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Have any of you had to convince hunters to please move their camp? There's a big camp on a designated landing for a unit. I suggested that maybe a gift of beer or other beverage might be a peace maker. Tact and politeness is in order for a start...we may be in elk season and that attracts even more hunters/campers. Suggestions?
 
When the skidder and/or yarder pulls in and starts dropping logs, .......... that doesn't convince them to move, in and of itself???

I'm not familiar with this problem, LOL.

Sam
 
You could always wait till they are gone and drop a log though the middle of their camp and leave it until the sale is complete. That ought to be a subtle enough hint they are not welcome.
 
I am aware of those methods. I was just trying to come up with something that might put the loggers in a more positive light. I was hoping for a nicer method. Geesh.

I woke up one morning at daylight to the shadows of trees falling across the curtains of the travel trailer. It was quite an awakening.
 
slowp said:
I am aware of those methods. I was just trying to come up with something that might put the loggers in a more positive light. I was hoping for a nicer method. Geesh.

I woke up one morning at daylight to the shadows of trees falling across the curtains of the travel trailer. It was quite an awakening.
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May-be you could knit them something?
 
slowp said:
I am aware of those methods. I was just trying to come up with something that might put the loggers in a more positive light...
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Hang their travel trailer from the carriage?

"Loggers have mad skills AND big tools!" That's kind of positive...

Sorry, I know, no help again but its all I have...


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It's a boring old mechanized side. A feller buncher, delimber, skidder, grapple cat...not the feline kind, and loader.

Maybe some cookies of the edible variety. I haven't seen an elk or a deer when I've been over there. Only trees and hunters and a chihuahua that fetches sticks.

If I remember correctly, elk season there is even more of a crowded cluster than on this side of the mountains. Maybe send somebody off to shoot several times and then the camp occupants will run after the sound of the shot and the trailers can be shoved off into a more suitable space?
 
Is it an old landing being reused? Or is it a new one that was punched in there recently? If it's a recent addition, then any retard that would camp there (hunter or not) needs to be told to scat.

I would bring the equipment in and start loggin'. Once the fellerbuncher starts makin' noise, they should get the hint. You guys are makin a livin' on that landing... huntin' camp is just someone elses time off...

Gary
 
It is at the end of a road. There's already lots of room so not much punching in will be required. We're trying to log as planned and that spot is shown on the map as the landing to use.

Looks like people still move in during deer season and kind of squat until elk season. I drove around checking out other units for work that was done and every end of a road had a camp set up. Some in between spots had camps too.

Guess they could move to where the last landing used was. It might be a little bit muddy, but they'd have a spot and a huge source of firewood.
 
Patty,

So the trailers are just sitting there from deer season to elk season? I believe it's illegal to do that, even though a lot of people do.

My buddies and I got screwed out of a great elk camp site that we had been at for over 15 years because someone had came in 2 weeks before the season stated and parked 2 trailers in that spot. Funny story... as I was hookin' up to one of them with my F250 tpo yardit out of the site... the cats that owned them rolled in for the season... fists were almost thrown. It got ugly quick. Cooler heads prevailed (not mine) and we moved to a different spot. I was waiting for one of the jerk wads to "make me" unhitch my truck from their trailer... :laugh:

One of the old timers in my group kinda calmed everybody down (well mainly me). And my fist pushing in one cats nose was avoided. Did I mention I was pretty ticked? :)

I talked to a Sheriff that same year, and he told me that peoiple are not allowed to "abandon" campers, and trailers in the woods to "squat" on a spot. So it could be just a call to the local Sheriff. :)

Gary
 
GASoline71 said:
Patty,

So the trailers are just sitting there from deer season to elk season? I believe it's illegal to do that, even though a lot of people do.

My buddies and I got screwed out of a great elk camp site that we had been at for over 15 years because someone had came in 2 weeks before the season stated and parked 2 trailers in that spot. Funny story... as I was hookin' up to one of them with my F250 tpo yardit out of the site... the cats that owned them rolled in for the season... fists were almost thrown. It got ugly quick. Cooler heads prevailed (not mine) and we moved to a different spot. I was waiting for one of the jerk wads to "make me" unhitch my truck from their trailer... :laugh:

One of the old timers in my group kinda calmed everybody down (well mainly me). And my fist pushing in one cats nose was avoided. Did I mention I was pretty ticked? :)


talked to a Sheriff that same year, and he told me that peoiple are not allowed to "abandon" campers, and trailers in the woods to "squat" on a spot. So it could be just a call to the local Sheriff. :)

Gary
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Are You Drunk Again?
 
Campers are generally ok, but squatters are another thing all together. We had a big bunch of filth move into a landing during a couple weeks lay-off, they offered to shoot us. 10 minutes with a D6 ended all that nonsense.
 
Why not just explain there is going to be logging equipment moving in? I can't imagine them not moving.

And I don't believe there is anything wrong with leaving your camp in as long as you don't go over your 15 day limit.
 

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