Climber culling at the Buttermilks?

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JSchro

climber
Topic Author's Original Post - Mar 28, 2015 - 01:01pm PT
I was climbing up at Dale's Camp in the Buttermilks last week and witnessed some odd helicopter shenanigans. Hopefully someone will know what the hell was going on...

So this helicopter came flying in and descended to maybe 10m from the ground between Dale's camp and the Buttermilks main area (near the stream crossing where we had parked our car). It flushed a bunch of deer up, then pursued them one by one. We could hear what sounded like gunshots coming from the helicopter. This seemed especially odd given that the helicopter was flying so close to parked cars, tents, and climbers.

I'm not sure if it was a deer culling program (couldn't find anything online indicating this is going on in the area), some kind of tagging program, or just some idiots psyched on deer carnage. Regardless, this seemed a pretty poor choice of location to start shooting from a helicopter.

Anyone know what the deal was?

-JS
Bruce Morris

Social climber
Belmont, California
Mar 28, 2015 - 01:13pm PT
Next week they'll be culling surplus boulderers at the Milks.

It's an idea whose time has finally come!
Bob Harrington

climber
Bishop, California
Mar 28, 2015 - 01:31pm PT
Fish and wildlife has been doing deer captures lately.
franky

Trad climber
Bishop, CA
Mar 28, 2015 - 01:59pm PT
also, they use net guns for capture, so it is very likely that the shots you heard were not actual firearms.

(although there is nothing illegal or necessarily unsafe about shooting guns out there. You may often hear shots at the Buttermilk Boulders if it is hunting season for grouse, quail, deer, etc.)
Capt.

climber
some eastside hovel
Mar 28, 2015 - 02:32pm PT
Well it is "tourist season". Can't we light them up too?? ;-)
JSchro

climber
Topic Author's Reply - Mar 28, 2015 - 03:03pm PT
Thanks for the responses! Good to know I won't have to hide under the boulders next time the helicopters come flying by.
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