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Keep in mind that the property lines you see on Onx maps can easily be off by 100 feet, 200 feet, or more. Sometimes a lot more. So if you see a fence that's nice and straight and relatively close to a property line on your Onx map, the fence very well could be on the actual property line, and the Onx map could be wrong. I'm a land surveyor and see it all the time, when county assessor maps don't match up with the true property lines.
or GPS is correct and the fence was put up for convience and to gain the landowner an extra few acres.
Sorry to hear about your experience on that piece of land. My Dad and I hunted on that exact spot and I killed a small buck near the entrance.
We also sat on the road near the Williams border on the west edge for several hours watching a buck just off the State trust land. That west edge is not fenced, there is only a posted sign. So a hunter really needs to be careful on that part. It never came our way but several vehicles passed us going on and off the Williams’ property.
Most people in their vehicles just waved, but one older man stopped to talk. He was very helpful but did mention to make sure we stay ON public land. I will mention that one pickup truck honked at us as he drove by, but who cares. I can’t say who these people were I only assume they were somehow affiliated with the ranch.
It’s crazy how different a person’s experience on the same spot can be. Hopefully anyone else who hunts there in the future will have fun because we saw antelope there every time we hunted it.
A side note, I found a red Carbon Express arrow fitted with a single bevel broad head. Who ever owns that arrow don’t fret, it’s now in good hands with a Hoosier hunter. I plan on sending it through a corn fed whitetail any day now.
I like finding the corner pins. I have never found a pin off by more than 1-2 yards from GPS. I think a fence, even a good one, is usually meaningless in the west. Pins, posts, survey markers are the end all, but GPS is pretty good, and the landowners can go f themselves if they think they own our public lands.The point is you can't rely 100% on a GPS.
All seriounesd let do this. I live in Gillette and can hunt that after work.We should organize a hunt in 19.... Lol good on you for standing your ground but as soon as threats start being issued its time for the local Leo to handle it. I would never show my license to anybody who wasn't a Leo but congrats on the harvest.
I like finding the corner pins. I have never found a pin off by more than 1-2 yards from GPS. I think a fence, even a good one, is usually meaningless in the west. Pins, posts, survey markers are the end all, but GPS is pretty good, and the landowners can go f themselves if they think they own our public lands.
if its a newer, metal T-post and barb wire sure , its probably close. But if its an old ceder post fence I have seen them 50-100 yds off. Back in the day it really came down to convience as to where the fences fell along gpvernment property.No, fences are definitely not meaningless. If it's a fence that's built on a property line, then obviously that's where the landowner thinks the property line is. And if there's been a survey, the fence is going to be built from a known corner to another known corner. Fences do mean something, you can't just ignore them because it doesn't agree with your GPS.
Captain Obvious said to have a good GPS with OnX. Preferably one that has recording capability. Just kidding... This area has a very limited amount of publicly accessible land that contains antelope. That's why there's leftover tags.Any hunting advice for 19?