Poplar Lick

[sxs]

Does anyone know if the Poplar Lick ORV trail is still closed. I used to camp there years ago and sometimes hunt late season, but a few years back it closed. I've been to Western Maryland every year since (mostly Deep Creek State Park and Swallow Falls) , but haven't passed by New Germany recently...and I've been curious.

 

[BUFF7MM]

Does anyone know if the Poplar Lick ORV trail is still closed. I used to camp there years ago and sometimes hunt late season, but a few years back it closed. I've been to Western Maryland every year since (mostly Deep Creek State Park and Swallow Falls) , but haven't passed by New Germany recently...and I've been curious.

It is still closed.

 

[sxs]

It is still closed.

That sucks...I used to love camping and hunting back there...But thanks for the info.

 

[BUFF7MM]

I'm sure you could still walk in, but no motorized vehicles.

 

[4570inMD]

Tough to find the B-52 monuments on foot.

4570inMD

 

[Mooseman]

It is still closed. I'm sure you can still hike it though.

 

[sxs]

I sure it's like most of the other ORV trails in Md....you just can't take ORVs there anymore. Back in the day we used to use just a 4x4 truck to get down in there to access camping and hunting areas. I'd guess the last time I was there was 7 or 8 years ago (or maybe more) although at that time, I just drove through with my kids in my old Ford Explorer 4x4. What I've been told is that 4x4 SUVs, trucks and the like were never much of a problem there as they had to stick to the roads. However, the ATVs that accessed the ORV trails would run all over the place and create erosion. There was some concern even about normal street legal trucks crossing the streams and the resulting turbidity, but that the advent and popularity of ATVs were the greater problem

 

[BUFF7MM]

In the late 80's i was about half way thru the trail when my truck died, that was a looooong walk to get help, pre cellphone days too.

 

[Deep Creek Rock]

In the late 80's i was about half way thru the trail when my truck died, that was a looooong walk to get help, pre cellphone days too.

Was it uphill through 4 feet of snow?

 

[Mooseman]

Was it uphill through 4 feet of snow?

Barefoot.

 

[Deep Creek Rock]

Barefoot.

Forgot about that one!

Reminds me of the Pine Barrens episode of The Sopranos when Pauly Walnuts loses his shoe in the snow.

 

[BUFF7MM]

Was it uphill through 4 feet of snow?

Barefoot.

Smartasses.
I only walk barefooted when I'm snipe hunting with a minigun.

 

[sxs]

Smartasses.
I only walk barefooted when I'm snipe hunting with a minigun.

Snipe hunt? with a minigun? I thought that was an activity calling for a flashlight and sack taken out into the woods at night

 

[Mooseman]

Forgot about that one!

Reminds me of the Pine Barrens episode of The Sopranos when Pauly Walnuts loses his shoe in the snow.

I would love to see Buff with Pauly Walnuts hair.

 

[BUFF7MM]

Snipe hunt? with a minigun? I thought that was an activity calling for a flashlight and sack taken out into the woods at night

The snipe up this way are mean so we skip the bag.

 

[BUFF7MM]

I would love to see Buff with Pauly Walnuts hair.

I'm assuming you mean the guy on the right, I've got the grey already, but the last time my wife dyed my hair I ended up looking like Wayne Newton, I'll just stick with the grey.

 

[Mooseman]

I'm assuming you mean the guy on the right, I've got the grey already, but the last time my wife dyed my hair I ended up looking like Wayne Newton, I'll just stick with the grey.

Yes, Pauly is the guy on the right. Think about it. It is a look.

 

[sxs]

The snipe up this way are mean so we skip the bag.

Hmm, sounds like your snipe are more akin to The Predator

(remember the shoot-em-up scene with the mini-gun blasting down trees)

 

[Deep Creek Rock]

I would love to see Buff with Pauly Walnuts hair.

And a piece of carpet for a shoe...

The "Pine Barrens" episode was one of my favorites.

 

[BUFF7MM]

The guy looks like the male version of the bride of Frankenstein.