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Hikerdood
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I drove by Sunday around 10:30am and saw a Deputy parked there and he was standing outside his vehicle. I guess they must have real problems with people parking in the bus lane or something?
Hiking has changed so much in the last few years...
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AlpineRose
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Yep. Drastic increase in hiker population and continuing loss of trails and access will do that.
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Randito
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Seems like a good way to discourage break ins.
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moonspots
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Tue Jul 03, 2018 7:09 am |
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| RandyHiker wrote: | | Seems like a good way to discourage break ins. |
Sounds good to me.
A little original topic diversion here: the various ongoing discussion(s) of vehicle breakins at trailheads seem to favor the perpetrators as there just isn't enough LEO presence to keep after the little bastards. However, Game Wardens seem to have the resources to stake out locations of suspected illegal activity, so I would think that Sheriff depts should as well. It seems to me that all these access fees should cover this as well as (or maybe partially in lieu of) the amenities at trailheads.
That's what I think.
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huron
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Tue Jul 03, 2018 12:44 pm |
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Moonspots you going to allocate some North Dakota resources for that?
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moonspots
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Tue Jul 03, 2018 1:10 pm |
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| Huron wrote: | | Moonspots you going to allocate some North Dakota resources for that? |
Probably not, we need to keep a good eye on all our ducks, geese and pheasants.
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Celticclimber
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I don't know if any of you out here in NWH land recall that when the FS first promoted
trail head fees. Part of the appeal was that there would be more TH security: Never happened.
I'd hate to think that all this tweaker activity will keep us away from our fun.
Sad.
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Exmoor
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Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:27 pm |
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| moonspots wrote: | | However, Game Wardens seem to have the resources to stake out locations of suspected illegal activity, so I would think that Sheriff depts should as well. |
What are you basing this opinion on? With all due respect to WDFW, they are spread very thin. I see enforcement at major choke points in season (pheasant release sites, boat launches), but that's about it.
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moonspots
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Tue Jul 03, 2018 9:45 pm |
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| Exmoor wrote: | | moonspots wrote: | | However, Game Wardens seem to have the resources to stake out locations of suspected illegal activity, so I would think that Sheriff depts should as well. |
What are you basing this opinion on? With all due respect to WDFW, they are spread very thin. I see enforcement at major choke points in season (pheasant release sites, boat launches), but that's about it. |
Observation and conversations with other hunters/fishermen here in ND and a book I've started reading written by a (retired) Game Warden in Minnesota. I can't say this is the same as in WA, but I was assuming it would be the same/similar. Apparently not?
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huron
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Yeah, my at the time 6 year old son asked me where gold came from. I took he and his friend to the sporting goods store, bought them both a ten inch black plastic plate and let them rinse some sand under the Fall City bridge. A game officer popped out from behind the reeds weapon in hand and threatened to take us all away and fine me $2,500 for illegal mining. Wonder how long he was back there in the reeds.
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moonspots
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| Huron wrote: | | A game officer popped out from behind the reeds weapon in hand and threatened to take us all away and fine me $2,500 for illegal mining. Wonder how long he was back there in the reeds. |
Was his name "Deputy Fife"? 😆
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SwitchbackFisher
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| moonspots wrote: | | RandyHiker wrote: | | Seems like a good way to discourage break ins. |
Sounds good to me.
A little original topic diversion here: the various ongoing discussion(s) of vehicle breakins at trailheads seem to favor the perpetrators as there just isn't enough LEO presence to keep after the little bastards. However, Game Wardens seem to have the resources to stake out locations of suspected illegal activity, so I would think that Sheriff depts should as well. It seems to me that all these access fees should cover this as well as (or maybe partially in lieu of) the amenities at trailheads.
That's what I think. |
As much as I wish this was possible due to many factors, being undermanned, budget, and area of responsibility to name a few do you honestly believe that a sheriff's department can have it's deputies just sit at trailheads all day? Some counties probably run only a few deputies at a time for the whole county.
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