Help Me Out Here, I just want to make sure I'm in the green

[Macsteve]

Thanks for the replies everybody! truly truly appreciated.

Yep that was the problem, CA Gov Lands layer wasn't applied.


Also to the whole pins thing, that whole area where there are pins are USFS so its non-huntable right? that's what I gathered

 

[Deleted member 27310]

I think I need that onxmaps apps looks very helpful.

 

[Josh Pearson]

Thanks for the replies everybody! truly truly appreciated.

Yep that was the problem, CA Gov Lands layer wasn't applied.


Also to the whole pins thing, that whole area where there are pins are USFS so its non-huntable right? that's what I gathered

Here is the color-coded map legend .

 

[Macsteve]

Thanks for the replies everybody! truly truly appreciated.

Yep that was the problem, CA Gov Lands layer wasn't applied.


Also to the whole pins thing, that whole area where there are pins are USFS so its non-huntable right? that's what I gathered

Here is the color-coded map legend .

right I've seen that. says his pins were National Forest. which is nonhuntable?

 

[Josh Pearson]

No that's incorrect you can hunt in a national forest. That pin drop is in a state park which you cannot hunt in.

 

[Macsteve]

No that's incorrect you can hunt in a national forest. That pin drop is in a state park which you cannot hunt in.

OOOOH. I was mistaken. I thought you could only hunt BLM land. thanks for clarifying!

 

[ilovesprig]

Since you mention you are a newbie, you now know the joy of hunting. You always have to figure out where trouble is and avoid it. Hunting parks or the Res are no-nos.

Good luck.

There are many places that do not have fencing or very good signage on their outside/perimeter boundaries......Borrego State Park abuts San Felipe W.A. is a good example....It's very difficult to tell where one property ends, and the next begins without OnxMaps.....Same goes for places like VID (Vista Irrigation Dist./Lake Henshaw)....CNF & BLM surrounds most of this private property, but yet most their perimeter boundaries have little fencing or signage (but legal amount). Walking at dark-thirty in the morning, it's easy to cross into places that could get you into trouble.....I wish we would have had OnxMaps in the old days, but even as great as this asset is, I would carry CNF & BLM maps. Good reference and in case your electronically serviced devices don't work.

 

[Macsteve]

Since you mention you are a newbie, you now know the joy of hunting. You always have to figure out where trouble is and avoid it. Hunting parks or the Res are no-nos.

Good luck.

There are many places that do not have fencing or very good signage on their outside/perimeter boundaries......Borrego State Park abuts San Felipe W.A. is a good example....It's very difficult to tell where one property ends, and the next begins without OnxMaps.....Same goes for places like VID (Vista Irrigation Dist./Lake Henshaw)....CNF & BLM surrounds most of this private property, but yet most their perimeter boundaries have little fencing or signage (but legal amount). Walking at dark-thirty in the morning, it's easy to cross into places that could get you into trouble.....I wish we would have had OnxMaps in the old days, but even as great as this asset is, I would carry CNF & BLM maps. Good reference and in case your electronically serviced devices don't work.

Most definitely! I do have a digital copy of the topo map for CNF which will work so long as my phone doesn't crap the bed entirely. Taking a backup is definitely a good option.

You know my work phone does give me unlimited data ;D

 

[ilovesprig]

I don't think my flip phone is unlimited....................lol

 

[Josh Pearson]

Since you mention you are a newbie, you now know the joy of hunting. You always have to figure out where trouble is and avoid it. Hunting parks or the Res are no-nos.

Good luck.

There are many places that do not have fencing or very good signage on their outside/perimeter boundaries......Borrego State Park abuts San Felipe W.A. is a good example....It's very difficult to tell where one property ends, and the next begins without OnxMaps.....Same goes for places like VID (Vista Irrigation Dist./Lake Henshaw)....CNF & BLM surrounds most of this private property, but yet most their perimeter boundaries have little fencing or signage (but legal amount). Walking at dark-thirty in the morning, it's easy to cross into places that could get you into trouble.....I wish we would have had OnxMaps in the old days, but even as great as this asset is, I would carry CNF & BLM maps. Good reference and in case your electronically serviced devices don't work.

Most definitely! I do have a digital copy of the topo map for CNF which will work so long as my phone doesn't crap the bed entirely. Taking a backup is definitely a good option.

You know my work phone does give me unlimited data ;D

You can save(cache) a map for use if you think you may be in an area without signal. The neat thing about this is that it won't use any data on your phone either. Simply select the map tiles of the area you want to hunt and then save the map. Once you lose the signal or if you don't want to burn up data simply pull up the saved map and make sure to switch on the "used saved maps" button.

 

[steveo007]

"if it isn't green or yellow, you'll be one fined fellow"

 

[steveo007]

if you have the correct onxmap its clearly color coded

pull this down ASAP dude what are you thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your pins are on this!!

those are decoys, looks like you took the bait!! lol!

 

[TRICER]

if you have the correct onxmap its clearly color coded

pull this down ASAP dude what are you thinking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your pins are on this!!

those are decoys, looks like you took the bait!! lol!

just want to make sure we cover your butt. You are pretty successful it would suck to have 20 guys show up to some of your spots next year.

 

[Macsteve]

I love that saying haha.

 

[Deleted member 27310]

hey onX app guys, I have a question for ya'll. I have a section in my zone that is marked as blm land that is ok to hunt on the onX app but a private land owner that also hunts next to that spot has extended his barbed wire fence to cover that huntable land and posted it as his for sometime now. I haven't questioned it since I have more areas around that to hunt but still I feel like that dude is over reaching. what could I do?

 

[Josh Pearson]

hey onX app guys, I have a question for ya'll. I have a section in my zone that is marked as blm land that is ok to hunt on the onX app but a private land owner that also hunts next to that spot has extended his barbed wire fence to cover that huntable land and posted it as his for sometime now. I haven't questioned it since I have more areas around that to hunt but still I feel like that dude is over reaching. what could I do?

I would definitely report it to BLM. I have personally run into property owners doing this on several occasions and from what I have heard from guys all over the country it's actually a fairly common practice. There is always a small possibility that onX maps made a mistake but if it really is BLM land the property owner has no right to do that.

 

[Macsteve]

I would definitely report it to BLM. I have personally run into property owners doing this on several occasions and from what I have heard from guys all over the country it's actually a fairly common practice. There is always a small possibility that onX maps made a mistake but if it really is BLM land the property owner has no right to do that.

yep. possession is 9/10ths of the law and unless a complaint is filed he could very easily get away with it.

 

[ilovesprig]

It not only happens, but can be common place.....And it's not just BLM.....CNF kept public lands posted "No Trespassing" for years here in San Diego Co. after it had been purchased and was perfectly legal to hunt.....IMO.....CNF did not do it on purpose.....Just too lazy or didn't have the man power to resign their boundaries.....Private companies will do it as well.....VID posted a lot of land around Lake Henshaw that wasn't theirs.

Unless you say something, he'll continue to keep it closed.....But be careful what you wish for.....The resigning & surveying of VID lands actually resulted in a net loss of public land hunting opportunities.