Shooters being blamed for Snyder Creek Fire.

[SAnd]

Any idiot knows not to shoot them off during the dry season, just like no fireworks.

You would be surprised at the amount of people that don't know that, even veterans that have shot it a lot. They don't equate that dot of light to be the miniature flare that it actually is. It won't always start a fire if there isn't anything to burn or if it isn't dry enough. Ignorance isn't an excuse though, just an explanation.

[twitchyfinger]

Sorry Twitchy, I did not know they were the same place. Feel free to delete the thread.

No problem palepainter, I was just teasin ya about posting the same thing I did at the same time which I thought was funny. Kind answering the phone just before it rings. No need to delete, both threads have taken their own paths anyway.

They sell tracer and incendiary rounds at the gun shows for about a buck a round. Any idiot knows not to shoot them off during the dry season, just like no fireworks. Stupidity is no excuse. You start a fire due to negligence that is a felony arson charge.

My thoughts exactly and I would have also saved them for a night shoot for their "full effect".

[northstar]

There have been many cases of Arson up and down CO 285 in recent weeks. Unlikely they are all caused by shell casings. There are lots of wacko shooters, but more likely this is some nut case with a pack of matches!

[waxthis]

Without a doubt tracers can start a fire,dont ask me how I know...

[Mtn.man]

flat land campers.

[theskalickys]

There have been many cases of Arson up and down CO 285 in recent weeks. Unlikely they are all caused by shell casings. There are lots of wacko shooters, but more likely this is some nut case with a pack of matches!

I can see it in the news "man found with backpack full of matches.". With all the cigarettes etc thrown out of cars and people not putting out campfires correctly, shotgun ammo would be the last thing I would blame

[sniper7]

its all the damn california fuckers moving here. they had massive fires out there all the time, and they are trying to burn our state down now.

[KevDen2005]

I definitely know as well how tracers can start fires, my infantry unit nearly burnt down the southeast on a number of occasions, and I am still hoping that this was not the cause of the fire. I still think, along with some of you, with all the people not putting out camp fires correctly, and throwing lit cigarettes out the window, etc there are more likely causes. I think the tracer scenario could happen but I am going to stay in denial right now.

[cebeu]

"...throwing lit cigarettes out the window,..."

Drivin' up 285 not long ago, maybe early last month, (commuting) and I'm following a piece-o-poop Ford Ranger, ragged looking shit-machine with a "newer looking" sticker on the rusted bumper denoting a "member of a volunteer fire service," forget which one, and a fucking butt comes flyin' out the window. Some meth-face lookin' wretched chic drivin', doubt it was the owner (I hope) but...volunteer fire-fighter sticker and a fucking lit cigarette gets thrown out the window.

Ironic ignorance. Yeah...as a resident of the area I made my "opinion known" via hand gestures but...I doubt that dumb-fuck had any clue what I was ranting about.

[KevDen2005]

Drivin' up 285 not long ago, maybe early last month, (commuting) and I'm following a piece-o-poop Ford Ranger, ragged looking shit-machine with a "newer looking" sticker on the rusted bumper denoting a "member of a volunteer fire service," forget which one, and a fucking butt comes flyin' out the window. Some meth-face lookin' wretched chic drivin', doubt it was the owner (I hope) but...volunteer fire-fighter sticker and a fucking lit cigarette gets thrown out the window.

Ironic ignorance. Yeah...as a resident of the area I made my "opinion known" via hand gestures but...I doubt that dumb-fuck had any clue what I was ranting about.

I just don't get why people don't think. I get annoyed because I camp and always have a fire, and when I leave the fire pit is a huge soupy mess because I don't want to start a fire...but these people make it so we aren't allowed to have fires...and I usually camp in the Tarryall Mountains and Kenosha Pass