helicopters

[Burnster]

Seems to me when sledders screw up a helicopter is on the top of the list of equipment to haul your sorry but out of the mess you got youself into. You people should also have to pay the bill.

 

[Transporter]

Two years ago at an event in Revy we stopped and took pic's of a small herd of Mtn Caribou on Frisbee Ridge at the edge of a well-used sledding path (they can't read the signs that say: Sledders only, Caribous stay out (har har)). A guide with another group came by and stopped beside us. He told me that naah, we sledders don't hardly make them blink, but they will quickly scatter sometimes, and a few minutes later, we humans will begin to hear the wop wop of a chopper appraching in the distance.

I stumbled upon a rare opportunity to spend some good time with a local Wiegle PR guy, and he helped me realize how we disadvantage ourselves every time we save our $60 or $70 ASA membership. Weigle has strength in proven numbers, in dollars, and that helps him with the political influence that he works very hard at.

Don't spite the man that gets it: instead perhaps look in the mirror and ask yourself:
"self, what do I do to protect my rights to ride??"

We saw some hanging on the sled trails in Revy too, way easier for them to walk around, they totally ignored us as we took pictures. Same as the deer in my backyard they know we arent hunting them so they arent bothered by my quad or truck.

 

[Al "ley Cat"]

We saw some hanging on the sled trails in Revy too, way easier for them to walk around, they totally ignored us as we took pictures. Same as the deer in my backyard they know we arent hunting them so they arent bothered by my quad or truck.

I remmber hunting up at Fox Creek on the old Snow Crusier with my dad in the ealy 70s.Would be going down the cutline and out would pop a moose to look whats happening.Boom 1 for the freezer. The moose probaly never heard or saw a sled before. Strange thing , next year no moose would pop out to take a look.It was like they had all gone to summer school to take lessons lol. Animals are not dumb .

 

[Modman]

Wiegle is about Wiegle and always will be.

Environmentalits are about preserving the environment and always will be.

sledders are about sledding and always will be.

I was up on Frisbee 2 saturdays ago ( Not in the closed Caribou part). Their were 4 of us enjoying the sun and having lunch, when 1 of my friends pointed out 2 Caribou about the length of a football field away, come out of the trees to the west of us. I had never seen a caribou up their before. They just stood their and enjoyed the sun as well. After about 5 minutes a group of 6 sledders came up to our left and stopped on the top of the ridge and then one of them yelled and pointed at the 2 Caribou ( 1 of which I presumed was a calf from last year as it was quite a bit smaller). In disbeleif I watched as all 6 of them gunned their sleds and charged towards the 2 animals.When they got to about 1/2 the way their, the 2 animals began running and the sledders kept going after them. it was pathetic to watch as the little one ran away from the mother in sheer panic and the sleds broke into 2 groups and carried on after them over a hill. ( Caribou look like camels when they run)

I could not beleive what I was seeing.

Some sledders are idiots!

So did you go and "talk" to these idiots? People like these need to be educated and their behaviour corrected.