Wildcat Mountain Road area in Sandy

[mkwerx]

I live pretty close and I have gone up there for years. I used to take a garbage bag with me and I was able to clean up the majority of the mess that people left. But the last 5 years or so the trash was unbelievable, not to mention the shady looking people, the sheriff would go up there all the time. I assume those are the reasons.

Clackamas County has a deputy permanently assigned to that area - in fact his job is paid for through grant money and one of his primary tasks is to investigate illegal dumping (LOTS of it goes on up there). They've been closing off shooting areas up there for years - last time I was up there was a couple years ago with a friend who is a cop and grew up in Sandy - and we were contacted by the deputy up there. He wasn't thrilled we were there, and indicated to us that all the areas south of the road at that time were off limits to shooting (we were off to the north of the road) and that most of the areas on the north side of the road were closing down or already closed. That sucked - so we've been going elsewhere now when we go shooting together.

 

[jim330rifle]

Talked to a friend today, he just sighted in his rifle for hunting at wildcat, he was able to drive all the way to the end of the road.

A friend of mine was up there a month a go and said the same thing.You could drive all the way up to the end of the 3626 road

 

[Sharpener]

My daughter and I just drove up Wildcat. We went all the way to the end. There is a no shooting sign posted that says "No Shooting For 4 Miles" but the gate is just past 4 miles. We went all the way to the end. There were several folks shooting up there. We went into the gravel pit also. There were several vehicles parked in there but there hasn't been shooting allowed on that south side of the road for years anyway.

 

[bzltyr]

It would be nice if people can pick up after themselves. Bring a large garbage bag. mess it up, and areas will start closing.