This stuff definitely happens. I had a ranch in block management offer me to trade some weed control work. In exchange for the work they offered to let me pick the days of hunting I wanted before they opened the reservations. I turned them down, as that didn’t really seem like payment to me...
Its funny how UPOM wrote that the landlocked public land acts as wildlife preserves and that if cc was legal hunters would flood these lands. That's literally just a UPOM opinion, what legal relevance does that statement even have.
What in god's name is happening on this forum lol, it's impossible to keep up with....... Russian bots, Spam, FNG's, Shanking Tents, etc. etc. When I think about it though, this is probably what keeps me coming back, way better than the metaverse or whatever.
There are a few multi generational ranches still out there, however more and more these ranchers are owned by millionaires and billionaires. These “new age” landowners are more often than not buying these ranches as investment/recreation properties. Having cows on the ranch simply helps as a tax...
This is a very interesting topic. I have seen many similar scenarios, the public gets grazed all summer, then right before hunting season the rancher takes his cows back to his property. Concurrently, a large portion of the forage has been grazed so the elk transition to private lands. I have a...
As the others have said, its pretty rugged country. Certainly wouldn't say its one you can get around easily with out a horse. Probably not the best unit for your dad.
My 2 cents would be apply for “swing for the fence units” then just hunt general units when you can draw it. In all honestly I’ve seen better bulls in some general units than in some of the limited entry I’ve been in over the last few years.