I'm hoping you guys can clear something up for me. I am doing some internet scouting of some units I hope to be hunting this fall. After talking to a game warden he pointed me to some county GIS mapservers that show all of the legal county roads to drive on to reach various patches of public land.
However, my confusion is from looking at the BLM and state lands I am seeing tons of dirt roads crisscrossing them that aren't shown on the county maps (screenshot shows one random example), and since they are buried in public land, I wouldn't think they are privately owned rancher roads.(?)
Anyone have any idea what is up with these? I am trying to find remote areas I can hike to, so I'm not sure what type of traffic to expect on these random roads cutting through the middle of large patches of BLM land.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.
However, my confusion is from looking at the BLM and state lands I am seeing tons of dirt roads crisscrossing them that aren't shown on the county maps (screenshot shows one random example), and since they are buried in public land, I wouldn't think they are privately owned rancher roads.(?)
Anyone have any idea what is up with these? I am trying to find remote areas I can hike to, so I'm not sure what type of traffic to expect on these random roads cutting through the middle of large patches of BLM land.
Thoughts?
Thanks in advance.