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Title: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 08/27/07 - 04:16AM

so i just found out a friend of mine has never been camping. i want to take her somewhere close. what is there that is close. and preferably near a river, or something.

can you camp at Buisick (sp)? any places at chadwick? i dont really like camping at a site, where other people are. so i kinda want a place in the woods by ourselves.


thanks
B

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: LibertyPatriot on 08/27/07 - 10:43AM

I've camped at Busiek before.  It was years ago, like 20+ though.

I'll ask around and see.  Most places I know are private property off of a river.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: jpantleo on 08/27/07 - 12:17PM

yes you can camp at Busik, you have to go to the conservation dept and get a permit.  its like $7 for the permit and you get to camp right there by the river.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 08/27/07 - 02:48PM

where do i get the permit at? and im not real familiar with busiek so could you point me in the right direction, to get to the river?


thanks

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: jpantleo on 08/27/07 - 07:42PM

heres the link to some info:

http://mdc4.mdc.mo.gov/applications/moatlas/AreaSummaryPage.aspx?txtAreaID=8109&txtAreaNm=busik&txtCounty=&txtRegion=Southwest&txtUserID=guest&txtDivision=

(http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l66/pantleoj/8109map.jpg)

when you take the exit and go down the hill stay to the left and the camping is that way. the camping is on the river.

josh

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: jpantleo on 08/27/07 - 07:43PM

theres alot of great hiking and mtn biking trails there also

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 08/27/07 - 08:15PM

thanks for the info! i have been mtn biking there a couple times, but havent really been too far into the park. and i have been over to the range too. are there usually very many people camping there?

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: jpantleo on 08/28/07 - 12:29AM

no the last time i was down there, there was like a total of 4 people camping in 2 tents.....  but its been awhile since i have been there.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: nuch on 09/17/07 - 02:45AM

Where do I go to get a permit?  Thinking about taking my kid down there this weekend.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 09/17/07 - 07:23PM

missouri dept. of conservation. its on mayfair over by the high po office on keany and 65.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: jpantleo on 09/17/07 - 09:54PM

over by prime trucking as well.

TJ-2thousand:  did you have fun down there?

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 09/17/07 - 10:17PM

yeah went last night. and the weather couldnt have been any better. :beerchug:

but for some reason there were people at the range till pretty late. and a fox tried to run off with our smors stuff.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: LoneWolf on 09/17/07 - 10:37PM

the range is supposed to close at sunset... but I think there is only one conservation agent enforcing anything down there... he probably called it an early day.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: TJ-2thousand on 09/18/07 - 12:39PM

they were at the range till about 130. an agent pulled in to the lot and shined his spot light down towards us at about 1 am.

Title: Re: close camping?
Post by: nuch on 09/18/07 - 08:08PM

Thanks for the info, I was trying to decide wether to go camping saturday night or wheeling at Seymour sunday, then I thought of camping out there.  They still have primitive camping out there, correct?  Anyone going out this weekend?