Ice Fishing, How close is too close?

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I have never ice fished in Utah, but back east growing up we did it quite a bit and never really had a bad experience on the ice other than watching the occasional idiot wreck his snowmobile or ATV. Matter of fact, I recall on a few occasions even being invited to join someone around their campfire at lunchtime. I was having a similar conversation with someone a while back about crowding in general when enjoying the outdoors, seemed he gained a lot more space on the ice after he started carrying his revolver on his hip instead of concealed.
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