3rd Official Utah Meet and Greet/Trail Run Pictures

So when is next meet !?!? work is hard for me to get off we can worry about where later but for now what saturaday should I ask off ?

...even if we dont go on a run... we could all get together do a lunch and fill the parking lot with tacoma's ...and if want go shooting after or something simple like that???

 

I'm down with a get together and go shooting. Does anybody have a favorite places to go shooting? I usually go out to Stansbury Island.

 

Personally, for the first time around others with firearms, I'd really prefer some place thats a bit more supervised than just out in the desert. Not that I dont trust people and such, but I honestly dont know what types of experience, habits, and how safe everyone is around firearms. I just dont want to take the risk and I'm sure first timers will feel more comfortable at a real range as well.

That being said, target shooting is fun and all, but really, thats pretty much a solo activity. Granted you can compare targets and maybe even bring out a dueling tree, but it really isn't something that is get together friendly for a semi-large group. While I'm more than happy to introduce a new shooter to firearms and will let pretty much anyone shoot a few shots, I'm really not willing to bring out my firearms and ammo for someone that wants to see how quickly they can blow through a mag. Ammo is just too expensive for that. If this is the type of thing people want to do, I'll bring out my 10/22 and buckmark, but thats about it.

Trap on the other hand is much more group friendly. There are 5 locations to shoot at, so it really promotes a much more group friendly environment. If you get someone to manually pull the birds, you really dont have to worry all that much about talking between shots as long as no one is uber competitive about it. Trap is also going to end up costing less overall as well ($6 per 25 clays at Lee Kay (I think-been a while), plus $20-25 for 100 shells at walmart). I doubt that anyone will want to shoot more than 2 rounds of trap (25 clays/round), so 2 people could split the price of a box pretty easy. (12 gauge, #8 shot, 1-1/8 oz). I have 3 shotguns I can bring of 3 completely different styles.

So, if I had a preference, I'd say Lee Kay for the first time, as they have tons of room on the Trap side. They are also close to many restaurants, going from the low end like del taco, 5 guys, chadders, to some better quality places like Chilis, or my favorite around there, the Coppercreek Bar.

 

X2!!!!

Well said as usual Greg

 

Well guys I get my truck back today it has been at the shop since tuesday waiting on lower control arm bushings to finnish my 6 inch lift so ill be able to come out now.. but shooting sounds like a great time to me i have never been to a meet so, is it the last weekend of the month or what?

 

Well, no one has made any other suggestion, so I'm planning for the last Saturday of the month. (25th)

No one has really decided where to go at this point either though. Guess we could just take it easy and go to the range. No real harm in it, although we only have 1 or 2 trails in the elevation points left before they close down for 6 months.

 

i should be good for the end of the month and shooting sounds like a great idea!

 

yep count me in just say when and what and ill be there

 

Utah Meet & Greet #4 - Sept 25

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-west/112162-utah-meet-greet-4-sept-25-a.html

 

Utah meet #5!!

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-west/118366-utah-meet-greet-5-october-23rd-24th-official.html

 

Link for Utah meet #6.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/sou...ml#post2424262

 

Late post, but it looks like you guys have had some killer trips. Man, I love Forest Lake, I hope it stays open to 4x4s for a long long time.

I'm not trying to start a fight or offend anyone, just trying to give a friendly reminder. This:





is not cool. It isn't helping the offroad community. It's not treading lightly, and it's not responsible trail use. It was probably a lot of fun, but it gives all wheelers a bad name.

I remember the first time I went to Forest Lake and I didn't know what was legal and what wasn't. Fortunately, our trail leader did, and he explained the importance of staying on the trail, and he pointed out that the muddy shorelines were not part of the trail.

Unfortunately our number of legal trails to wheel is getting smaller every year. Environmental groups try to make the case that we're irresponsible and that our impact on the environment it too great. The Forest Service doesn't have the time or the manpower to police the trails, so it's often easier to just close a trail to all 4x4's than to police it. We need to make sure we're staying on the trail, treading lightly, picking up trash, keeping good relationships with the land managers and land owners, and educating other wheelers about the importance of proper trail use. It's tough when we have to fight the environmentalists to keep our access to our trails, and it's even tougher when other wheelers give them reasons to think we're not taking care of our trails. I understand you weren't driving through the middle of the lake, but even these mud holes are considered "off the trail" and are illegal, hence the signs and all the logs out there surrounding the mud holes.

Once again, not trying to start a fight or call anyone out. I just wanted to offer a friendly reminder and educate those who may think this is really no big deal. It looks like you guys had a great time and you organize some great runs. Just a friendly reminder to tread lightly and stay on the trail so we can keep our few remaining trails open for a long time to come. Keep on wheeling. I look forward to more fun trip reports.

 

I wish I could see the pics that you think are "not cool". (pics not pulling up)

I would consider our group very trail friendly we don't go off trails and make a point of leaving an area better than we found it.

Welcome to TW, a friendly trail edicate is always a welcome reminder.

 

Thanks Jaso, I hope it came across as a friendly reminder, that was the intention.

I'll try hosting the pics myself, that may make 'em visible. The first pic is a guy buried up to his rockers in a mud hole up at the top of the lake, off the trail:




The second pic is someone's truck behind a "no motor vehicles" sign.



It sounds like a great group of guys. I may join ya sometime, although I sold my taco last year after it got in a wreck.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your truck. I hope you can get another ride and join us on another meet.

The pics don't do tell the full story. The mud hole was a long ways from the lake and the pic with the sign was next to a rock that the driver was using to try and straighten out a bent factory skid that was hanging really low and dragging on the ground. Other than bending the front skid next to the sign (which was a long ways from the lake) no trucks drove within probably 50 yards of the lake.

No offense was taken from your comments, many don't know about proper trail edicate and need to be reminded so that our remaining trails stay open.

 

I have a ride, it's just not a tacoma. It's a '94 pickup, sas, on 35's, which I like just as much as my old tacoma. I'd love to tag along if you guys don't mind your tacoma's older brother tagging along.

If the sign had read "stay at least 50 feet from the lake" then everyone would have been in the clear. However, the sign doesn't say that. It says "please stay on existing roads and trails." I don't know the context behind the pictures, but if they show people off the trail, it concerns me. It also doesn't say "no motorized vehicles unless you need to straighten out a skidplate." Taking a picture behind a "no motorized vehicles" sign, for whatever reason, does not make our 4x4 community look good.

I'm glad to hear that everyone stayed out of the lake. We need to do more than stay out of the lake. We need to stay on the trail that goes around the lake and stay out of the mud puddles. By stay on the trail, I mean keep our tires on the 10' wide dirt road that goes around the lake. In the muddy pic you can see the logs they placed around the mud, indicating that they don't want people playing in the mud there. That's what they mean by "please stay on existing roads and trails." If a ranger were to see that scenehe would be issuing citations without question.

I don't want to be the trail nazi, just trying to educate. It's beautiful up there, and it sounds like most everyone was trying to leave as little impact as possible. Hopefully a few people have learned that straying from the trail harms our chances for keeping trails open.

 

^^^ Agreed. I cant stand the douche bags that go off the trails especially if there are signs posted up everywhere not too. Like you guys said, just obey the rules so the trails remain open and dont screw it up for everyone else!!

 

I'll be planning a camping trip up Mineral Basin in a few weeks. I'll keep you guys posted if you want to join.

 

That would be great! Make sure to subscribe to the Utah and surrounding area BS thread for updates regarding us locals.

We were camping up at mineral based two weeks ago, such a cool area.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/south-west/142717-utah-surrounding-areas-bs-thread.html