Corner crossing…….again

[Jpsmith1]

Zero immediate harm is done by corner crossing, but it's naive to discount how many of these landowners feel. Calling them crybabies doesn't do it justice. I'm not agreeing with or defending them, but for decades, corner crossing wasn't a concern. Unless an ambitious hunter used a plane or helicopter to access public land (which I've done twice now), the landowners controlled all the access. That was their normal, and they got used to it.

With corner crossing now being allowed, I can see how landowners are upset and fighting to maintain the status quo. It's a losing battle, and you're correct in no immediate harm being done, but many of these checkerboarded private properties will go down in value. And if you've ever known a rich person, there are two things they don't like: losing power and losing money.

The older I get, the more I realize how contentious the battle for land access is. This year, our group accessed two parcels of landlocked public land by helicopter. One ranch surrounds this land. The female landowner was so upset that she said repeatedly, "If I can't have those lands exclusively...I will go up there and destroy that land so no one can use it."

Just think about that mindset. It's insane. Yet many believe that this public land is theirs, and if they can't have sole ownership, they're willing to burn it down so no one can enjoy it. Once you understand that mindset, you realize how far someone like Eshelman (and many others) will go to maintain control of these public lands.

And this anecdote is why I have no respect and lose no sleep over corner crossing.

 

[3forks]

Unfortunately, I would expect some retribution by land owners affected by corner crossing being deemed legal.

I predict that now that corner crossing is legal in the states overseen by 10th circuit - we’ll see public lands in those same states that used to be essentially only used by the property owners whose private ground land locked the public - overgraze those sections of public properties to the extent that no wildlife will really use them. I believe disgruntled land owners will do this to encourage wildlife to stay on their private ground, and make it so hunters won’t spend much time or effort accessing public via corner crossing if those public properties aren’t holding game.

 

[nodakian]

Unfortunately, I would expect some retribution by land owners affected by corner crossing being deemed legal.

I predict that now that corner crossing is legal in the states overseen by 10th circuit - we’ll see public lands in those same states that used to be essentially only used by the property owners whose private ground land locked the public - overgraze those sections of public properties to the extent that no wildlife will really use them. I believe disgruntled land owners will do this to encourage wildlife to stay on their private ground, and make it so hunters won’t spend much time or effort accessing public via corner crossing if those public properties aren’t holding game.

We also should expect the greedy bastards to pressure their paid off politicians for a legislative fix. The psychopathic, arrogant, power hungry pricks out there never stop.