Hey Randy, have you ever been confronted by any landowners while hunting those landlocked sections and how did it play out. I've walked across my buddies deeded ground onto land locked public ground on the neighbors place. It's resulted in a couple of unfriendly confrontations. Just curious...
Never been confronted on this piece. Got confronted on some state land in NM. I showed him my map and GPS, and he left with saying, "Just checkin' to see if you knew where you were. Good luck."
Was confronted by a ranch manager in WY while hunting a very small isolated section of BLM. He came over and asked what we were doing. Told him we were hunting this BLM. He suggest that I was maybe confused. I showed him the map and GPS.
He said very little, got in his truck and drove off. I thought the sheriff would be there as soon as he made the call. About a half hour later the ranch manager comes back.
To his credit, he walks over and says, "I'm sorry. I have managed this ranch for almost twenty years and I thought this was private. Have at it.. Let me show you the fence lines."
He explains how he went back to the ranch HQ and pulled up some sort of property records, only to realize he was wrong. He was sincerely apologetic.
Funny part was, the next morning, we are back hunting and the warden pulls up and asks if we have permission to hunt here. I tell him we didn't need permission, as it was BLM. He looked confused, also. I showed him the maps and told him of the even with the ranch manager the day before. He was fine with it and wished us good luck.
Point being, having your maps and GPS in hand and being confident in where you are seems to put things to rest real quick.