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Reader Participation Day: Does Hunting Season Move You Out of National Forests and Into National Parks?

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October 20, 2010

With hunting season opening in more areas across the country as the days tick by, are you staying out of national forests and heading into national parks when you head out onto the public landscape?

I can recall mountain biking in a national forest in Utah one October when a deer, freshly wounded on the top of its back by an arrow, darted in front of us. Not only won't you see that in a national park, but you also won't come close to being shot, since hunting is prohibited in the parks.

In light of such scenarios, do you prefer national parks over national forests in the fall?

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Submitted by y_p_w on November 12, 2010 - 10:12am.

K:
Our one escape is National Parks and forests and that is not an option in MI. If anyone knows of any public land that is closed to hunting, I would like to know.

Isle Royale National Park. It may technically be in Michigan, but if you looked on a map you'd think it was part of Minnesota.


Submitted by admin on February 3, 2011 - 9:51am.

If you hear shots in a National park, it my be government paid sharpshooters. They are paid to thin out the herds because hunting is not allowed and the animal population exceeds the capability of the area food sources. They are even authorized to hunt at night using spot lights.


Submitted by y_p_w on February 3, 2011 - 10:17am.

Dennis:
If you hear shots in a National park, it my be government paid sharpshooters. They are paid to thin out the herds because hunting is not allowed and the animal population exceeds the capability of the area food sources. They are even authorized to hunt at night using spot lights.

There are a lot of reasons why one might hear shots at various times. Some parks have bear hazing personnel that fire pyrotechnic devices, paintball guns, and rubber bullets. I remember hearing some of the sounds, which were a lot like gunfire.

At Point Reyes NS, the former superintendent authorized a professional hunting company to employ sharpshooters from helicopters to cull nonnative deer.


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