Do me a quick favor, explain to your buddy lsd roads what it's like to walk into the middle of a barren detroit, with a few thousand feet of elevation change, and crumbling rock slides, and then walk back out, humping an elk.
No explanation needed low-T craigd. But if you can’t cut the mustard…
Detroit is a great place to get plenty of experience with the wild country that still exists in the United States. I’ve lived my entire life in Montana hunted everything from the highest mountains to the lowest flat lands. Montana has the most diverse areas to hunt in the lower 48. I’ve been through it all and I love it.
The problem is this isn’t about putting more roads into roadless areas. It’s allowing access to those roads and closed off areas that have existed in the past. Selfish people that claim if you’re not in shape to hike need to be eliminated from the opportunity to hunt and enjoy the outdoors. When you’ve got no understanding of the loss of mobility, bad knees and joints and all you can say is “ you can’t cut the mustard” you aren’t allowing all the public into public places.
The reality of life is the older you get the tougher is to do those physical things. I’ve had surgeries all over the place worn out knees got total knee replacement and that didn’t happen from sitting on the couch. It happened from being out in the outdoors, hiking, hunting, wading, fishing, doing all those things to wear those joints out. Getting access into already roaded areas that have been closed off is not a bad thing. And being in this part of the country and seeing the game and realizing that the myth that motorized vehicle scare game out of the country is ridiculous. Improper off-road vehicles and and destruction from motorcycles ATVs even horses is unacceptable, but to sit there and try and claim all the public land is public, but not allow all the public into it is nothing but selfish!
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