Originally Posted by
dana
Bighornbob is very correct. You guys are confusing 2 diferrent rules. The rule in the regs is indeed for hunting purposes. It is a result of hunters behaving badly in areas like the Barriere Burn. Those road restrictions have been in place since the fall of 03. Don't recall a bunch of whinning about how we were losing our hunting rights then. This has nothing to do with losing hunting rights and everything to do with trying to give critters an edge and not get killed by every tom, dick and harry on a quad. It is soley about Conservation, which all hunters should fully support. Without conservation in burns you open your herds up to overharvest. It is very much needed. We have seen our herds depleted by predators over the last few years. If they are going to be able to rebound with these new burns, they are going to need us back off and not pressure them so hard. The new rules are about maintaining and growing our deer and moose numbers so that we might actually have something to hunt in the future.