Road question-WY

[Djmann]

Heading to area 7 for rifle antelope, a little concerned about road access to huntable land. I’ve found the Weston county road map, but how do I know which two tracks are publicly accessible?

 

[seeth07]

Heading to area 7 for rifle antelope, a little concerned about road access to huntable land. I’ve found the Weston county road map, but how do I know which two tracks are publicly accessible?

You hit it already. If it's on the county road map, it's public. Typically it's just those

 

[Djmann]

Thanks, it looks like that makes even some of the walk in areas difficult to access.

 

[Bob-WY]

Check the walkin area info, they often have parking and driving instructions

 

[wihunter12]

This should help: https://wgfd.wyo.gov/Public-Access/Walk-In-Hunting/Weston-County

 

[Djmann]

Many of the roads on the walk in maps are not on the county map, that’s what confusing me.

 

[Bob-WY]

Could also call the walkin coordinator for that area, he works with the landowners , that person will know

 

[wihunter12]

Many of the roads on the walk in maps are not on the county map, that’s what confusing me.

Feel free to shoot me a message if you would like, I might be able to help. I have been in that area a few times.

 

[ClearCreek]

You hit it already. If it's on the county road map, it's public. Typically it's just those

That is not always the case. Some of those roads are kept on the county road map for first responders to use and they are not public roads.

ClearCreek

 

[seeth07]

That is not always the case. Some of those roads are kept on the county road map for first responders to use and they are not public roads.

ClearCreek

I have never heard of that before. I have called two Wyoming county offices before when I first started to hunt out in Wyoming asking them what is the best way to determine whether or not a road is public vs private and both gave me literally the exact same answer. "Our county produces a very detailed road map that lays out the various types of roads and bridges in our county. Any road named and shown on the map is a road maintained by the county or state and therefore, it can be traveled on by anyone." Paraphrasing of course. They also did point out that there are indeed other roads that exist that are public that aren't shown on the county map such as not all national forest roads are shown.

 

[manitou1]

Nope. I can spend a week driving you around showing you named roads that are private in our area of WY.

 

[seeth07]

Nope. I can spend a week driving you around showing you named roads that are private in our area of WY.

let me guess, BLM designated road? That isn't a county "maintained" road.

 

[seeth07]

Carbon county is great, they even literally point out the private ones (not public obviously) and even show you which ones are BLM (not public)!

 

[Pancake]

The unit pages on the Wyoming G&F website show the roads, and the legend on the map calls out what's state, county, etc.

Wyoming Game and Fish Department - Wyoming Hunt Planner

Plan your Wyoming big game hunt. Our hunt planner has application dates and deadlines, season dates, drawing odds, harvest statistics, access information and more.

wgfd.wyo.gov