Idaho Sportsman's Accesses
 

Idaho is a very "sportsman friendly" state and I know that many of the
"Sportsman's Access" areas allow camping. I'm interested in finding out
about a couple accesses that show on the map on the upper Teton River. If
you know of places, in that area, where I can legally and safely, park a
travel trailer for a week or so, please contact me

email

larry_linthicum AT hotmail Dot com

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Larry L wrote:

Idaho is a very "sportsman friendly" state and I know that many of the
"Sportsman's Access" areas allow camping. I'm interested in finding out
about a couple accesses that show on the map on the upper Teton River. If
you know of places, in that area, where I can legally and safely, park a
travel trailer for a week or so, please contact me

What you should do, Larry, is just camp, unless there's a "no camping"
sign. If someone with a badge and/or a gun tells you to move, then move.

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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rw wrote...
What you should do, Larry, is just camp, unless there's a "no camping"
sign. If someone with a badge and/or a gun tells you to move, then move.

But everyone in Idaho has a gone and loves waving them around at
tourists..... bseg
--
Warren
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"troutbum_mt" wrote



But everyone in Idaho has a gone and loves waving them around at
tourists..... bseg
--


not everybody .... I've spent a lot of time in Idaho ....nearly all of it
very pleasant

I already told the one "gone" story, the other one was similar. I was at a
field trial in Blackfoot and went up near Aberdeen (sp) looking for places
to train a couple dogs. I was specifically hoping to find some water areas
along that big lake.

I heard a couple shots and thought it might be other dog trainers, so I
headed that way. I went down a dirt road, then down another smaller one,
and finally stumbled on a shack/ house at the end and was trying to turn
around on the narrow path to leave when a youngish guy popped out with a
rifle, then I saw a second in the bushes, also with a rifle. The first
pointed the gun "at" me ( at the side of the truck and he certainly raised
it to point in my direction, but not drawing a bead on my head or anything )
with a "what do you want, you're not supposed to be back here" ( maybe
private property was mentioned, I don't remember ).

My "guess" is that I had stumbled onto either poaching, a drug lab/ farm or,
most likely, both. The guy looked more nervous than mad. You've probably
seen a big chassis mount dog truck and many people automatically think you
are "government" if they don't know what you do when you drive one. The
dogs started barking and I hollared that I was sorry and was lost and would
leave ASAP, finished turning around and left. Not a big deal, but it did
make me nervous, the guys had a very "druggy" look, and I know that can be
very dangerous. ( One of my claims to fame is that I quit taking LSD
before it became illegal, and I was hanging in the Haight before it was an
"in" thing ....hell I used to hang at City Lights when it was "beaknik" .
pre hippie G I'm a lily livered tea tottler now, but I've lost several
friends to drugs/ alcohol, and feel I recognize "the look" )

Hell, I've grabbed a shotgun and Chessie, a couple times, to go out and
kick tresspassers off my place .... they probably tell tales of weirdo gun
waving Californians g In one case the "hunter" had his kid with him
and was "pheasant hunting" .... I pointed to my house, told him how to drive
to it ( he had hopped a back fence and was parked on a different road ) and
told him " If you come over to the house and ask, I'll be glad to give you
permission to hunt, I might even walk with you with a good pheasant dog" ( I
was thinking of his kid, and hoped the kid would get a bird) To that
offer, "Dad" replied, "**** you, asshole." and stormed off having shown his
son how "real men" handle themselves ...... I assume the guy was a regular
on Usenet G

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troutbum_mt wrote:
rw wrote...

What you should do, Larry, is just camp, unless there's a "no camping"
sign. If someone with a badge and/or a gun tells you to move, then move.


But everyone in Idaho has a gone and loves waving them around at
tourists..... bseg
Well now...
I am from Idaho! And I have a cabinet full of gones. But I have yet to
wave my gone at any known touristas! I sometimes get the urge to wave my
gone at my wife because she just hates gones and sometimes wishes my
gones were gone (it ain't gonna happen ;) )
Go ahead and camp and I'll get my gone and see if you are gone by the
time I get there. I can't pass up the chance to wave my....oh well you
get the picture!

Philski (Livin' Large in Idaho)

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"rw" wrote


What you should do, Larry, is just camp, unless there's a "no camping"
sign. If someone with a badge and/or a gun tells you to move, then move.



I'm sure you're right but sometimes getting in and out of places with the
trailer is a bitch. I bet you've fished the Big Lost and I remember the
first time I turned off the main road into that access/ camping area .... I
was thinking, " If there isn't a good place to turn around I'm going to be
here forever"g That particular place the road has NO shoulder so you
can't even park the rig and walk in to check, first.

I'm most likely going to be near Island Park, anyway, and the Teton is
within easy "day trip" of there ..... what I would really like to know,
without having to go look, is if a nice camping spot exists along the Teton,
or should I just daytrip it ... I far prefer to fish near "home" and for
several days at a time in a given place

A very nice ROFFreader/ sometime poster suggested the Teton for last year,
but I never got to fish it. I did drive there ( already in a bad mood,
from a week of truck repair hassle ) only to find that it was a "big
weekend" for a music deal and that nobody I could find knew where I might
park my rig, ( or was willing to tell me, anyway.) It's an incredibly
beautiful area, and I want to make sure not to miss it this year.

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philski wrote...
troutbum_mt wrote:
rw wrote...

What you should do, Larry, is just camp, unless there's a "no camping"
sign. If someone with a badge and/or a gun tells you to move, then move.


But everyone in Idaho has a gone and loves waving them around at
tourists..... bseg
Well now...
I am from Idaho! And I have a cabinet full of gones. But I have yet to
wave my gone at any known touristas! I sometimes get the urge to wave my
gone at my wife because she just hates gones and sometimes wishes my
gones were gone (it ain't gonna happen ;) )
Go ahead and camp and I'll get my gone and see if you are gone by the
time I get there. I can't pass up the chance to wave my....oh well you
get the picture!

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I totally deserved that. ****ing spell checker....
I swear I am better off not using one.
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt (at) yahoo to reply via email)
For Conclave Info:
http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt...nConclave.html

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Larry L wrote...
not everybody .... I've spent a lot of time in Idaho ....nearly all of it
very pleasant

I am sure that you have, Larry. It is just that I see you as being the
type of guy who could go to a Mother's For Peace gathering and leave
with tales of having a bazooka pulled on you by some drug crazed
relative of the Manson family.
--
Warren
(use troutbum_mt (at) yahoo to reply via email)
For Conclave Info:
http://www.geocities.com/troutbum_mt...nConclave.html

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troutbum_mt wrote:

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I totally deserved that. ****ing spell checker....
I swear I am better off not using one.

It gives you a false sense of security, so you don't proofread. It's a
shame to have an absurd spelling error waist a good rant. :-)

--
Cut "to the chase" for my email address.

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"troutbum_mt" wrote

. It is just that I see you as being the
type of guy who could go to a Mother's For Peace gathering and leave
with tales of having a bazooka pulled on you by some drug crazed
relative of the Manson family.
--


lol ..... may be accurate .... most of my "stories" are from many years ago,
and I most certainly am NOT the same person I was at that time .... at this
point in my life, just reading Riverman's stories from Africa makes me hide
under the bed g

BTW, I probably will be over near Osbourne Springs at your clave time, I
might come over and say hi one of the days