Re: [RC] Rude Riders, Bike Riders too. - Sky Ranch
Sounds awful. The best action I can think of is to
contact the agencies that control and issue hunting licenses and teach
hunter safety classes -- take photos of the mess, and have them available
to the Dept. of Wildlife, or Forest Service, or any other applicable agency
to illustrate your point.
Write an article for newspapers, with photos ... I think that people
who are not usually in the forest, the wilderness, the trails, etc., think it's
wide open for any kind of behavior. People like us who are out there all
the time, well, we know different, don't we. I don't think it's always
intentional bad behavior, they just need to be taught to think about it
-- the great outdoors is not their personal latrine.
Here in Oregon we've just survived another general deer season. I
have to say, the hunters we encountered this year in the woods, on the
trails and on the access roads were polite and careful around the
horses.
I do have a complaint, however, and I don't know how to address it.
I ride on a series of old single track trails that get me from our place
to another trail system where I meet up with the riders I condition
with. Granted, these trails probably seem pretty distant and remote to
folks who got there on foot, but by the end of deer season, the woods looked
like a giant latrine. There was human waste and toilet tissue
everywhere. I kept wondering, "Who raised these people?" I
considered a letter to the editor of the local paper, but I doubt it would
reach the right readers.
