JoseCuervo;2133508] "I will leave them however I want them.... Anything we can do to make it more difficult on Wyoming's Welfare Ranchers to operate is incumbent upon us as hunters to do. Only when the west is free of range maggots and angus-x eating for a $1.35 per month will we have antelope that can winter without getting hung in fences, sage grouse populations rebounding, wolf hunting as we deserve, and elk populations healthy in Idaho and Montana, again."
I'm sure you will, I was just giving you the wisdom of someone who lives out this way. A neighbor of mine who manages a nearby ranch, told us about how some a**hole left his gate open, likely by a hunter such as you. Caused a horrible wreck, injured a kid and the driver and killed a young heifer. Hardly a glowing example of good sportsmanship or a good person. He, my neighbor, by the way, protects the sage grouse that live on and near his hay fields above and beyond what Wyoming requires and as a result we do have a good base for their conservation in this area due to his efforts. He is also the Hunter Safety Instructor for this area and is an all around great example as a hunter and neighbor. By the way, the Antelope population is at an all time high and they winter just fine around here without getting hung in fences to any great extent.
Jose rambling on says, "Not sure you have read, but I don't want to pay for a place to hunt, I was looking for a place to camp. And, I ain't gonna camp in some rancher's barnyard for $25 or $1000.... I want to be able to enjoy MY Public Lands that I pay a huge amount of taxes to manage for MY benefit, not some Welfare Rancher."
I read and hunting or camping it's all the same to most of these ranchers due to a number of reasons but especially high on their list is slob hunters. I do agree that our taxes should buy us more access. By the way, many of the Wyoming and elsewhere ranchers whom you seem bent on lumping into the Welfare category aren't in that category at all as they own the land they hay and run cattle on.
Jose continuing:
"I disagree, the only way to get the situation better is to drag the BLM and the FS into court, along with any Welfare Ranchers that need to be educated, over and over, forcing them to comply with the laws already ON THE BOOKS. If we have to do this grazing allotment by grazing allotment, so be it. If we have to do it District Ofiice by District Office, so be it."
You have more time and money apparently than most as your manner of gaining access is expensive and time consuming and seldom works. But hey--if it floats your boat, go for it!! The laws on the books, by the way set up that checkerboard pattern and set the rules for allowing access.
You have a nice trip you hear!
