we're going to blame "real" hunters for crazies with
> guns, then we can't complain if they blame us "real equestrians" for
> every drunk with a saddlebag full of beer that litters the trails (and we
> have our share of those!)

Here are a few more thoughts....
Yes, there are responsible hunters with guns and crazies with guns.  Yes
drunk riders
can litter trails with beer cans...but that is far better than getting SHOT
by some drunk
with a gun.

I think we have to understand here that it can really vary from state to
state. In certain
parts of Calif., most open space and parks are closed to any kind of hunting
or shooting
due to high recreational usage (S.F. Bay Area open space areas, etc)

Up here in Lake co., with a high amount of BLM, State and Natl. Forest open
to hunting,
y ou are right, people should be responsible for knowing hunting seasons.
We generally stay
out of these areas.  I am not opposed at all to responsible hunting, and
have occasinally
invited turkey hunters to my property to try to clean out some of the pesky
turkeys.  I also
direct them to a great equestrian trail area that is being totally destroyed
by feral pigs.

But my observations of many "people with guns", up here has not been good at
all. The local gun
club, and the guy from the paper who writes the outdoor column were
adamently opposed to
closing down hunting on a county road (the one where drunks were leaving
beer cartons and
shooting across blind corners), even when there was proof of the danger (eye
witnesses that almost got shot, and photos of the litter and signs shot up.
.  They are always adamently opposed to any common sense or logic, or
scientific studies,
if they think it even to begins to inpair their so-called rights....

In the area I was talking about, where we ride often, there are times of
year where there is a constant dumping
of shot animals....carcasses left by the road...deer, pig, coyote, bear, in
fact ,anything that was once wild.
alive and moving.  It is pretty sickening.  Yes, I call these people hunters
. They are the worst scum of the area,
no concern for others, littering, driving and shooting drunk, and shooting
anything that moves.  Too darn many
of them!  I have no idea what the solution is.
Karen


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