Just to add to this it is black powder season right now and small game is open so do wear bright colors, rode deer park yesterday and there was at least 20 to 30 hunters with guns so be prepared. By the way what is it about these guys who like to sit right on the trails do they think these are deer trails? Before you start to teach me about hunting know that I hunted through my teens and twentys. Just don't find it's for me anymore but still like target and trap shooting.
... By the way what is it about these guys who like to sit right on the trails do they think these are deer trails?...
chris and i rode baldpate early this morning, and came across a crouching hunter. he had the bait laid out and everything. likewise, he was just off the trail.
i gave him a friendly wave, and he did not shoot me. all good.
Funny story - last fall, me, Allamuchy Joe, Tonyride, Dufus and a few others were riding at KVSP. We were on off the rail trail on a singletrack that is between the rail trail and Goodale Road. There was a hunter in full camo sitting on the trail with his back against a tree and his legs out straight. He looked like a new log over on the trail - imagine his surprise seeing 8 mountain bikers coming at him with the intent of riding over his legs (thinking it was a log) :rofl::rofl:
I don't get why they like to site on the trails, maybe they think the deer will walk right up to them? :hmmm:
Just to add to this it is black powder season right now and small game is open so do wear bright colors, rode deer park yesterday and there was at least 20 to 30 hunters with guns so be prepared. By the way what is it about these guys who like to sit right on the trails do they think these are deer trails? Before you start to teach me about hunting know that I hunted through my teens and twentys. Just don't find it's for me anymore but still like target and trap shooting.
Yeah, tend to stay out of the Allamuchy during Shotgun week. I figure it is there small window of opportunity to use the park for what they like to do.
Mattybfat, What kind of weapons do you have? I'm not a hunter either, but DD and I have got a Remington 870 and a lWinchester Wildcat bolt action .22.