Unfortunately, “Rambro” (Joe Clay) the hunter who has been problematic in this region, is back. He is currently driving the following vehicle, a silver GMC Jimmy SUV with CA license plate #6YET586. It is parked up at the top of Chaney Trail near the Sunset Ridge (Mt. Wilson Fire Road) gate.
This bow hunter is often dressed in camouflage, has reportedly carried firearms, and been confrontational with local property owners when told not to set bait or hunt on their land. He has also carried weapons too close to popular trails, day use areas and residences.
The USFS LEOs have been alerted. Lonnie Fehr, the USFS Millard Canyon Campground caretaker, spoke with Clay, who replied with an offensive epithet I will not print here. Suffice to say that Clay refused to move on into the high country.
Be aware that this armed man is in the vicinity and be vigilant for your safety on local trails and in backyards near Angeles Forest.
Where is law enforcement? Why is this guy tolerated?
I ran across this guy a few years ago on the Sam Merrill trail. Bow and arrows and fatigues. Scary. And why is he tolerated? Isn’t it illegal to hunt on state/federal lands? At least without a license, which I’m guessing he doesn’t have.
This guy has been reported so many times with his different license plates and yet he still chooses to hunt where he isn’t supposed to. Probably because there haven’t been any concequences for his illegal actions. I don’t understand why law enforcement can’t show up at his house and issue a fine? what is it going to take? Does someone have to be hurt or worse before proper action is taken? I buy a wilderness pass every year but I wonder why when I don’t even feel safe enough to walk on the trails.
let alone hunters trying shoot deer in areas that are no shooting areas ,. the razor tipped arrows cause slow death , inhumane .
There are hundreds of thousands of animals that are crippled and wounded, lying terrorized in the woods.
In bow hunting, half of the animals hit with arrows, wind up getting away and bleeding to death, dying a slow lingering death. When deer are hit it might take anywhere from a few hours to a few days etc to die . There is no instant kill with bow hunting – the crippling losses are horrendous. It’s just a tremendous amount of suffering being caused in the name of recreation.
Twenty-two published scientific surveys and studies indicate that the average wounding rate for bow hunting is over 50 percent. More than one out of every two deer shot are never retrieved, and usually die after prolonged agony from septic infection, peritonitis, blood loss, or other complications. Many of these studies were conducted by state wildlife agencies.
For example, “Preliminary Archery Survey Report” Montana Dept. of Fish Wildlife and Parks report 51 percent wounding, “Archery Wounding Loss in Texas” Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (51 percent wounded); “Deer Hunting Retrieval Rates” Michigan Pittman-Robertson Report, Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources (58 percent wounded); “Effects of Compound Bow Use on Hunter Success and Crippling Rates in Iowa” Wildlife Society Bulletin (49 percent wounded); “Bow hunting for Deer in Vermont: Some Characteristics of the Hunters, the Hunt, and the Harvest” Vermont Fish and Game Department (63 percent wounded. The average wounding rate from all 22 reports is 55 percent.
They can’t “issue a fine” because he’s not been caught in the act.
This is disturbing. If he’s been reported, an investigation should take place. So upset at these people killing the wildlife. IT’S SICKENING.