E-Scouting Gate or Cattle Guard?

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

I'm getting ready for my first out of state hunt in CO and have been doing a lot of E-Scouting. I'm having trouble telling if something is a cattle guard or a gate on google earth and OnX. These roads tend to dance along the boarder of public and pieces of private. Wasn't sure if a land owner would put a gate up on a section of the road that jumps on to private land for a short portion before continuing on to the vast amount of public land beyond. Already have put in hours upon hours of e-scouting my unit and would hate to get there and see there is a gate(s) on the areas I've picked out to hunt. Thanks!

 

[Flatrock]

Is it a public road? If it's a public road, you should be fine. Otherwise, maybe to get ahold of the game warden there and ask. But yes, a landowner might absolutely have a gate there.

E-scouting is great but I've learned over and over again that it is really hard to know the answers to lots of questions like that until you get there and see it with your own eyes.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Is it a public road? If it's a public road, you should be fine. Otherwise, maybe to get ahold of the game warden there and ask. But yes, a landowner might absolutely have a gate there.

E-scouting is great but I've learned over and over again that it is really hard to know the answers to lots of questions like that until you get there and see it with your own eyes.

It is a public road. Maps show it as a county road that starts on BLM as it comes off the highway, winds through private for a few miles then ends up on public farther north out of the attached photo.

 

[Slm864]

Those look like guards to me and I’ve read hiking reports about the trail to the north of there and it seems people drive right to the trailhead.
Call the forest service office or CPW for that county and they should be able to answer it for certain.

 

[marksjeep]

Hit the county website for a county road map. There are plenty of times when a county road ends, but the road continues on through private and back into public, and the road is gated at the end of the "county" road. County road maps should indicate where the public ROW ends.

I've found GE to have better resolution than onX. Might be helpful to determine guard vs gate.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Thanks guys, really appreciate it! All great tips!

 

[2rocky]

MVUM maps are pretty reliable for USFS.

On-X has a layer



I don't know for BLM though.

Many times in a case like the picture you posed if you look and see tracks skirting the property line there is likely a locked gate.

 

[shrapnel]

Beware of the cattle guard...

 

[WapitiBob]

The difference is easily seen in Google Earth.

 

[shootbrownelk]

Beware of the cattle guard...

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When Biden was Vice-President he asked if the government really needed these "Cattle Guards" on the Government payrolls. The idiot thought they were armed guards scattered all over the west. He wanted to fire them. The ranchers should protect their own cattle.

 

[Paul from Colorado]

You might want to try the State website as well, it's called COTREX, set up the user name and login and then you can see the roads and trails, it shows closures.

Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX)

Colorado’s Official Trails App – Discover & explore Colorado’s unique trail experiences. COTREX offers the most comprehensive trail map available for the state of Colorado and is built atop data from over 230 trail managers.

trails.colorado.gov

It's a great site for us here in Colorado, toggle between map and satellite view.

 

[mtmiller]

When Biden was Vice-President he asked if the government really needed these "Cattle Guards" on the Government payrolls. The idiot thought they were armed guards scattered all over the west. He wanted to fire them. The ranchers should protect their own cattle.

Love it when people call out idiots or just shine a light on themselves.

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

You might want to try the State website as well, it's called COTREX, set up the user name and login and then you can see the roads and trails, it shows closures.

Colorado Trail Explorer (COTREX)

Colorado’s Official Trails App – Discover & explore Colorado’s unique trail experiences. COTREX offers the most comprehensive trail map available for the state of Colorado and is built atop data from over 230 trail managers.

trails.colorado.gov

It's a great site for us here in Colorado, toggle between map and satellite view.

Thanks! That looks like it can be a great resource!

Also, welcome to Hunt Talk!

 

[BoulderBulls]

Beware of the cattle guard...

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You'd definitely be able to see those gun(s) from onx or Google Earth

 

[refuseresist]

When Biden was Vice-President he asked if the government really needed these "Cattle Guards" on the Government payrolls. The idiot thought they were armed guards scattered all over the west. He wanted to fire them. The ranchers should protect their own cattle.

Was it Biden or Bush? http://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/Bush_on_Cattle_Guards

 

[Runnin_Chupacabra]

Was it Biden or Bush? http://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/Bush_on_Cattle_Guards

It could've been Bush but would be hard to believe a guy from Texas that owns a ranch wouldn't know what a cattle guard was.

 

[FI460]

Was it Biden or Bush? http://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/Bush_on_Cattle_Guards

Pretty sure I still have an email on my Hotmail account that claimed it was Al Gore. That joke has been around almost as long as the internet.

 

[refuseresist]

Pretty sure I still have an email on my Hotmail account that claimed it was Al Gore. That joke has been around almost as long as the internet.

I'm still waiting for my money from bill gates

 

[mtmiller]

.........

 

[shootbrownelk]

Was it Biden or Bush? http://www.jokebuddha.com/joke/Bush_on_Cattle_Guards

Slo-Joe Biden