Wilderness areas
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From: luckyleo
13-Apr-16
Colorado elk hunters, how do you differentiate non motor areas to area's that allow motor vehicles or orv's?? Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks Leo
From: Beendare
13-Apr-16
USFS puts out motor vehicle closure maps---SHHH don't tell anyone.
From: ElkNut1
13-Apr-16
Check out this guys maps. "DIY Hunting Maps" - Click on his Sponsors link in the right hand margin. I just picked one up & am impressed with the details of his maps, they show open roads & well as closures & much more, well worth the few bucks they cost!
ElkNut1
From: PistolPete
14-Apr-16
PistolPete's Link
As mentioned above, USFS MVUM (Motor Vehicle Use Maps) show all open motorized roads and trails. You can download them from the USFS site, but in Colorado the easiest way to see them is to go to the CO Hunting Atlas and check the MVUM layer.
From: GF
14-Apr-16
So, just as a clarification... The OP here is asking about non-motorized areas, rather than actual Wilderness, correct? WAs are well-marked on the maps... I just wish there were a policy that required something like a 1-mile motor-free buffer zone around WAs.
Hmmmmm.... Guess I just came up with a good use for a drone....
Send GPS coordinates from your phone to the TIP line, and a Forestry/DOW drone could go right to the spot to check it out. No more sending a lone CO into a loaded situation without back-up and they don't have to send anybody at all without clear evidence of a violation....
From: Mule Power
16-Apr-16
Mule Power's Link
GF have you been reading Give a Boy a Gun again? I guess they did release Claude Dallas a few years back.
Here's a link for you lucky
From: DIYHuntingMaps
16-Apr-16
Thanks for the shout-out elknut1! So to clarify some things, just because an area is outside a wilderness area, motorized vehicles are generally allowed only on designated motorized roads/trails. So BLM Wildlife Study Areas and Forest Service Wilderness areas will never allow motorized vehicles. However, there could be a forest service trail that does not allow motorized vehicles outside these wilderness areas. So if you're looking to cruise around on an ATV, you are generally good on any open roads, and then when it comes to trails you'll either need a map like mine that shows these designations on trails, or research each trail before heading out!