Ok, not to hijack the wolves/sabotage thread, but I've been doing some thinking. I elk hunt way the heck out in the middle of nowhere, so sabatoge isn't really an option, so no problems there. However, I have pulled a deer tag in the game unit next to boulder, Colorado. There's lots of USFS land, so I don't see myself getting too close to town, but it's a pleasant day drive for people who might want to "help" mother nature by stifling a hunt.
I do find myself wondering "what would I do if some group and I crossed paths/purposes out in the woods?" Yes, it's illegal to disrupt hunts here in colorado, but what would or could I do? I don't carry a camera to photograph ne-er do wells. I pack my phone well down in my bag to protect it from water and impacts. I don't really have a "right" to ask someone for name/id. I don't want to do something that would allow them to call the local authorities to claim that there's a guy with a gun threatening them in the woods...
Thoughts?
Honestly, probably nothing would happen for hunting deer this year on the front range, as the USFS has closed recreational access to large portions of the forest b/c of the floods so this is probably a theoretical exercise, still...
I do find myself wondering "what would I do if some group and I crossed paths/purposes out in the woods?" Yes, it's illegal to disrupt hunts here in colorado, but what would or could I do? I don't carry a camera to photograph ne-er do wells. I pack my phone well down in my bag to protect it from water and impacts. I don't really have a "right" to ask someone for name/id. I don't want to do something that would allow them to call the local authorities to claim that there's a guy with a gun threatening them in the woods...
Thoughts?
Honestly, probably nothing would happen for hunting deer this year on the front range, as the USFS has closed recreational access to large portions of the forest b/c of the floods so this is probably a theoretical exercise, still...