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...
Parts one and two both true. I have enough grey hair to remember when ranchers welcomed antelope hunters. Used to be a coupon on the license that allowed the rancher a small payback for letting hunters come on the land with the intent of thinning the population. The landowners I met would go over the locations, give helpful advice, allow camping, etc.This was before hunting became an Industry.
