Trail Access Restrictions - No UTVs = No Horses

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I wish there was a website where you could send a link and they would turn a thread into a book for you. This is gold. Ive been reading hunting forums for 20+ years and Ive never seen someone cry so much about their hunt. The title of the book could be a snippet from his other thread on his hunt:

“I drove a 1,000 miles in a week road hunting and still feel like if there was just a few more miles of road open I could have shot (at) an elk”

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I just saw some of the other threads, its clear the entitlement doesnt stop with wanting to ruin more wild places with OHVs because he doesn't have horses..
 

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Pretty sure regular bicycles are banned in wilderness areas too. No motorized or mechanized travel methods.

Also specifically restricts hang gliders. Which is a bummer. Would be a sick way to pack a buck or bull out.
I've always been curious about that. The old wilderness boundary signs (maybe new ones too, but the ones I've seen are old and grown into trees)...........of all the activities to specifically list to prohibit, why hang gliding????
 
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I just saw some of the other threads, its clear the entitlement doesnt stop with wanting to ruin more wild places with OHVs because he doesn't have horses..

he's from aluhbama. Probly had his first melt down when he didnt find a shooting house and a food plot waiting for him
 
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There’s two kinds of people in this world. Those who think everyone can be divided into two categories, and those who are smarter than that….

I’ve always hunted in wilderness areas almost without exception, because I hate the noise and commotion that people like the OP make. When I get too old and can’t do it anymore, I plan to buy a SXS and lobby to have all wilderness areas paved for my benefit.

OP expects to come on a website devoted to DIY backcountry hunting and find sympathy for his mechanized cause? DERP!! OP seems like a troll at best, at worst he’s a member of that equine species with the really long ears.
 
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Gotta ask ThorM, was that your group with the huge trailer trying to drive through Safeway parking lot in Laramie and hit a small car day before the opener? It had Alabama plates.
 

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Like this? Tell me you don’t understand Rocky Mountain habitat without telling me you don’t understand…

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He hunted from the 21-25, road hunting for two of those days. Back of my saddlepad math says that's ~16 miles/day hiking and 500 miles a day driving to meet his 50 mi/hiking 1000 mi/road hunting numbers.

No wonder he didn't find elk or hear shots, they ran or drove right by all of them.
 

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"I drove all through a unit and didn't see an animal" . That statement is the epidemy of stupidity. No concept of Western hunting and specifically of elk hunting
 

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In fairness, a few of you seem like you lick their boots.


You're 69 yr old Dad shot a bull at 20k ft? That's impressive! I apologize for ever daring to have an opinion in your presence.
With the amount of open roads in that area, you want MORE open roads? Did you know that the elk in that zone are pretty accustom to vehicles and will let you drive right past them while bedded in small pockets of timber? I worked in that are for 8 years and saw tons of big bull killed less than 400 yards from the roads for guys who got out and walked timber pockets near the main roads. I wish they would close more roads. I like it when you've got to walk for a mile or 2 or more through open barren land with nothing to see before you get to the cover. Keeps weak minded people out of the good areas.

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Friends mom has horses and has always said "If you ever need help packing into a camp or packing an animal out, please let me know. My horses love to get out and they could use all the practice and conditioning they can get."

I have yet to take her up on the offer but after sharing a night in camp with my buddy and seeing his 17 lb cot and bivy setup, it has me rethinking my strategy for next year.

I like that horsemen and horsewomen are keeping that old tradition alive. It's a cool and nostalgic thing seeing a team of horses packing people in and animals out of the west.
 
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