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NickB79

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40. Motorized vehicles have their place

Mon May 12, 2014, 06:39 PM

May 2014

But should be used sparingly if you really want to enjoy nature, not just zip through it on a sight-seeing tour.

Driving to your deer stand in an ATV, shooting a deer, and then driving out again on an ATV isn't far removed from simply driving to the local grocery store and picking up a roast for dinner, IMO.

Maybe that's why so many hunters I see these days look more and more like this:

They need to get out and walk a little more, ride a little less.

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Hundreds of ATV riders in Utah threaten sacred Navajo burial ground to protest federal government [View all] riqster May 2014 OP

true outdoors men and women hate atvs . and jet skis GusBob May 2014 #1

I own one and I'm a true outdoorsman oneofthe99 May 2014 #4

what did the older hunters do when we were young? GusBob May 2014 #8

Your argument could be used against the man that cut wood by ax and maul oneofthe99 May 2014 #9

tell that to the native americans who are getting rode over GusBob May 2014 #10

I'm telling it to you oneofthe99 May 2014 #12

If you've seen one heavy, wood-splitting bludgeon... Orrex May 2014 #18

Splitter! riqster May 2014 #21

DUzy! pinboy3niner May 2014 #23

It's a wedge issue: riqster May 2014 #28

What about snowmobiles? Orrex May 2014 #19

Both vehicle types can be used for good or ill. riqster May 2014 #30

I'm with you. Cleita May 2014 #26

Motorized vehicles have their place NickB79 May 2014 #40

piano wire oneofthe99 May 2014 #2

LOL! Politicalboi May 2014 #3

im in Blanding, i do not think it happened. It's been pretty quiet. rudolph the red May 2014 #5

It happened pinboy3niner May 2014 #17

He looks like one of the bad guys Art_from_Ark May 2014 #41

When stereotypes attack... riqster May 2014 #42

Things were pretty much normal here this weekend, rudolph the red May 2014 #43

Send in drones. NYC_SKP May 2014 #6

Dung would be appropriate. riqster May 2014 #29

This is a picture of them trashing Recapture Canyon jmowreader May 2014 #7

How the hell do they dare flying American flags while they AleksS May 2014 #11

They have no sense of irony jmowreader May 2014 #13

They have a sense of Orwell, if not irony. riqster May 2014 #24

Dear President Obama. Please go George Washington on these turncoats boomer55 May 2014 #14

I wonder if any of these "militia" goons know about the Whiskey Rebellion? riqster May 2014 #25

Ride the god damn noisy machines over the graves of their own ancestors. JEB May 2014 #15

Even better: ride them in their yards, at oh-dark-thirty. riqster May 2014 #16

This is great, because indigenous people haven't been fucked-with enough. Orrex May 2014 #20

Well, they aren't "Real 'Murcans", now, are they? riqster May 2014 #22

Too much crap like this gets a free pass. Round them up and seize their wheels. n/t RKP5637 May 2014 #27

Hiked into and spent a whole day in this Canyon. Wellstone ruled May 2014 #31

Heartbreaking. riqster May 2014 #32

***** BLM Says It Will Prosecute Illegal ATV Riders at Recapture Canyon ***** NYC_SKP May 2014 #33

Here's hoping. The Bundyoids need to face justice. riqster May 2014 #36

They WILL loot all the portable ancient artifacts, and destroy closeupready May 2014 #34

they're that one toddler running around smearing his poop all over the daycare center eShirl May 2014 #35

Poop is easier to clean up. riqster May 2014 #37

Further to my post above, if they succeed in this vandalism, closeupready May 2014 #38

Agreed. We need to push the Feds to pull their thumbs out, riqster May 2014 #39