why did the hunter drive 80+/- miles from W. Covina to Julian to hunt deer when he could've traveled 10 mi. to the mountains - near his home ?
Because I think that Zones D11 and D14 were closed that year due to ??????????????? High fire danger. As a hunter I can only say that there are many idiots like this every year on the opener. The hunter safety class is a one day event of about 10 hours and it is a joke. Most of the guys out there on opening day have no business. I'm sure he and his other hunting party will be sued for negligence. Either way..........he'll live a miserable existance for the rest of his life.
For the same reason that I drive 3+ hours sometimes to ride my bike in the mountains when I could hit the mountain trail from my back yard?
I don't know. I guess I better stop traveling to other places since it might make me a suspect if my car catches fire.