Yes, silt is just a few miles from rifle. The ranch that we will be hunting is about 10 miles south of Silt off of I-70. It is bordered by National Forest Land and BLM land on the back side. The landowner tells me that the 3000 acres of BLM land on the back side is almost impossible for public hunters to get to, so we will actually have it to ourselves also. What do you think??? Thank's for the reply!!!