I seriously thought the OP must be joking or was some kind of bot.
It's a P-R-I-V-A-T-E road. Rip's probably out there b/c the deep end of the gene pool keeps trespassing on his PRIVATE property.
Try trespassing through my front door on Saturday morning and see how that ends for you.
I've seen a camp like that once in CO. I was tempted to walk in there and grab a snack like I belonged. Figured it was so big it'd be like crashing a wedding.
It's probably the highlight of their day to see that stuff.
"Look Chad we've got a migrating sasquatch that's been eating corn over on Cam 794. We should try to get a collar on that thing."
FWP should be administering these. You think most of these old timers are running them efficiently? Like it's high on the list of importance for the avg rancher? And are these people supposed to be doing secretarial work running the reservations. Ripe for abuse and neglect IMO.
I'm in the don't mess with people's stuff group but this setup is so ridiculous.
I'd be really tempted to show this guy what I ate for breakfast or I'd consider repurposing a strip of the electrical tape in my pack for the lens.
I guess taking a deuce nearby would deter animal activity in...