I suspect that we are only hearing half the story.
And that half doesn't make Mr Rancher look real good....

After they round up all his cows, he won't be a rancher, and he won't need to graze animals.

If he felt he had a legitimate claim, he should have pursued it years ago.
Now he is just a grand scale scofflaw.

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