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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Uncle Jimbo" data-source="post: 276128" data-attributes="member: 3880">This is an unfortunate incident published in a pretty biased article. The roads on public land (if open to public motor vehicle travel) are there for the public to use. We all own those roads and have a right to use them. If they were in fact hunters, I wish they would have walked and not driven on wet roads creating ruts, but it is their right to do so and am glad they kept traffic to designated roads. My personal preference (or anyone else’s for that matter) does not supersede the USFS travel management plan and restrictions. I missed the portions of article where section line roads that are now impassable due to hay and grain hauling in wet conditions were highlighted. Where significant damage to both paved and unpaved roads from heavy oilfield traffic occurred. I guess record moisture levels should only affect the travel of hunters and not that of anyone else in the state.There is a small faction of people wanting to further the divide between hunters and landowners in this state. That seemed to be much of what this article was trying to do. What I think they fail to realize is the more people are distanced from agriculture, through efforts like the article above, the more apathy they feel toward ag producers in times of low prices, severe weather events and in issues like synthetic meat and the push against GMO crops. Be careful what you wish for...</blockquote>