I'm curious what would one have to do if you shoot a deer that you know you have hit and it runs across the national forest line into private property. You have no way of contacting an owner to gain permission and you don't feel comfortable crossing over for fear of trespassing or altercation. I guess this is sort of a baited question but I'm curious to hear the response.
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Well I'm not wanting to get into a heated debate with anyone, or get anyone "flamed" so I'll leave it at a question in hopes of getting a legal answer absent of personal bias or feeling. Bottom line is it happens, probably more than we like, but what is the legal responsibility and limitation of a hunter whose wounded game has crossed property lines. Ethically I "feel" that you should be able to persue your game without legal reprecussion of trespassing. Unfortunatley, not everyone "feels" the way I do.
As far as the no trespassing notice, the forest boundaries are clearly defined and if they are not, you as a hunter have the responsibility to educate yourself on your boundary limitations. I don't think that you have to post a "no trespassing" notice to keep people off of your property. Isn't it somewhat implied that if it is not your property and you don't have permission to be there, then you shouldn't?Last edited by mfields75; 01-06-2010, 10:24 AM.
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I would go knock on his door. Tell him were I was hunting, explain to him the whole sitution, ask him if he would like to walk were ever with me to show him what i am talking about and hopefully were can come to an agreement over a simple problem. if not then i would call the man and let him deal with it. i would just go be going ninja over peoples fences because some crazy old man might go to far. but each is on and people make there own decisions.
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Couple of years ago a bowhunter (kid) shot one out behind my parent's house. Got excited and did not give the buck time to bleed out. It ran through my paren'ts yard and down a subdivision street before it crashed nearly on someones front porch. They were anti-hunters and called the sherriff. Did not want to let the kid take the deer. Don't know what the outcome was....
I'm very careful not to take a shot if I think the animal will jump toward private property but you never know when they will spin and go the other direction.
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