Mountain Bikers- Cutting Trails through WMA

[Orangeandtealarrows]

As the description entails.  Anyone that has been to Manasquan WMA has seen the devastation that the Mountain Biker community has caused to the Wildlife Management Areas.  They have cut trails through all of it and most of the time have the trails within 50 yards or another.  Deer bedrooms have been cut out, cover for upland, cover for rabbits, all cut out for bikers to ride their mountain bikes.  Last year, I caught and reported a group of them with a chainsaw cutting out a section right next to the pheasant fields dumping trees and weed whacking paths in June.  Is this happening everywhere and where is the enforcement to stop the land from modified from the original purpose it was set aside for?

 

 

[NJDeerNBeer]

This is happening all over on public land 

[NotJust22s]

Entitled people suck

[mike033089]

Columbia wma and white lake wma now have hiking trails with markers  through them.  I know it’s not the same but it’s just more foot traffic.  Next hiker and bikers will complain about hunters while they use the land 

[CJ3a]

Report to fish and game, just as bad as ATV’s. 

[Roon]

7 minutes ago, CJ3a said:

Report to fish and game, just as bad as ATV’s. 

Unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears the state doesn't give two craps and unless it's an easy ticket the will do nothing 

[KEITH STONE]

Just let them do it.If Fish and wildlife won’t do nothing it’s not worth the aggravation.Ive wasted too much time  trying to stop damage and dumping on wmas.Its no longer my problem.🤣

[CJ3a]

1 minute ago, Roon said:

9 minutes ago, CJ3a said:

 

Unfortunately it will fall on deaf ears the state doesn't give two craps and unless it's an easy ticket the will do nothing 

I say it’s time to be a pain in the ass and hound them with calls.  

[Livesintrees]

What gets me about this all the time is our licenses and products purchased fund these lands. Yet hikers/horseback riders/bikers etc don’t contribute shit. 

[Mixbaghunter]

I believe there is a rule that you are not allowed to cut any vegetation on wma. Not that it matters to them or f&g we need to start fighting for are rights 

[electricstart]

Go to state parks in Morris ,Warren ,Sussex  county on onyx maps .All trails are marked out . Hundreds of them . State allows it . I know municipal and county park I hunt has big signs that say   stay on marked trails for bikes , dog walkers ,runners and etc. You still get an occasional stray . Nothing like the state land . 

[Jim_]

5 minutes ago, Mixbaghunter said:

I believe there is a rule that you are not allowed to cut any vegetation on wma. ...

Thats right. And the bikes are only allowed in the woods on Sundays during hunting season.

[mike033089]

2 minutes ago, Fred Flintstone said:

  I wish there were more signs like this on Public Lands to deter Blue, Yellow,Pink, Black,Purple,etc- Colored Mountain Bikers

Won’t matter.  A wma by me has signs that show no atvs at the gate.   With 2 openings either side of the gate atvs can go around with tire tracks. A wider gate would have stopped this. Since a fence is to the right and a deep pond to the left.  

[Rusty]

1 hour ago, NJDeerNBeer said:

This is happening all over on public land 

Yes it is, everywhere!  

[Silkcitymedic]

Time for land use permits if you dont have a hunting or fishing license. In PA the sgl are used by many hikers. Also there are the mountain bikers who are prohibited. Had a sales women at Cabelas tell me I could drive an atv on any sgl. I told her that was not true and shed kept on. So maybe thats how she sells atvs? Then i had another guy tell me PA has a .24 caliber min for deer? Also not true.