Quote Originally Posted by DanaT
Well guys,

I wrote Catherine Luna my thoughts about this (nice long letter). In addition, I also sent my thoughts to Wayne Allard. It may not help, but I want the Ranger District to know that when they pull this non-sense, our elected officials will be notified.

I can't stand bureaucrats that want to do social engineering.

We pay the Federal Excise tax on Firearms and Ammunition. If any group should be able to use the National Forests, it is the group who pays Federal Excise taxes to keep them open! The only other "sporting" group that pays excise tax is Bows and Arrows. I say get the OHV, bikers, hikers, etc outta there. We pay the taxes. By the way, there is a way around this:

Buy a small game hunting license, hunt ground squirells (years round season) and when someone interferes with your hunting they are violating CRS 33-6-115.5. Call the Rangers and demand that the person is cited. I will have a small game license and be trying to hunt squirrels!! There is a reason why I always have a small game license.

Here is CRS 33-6-115.5

33-6-115.5. Hunting, trapping, and fishing - intentional interference with lawful activities.
1) No person shall willfully prevent or interfere with the lawful participation of any individual in the activity of hunting, trapping, or fishing in accordance with this article.
(2) A person commits intentional interference with lawful hunting, trapping, and fishing activities if he:
(a) Acts with intent to alarm, distract, or frighten prey and causes prey to flee by:
(I) Use of any natural or artificial source of noise or light;
(II) Giving chase to prey on foot or by use of any vehicle;
(III) Throwing objects or making movements;
(b) Intentionally harasses any person lawfully participating in the activity of hunting, trapping, and fishing by use of threats or actions;
(c) Erects barriers with the intent to deny ingress to lawfully designated hunting, trapping, and fishing areas;
(d) Intentionally interjects himself into the line of fire;
(e) Engages in any other conduct with the intent to disrupt or prevent lawful hunting, trapping, and fishing activities.
(3) Any person who violates this section commits a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars and an assessment of twenty license suspension points

-Dana
Good luck with Catherine Luna, that whole office basically ignored all the OHV input they received about the lefthand canyon OHV designation and future use planning and are just doing what they want.

I don't see it being any better for firearms use either.

By the way OHV pays taxes/money as well in the form of required OHV stickers to use the land. These funds are continually misappropriated and not used for trail maintenance like they are supposed to be. You may find that OHV users would be a better ally in this fight than a foe.

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