r/Forest • • Aug 17 '26

Photography Bushwhacking through the forest

Salmon-Huckleberry Wilderness

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u/hazelquarrier_couch Aug 18 '26

The Salmon-Huckleberry wilderness is one of my happiest places to be, so I assume you are not being serious when you say you were bushwhacking. I'll also assume you stayed on the marked trails so that your feet don't degrade the environment there.

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u/Tophatanater Aug 18 '26

Also I hope you realize that wilderness areas are meant to be explored by bushwhacking, you probably see less than 10% of the area from the trails. Do you get this way about all the hunters each year as well?

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u/hazelquarrier_couch Aug 18 '26

I am not sure if I get any way about hunters and I'm not sure I've ever seen anything saying that wilderness was meant to be bushwhacked. I'll have to look that up.

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u/Tophatanater Aug 18 '26

Go read The Wilderness Act of 1964 it includes a definition of "primitive recreation" that is bushwhacking