Road closure

[littlebull209338]

The battle to keep open the county roads which go by High Lonesime Ranch above De Beque is back again with the ranch getting a temporary stay on keeping the road open. The county had prevailed earlier but the ranch is now claiming that the road improvements made by the county has damaged their property. John Martin the County Commissioner points out that is interesting that the stay comes just when hunting seasons are opening. There will be a resolution daily soon and then surely another appeal. This areas roads have had damage caused by run off from the fire of last summer.

 

[BeanMan]

High Lonesome are bastards

 

[txhunter58]

You forgot: “money grubbing B..”

 

[swampokie]

Not sure if thats good or bad news for me as i head out in a couple weeks for deer elk and bear in that very area. open or closed I'm planning on doing a lot of walking to find water. short walk would be better but generally speaking that leads to plenty company. How is the scorched area around the high lonesome looking?

 

[littlebull209338]

Are you going to hunt area 31 ?

 

[tailchasers]

Big money well on its way in Colorado with state and local laws being pushed aside with minimal challenge by enforcement. Similar BS is happening in other areas too.

 

[BeanMan]

And to top it off, there is a new fire in the Bookcliffs today

 

[swampokie]

Are you going to hunt area 31 ?

Planning on the horse mountain area but maybe the north part of 32 depending on where I find bucks.

 

[littlebull209338]

The area effected by the road issue is Kimball Creek and rd 200 as far as I know.

 

[swampokie]

I thought the road laid on the backside of horse mountain between cow ridge and horse mountain. Wasn’t sure what area of blm the road opened access to but the warden said 40 or 50000 acres were accessible that weren’t at least by vehicle when the gate was closed

 

[littlebull209338]

There was an article in The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction that gives a run down of this. It was posted three-four days ago.

 

[elks96]

It is absolute crap. The interesting part is the people actually laying the stay and how they are doing it. It is a fight we have to win. Hell I would give someone money to helicopter in and hunt the area this year just to duck with high lonesome. Maybe that is a side around on fixing the issue.
High Lonesome is nothing but Aholes.

 

[swampokie]

Can the blm behind the gate be accessed on foot or is it too far or too ruff?

 

[elks96]

Can the blm behind the gate be accessed on foot or is it too far or too ruff?

It is a long nasty hike to get in there… it is very difficult to access…

 

[Sako76]

So High Lonesome claims that the county damaged their property by doing improvements and their first reaction is to close the road? I wonder what the county engineer has to say about this?

 

[elks96]

So High Lonesome claims that the county damaged their property by doing improvements and their first reaction is to close the road? I wonder what the county engineer has to say about this?

Right... It is absurd! I can not understand how anyone in the area wants to do any business with High Lonesome.

 

[Gadjet]

If I've seen it once I've seen it a thousand times! Landowners that get on a power trip thinking that they own not only public access, but they also think that they somehow own OUR wildlife! I would love to see these guys get burned! And no, I'm not talking about the recent fire.

 

[elkantlers]

why has no one ripped the gate out?

 

[elks96]

why has no one ripped the gate out?

Their pockets are deeper than mine and they have better lawyers…

 

[swampokie]

When gates went up blocking a half a million formerly open country acres the world burned and the county commissioners cut the gates down. 1998

 

[littlebull209338]

A very good county commissioner is working darn hard to get the gates down, He will not give up until they are. I know him personally and HE is one of us.

 

[elks96]

A very good county commissioner is working darn hard to get the gates down, He will not give up until they are. I know him personally and HE is one of us.

All the Commissioners are on board on getting this settled. I have met with them all on this and other issues. They all have this as a major issue they want to fix.

 

[swampokie]

Good to know the officials representing the people are on board. They r a dying breed. Thank god for good folks fighting the good fight

 

[littlebull209338]

GOOD NEWS the county has prevailed and the roads are open. I sure hope for good but likely the ranch will file yet another appeal. Hope you guys get in there and get after the big bucks and bucks this area produces, Good luck !

 

[swampokie]

This is awesome news!! Just as I’m leaving out for Garfield county tomorrow am! Gray ghost...to be continued

 

[swampokie]

Thanks for the update

 

[txhunter58]

Link to official ruling?

assuming it holds for the fall hunting seasons, there are going to be some really mad “clients” that paid for “exclusive” hunting lands behind the locked gate. ?

I would predict it might even get a bit crowded

 

[fullcry]

I ran across this post and I remember someone
Talking about the High Lonesome road closures a while back.
If I remember correctly didn’t someone say there was another ranch or two with even more ground locked up?Seems like it was out on a plateau or something.Anyone remember we’re that was?

 

[txhunter58]

Anyone hunted the formerly closed area this year?

 

[tracker12]

The Ranch website does not offer hunting except for wing shooting.

 

[txhunter58]

The High Lonesome Ranch DeBeque, Colorado | Ultimate Elk Hunting

The High Lonesome Ranch | DeBeque, Colorado

www.ultimateelkhunting.com

Hmmm

 

[coloradoman]

So is the gate locked or not?
Anyone know?

 

[swampokie]

It was not locked SEpt 15.