Seems to be a couple of misconceptions rumbling thru here.
1. The ranches that have the bam, forest service, or school trust lands within the boundary of their private lands, do not get it for free. They pay leases to the controlling agencies, and maintain the land at their own expense. It ain't free.
2 . Many of these "landlocked" parcels and the trouble getting access to them stems more from either large money operations owning the "ranch" for their own little private hunting/fishing retreats, and often times the big kerfuffle on trespass stems from an outfitter that has leased the hunting rights on the private land.

Probably not many folks with enough gray hair around here to remember back when the Safari Club used to lease ranches, and post everything, and block roads...


the most expensive bullet there is isn't worth a plug nickel if it don't go where its supposed to.
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