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KirovPDR and a few others made points here about having access for those who aren't wealthy.  What you're failing to see is that the Haul Road as it now stands is about the only place in Alaska where someone who can't afford an ATV can have a reasonable chance of harvesting a caribou.  Yeah, buying an ATV is cheaper than doing a fly-out hunt every year.  (Not by much, though.)  But what about those of us who can't afford the ATV?  I have access to one, as I can borrow one from a family member.  I can't afford to buy one now, though, and neither can many Alaska hunters.  For those who want to or need to use ATVs, hunts for the fortymile herd are available. But do you care about providing affordable hunts to those who can't afford an ATV?  Are their needs any less valid?  Hmmm....

Message Thread:

• AOC and SB 85---public access off the Dalton bushrat Oct 12 2005
  • lets cut the rhetoric fullkurl Oct 13 2005
    • status quo TradBow Oct 14 2005
      • "we" fullkurl Oct 14 2005
        • ATV .375 HUNTER Oct 16 2005
        • FK TradBow Oct 14 2005
    • You Asked, And You Shall Recieve Mark Oct 13 2005
  • How About Simply Equal Access? Mark Oct 13 2005
    • idealism doesn't have wings in the real world bushrat Oct 13 2005
      • Equality DOES Have Wings, And It's Flying Away Mark Oct 13 2005
        • I stand corrected; fly Icarus, fly.... bushrat Oct 14 2005
          • This Is The Wrong Bill Mark Oct 15 2005
        • Mark TradBow Oct 14 2005
          • Which Ones" Mark Oct 14 2005
  • access northway Oct 13 2005
  • sb85 TradBow Oct 13 2005
    • Affordability B_M Oct 13 2005
    • more sb85 ovis Oct 13 2005
      • sb85 KirovPDR Oct 13 2005
        • KirovPDR ovis Oct 13 2005