<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR> Or would you prefer the ATV'rs go somewhere else? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
To be quite honest with you I would prefer not to even see the goddamned things. The only time I really like to see a four wheeler is when they are parked and the owner is out hunting. This rarely happens. Three years ago I was guiding for my father in the Gila I had my hunter set up in a meadow that had a bunch of elk traffic. There was no trail, no road no nothing, just me my hunter and some really good elk country. Well low and behold two guys come motoring up the middle of the meadow and stop in the middle of it and start pointing to the hill above us. We were set up in our camo and they did not see us. Well I sat up and let them know that they should get the lazy fat asses back on their four wheelers and get the fu@# out of the meadow. They just starred dumbly at me, got back on their bikes and went back the way they came. On the same hunt another guide working with us had a similar experience, however the guys on the bikes thought it would be funny to shoot over his head with a pistol when he confronted them. He is a retired federal agent. He tried to track them down using some of his contacts but was unable to do so. Hunting here in NM is really turning into a mess with all of the four wheelers essentially doing nothing more than road hunting. I will be elk hunting with a NM Game commisioner next week and would like to see them implement a regulation that states you can not have a loaded gun out of a case while driving a four wheeler. Dont know if it will fly but its worth a try.
Now back to the original topic........
