Called the Sheriff on some Road Hunters last night.

[drobs]

Sitting in my blind yesterday late afternoon I hear a vehicle driving up and down all the roads around me in my private subdivision (10 acre or greater lots with a private gated road). He then drives down my dead end road, right next to my blind.

I yelled at them "Trying to hunt here!" The passenger yells back "I lease all this land from Charles _________." I yell back "This is all private land in here and thanks for ruining my hunt!" The passenger yells, "I don't know why you are yelling at me..."

Genius! You're road hunting during the prime afternoon hunting hours of Opening Weekend!

I called my neighbor who is a Deputy. He went out and stopped the truck and asked them to leave the area. The kid gave him the same story that he leases all the land in here from Charles.

I then called Charles______ who does own land in our subdivision. He told me none of the land in there, that he owns, is leased out for hunting. I have previously received permission from Charles to hunt the 10 acre lot south of me and mentioned that to him. I also asked for and received permission to hunt the 20 acre lot north of me during this phone call.

I let my neighbor the Deputy know that kid was lying to him. He said to let him know if the kid comes back.

I'm done with these dirt bag locals that think they can hunt anywhere they please.

 

[Navy87Guy]

Gotta love people who are dumb enough to make up lies that are easily disproved!

 

[HHollow]

Dirt bag local logic is that hunting permission, once given, extends for infinite time or until revoked.

 

[Patocazador]

Dirt bag local logic is that hunting permission, once given, extends for infinite time or until revoked.

And includes all of his buddies and their friends.

 

[crstrode]

So, were the road hunting liars arrested, cited, formally trespassed, fined, ticketed, charged?

Lemme guess: none of the above.

 

[drobs]

So, were the road hunting liars arrested, cited, formally trespassed, fined, ticketed, charged?

Lemme guess: none of the above.

None of the above. Maybe next time I see them in here.

 

[CraigC]

We have a lot of that here as well. One particular scumbag bragged about shooting hundreds of deer a year, all year round. Haven't seen him in a while, hope he's rotting in prison.

 

[Kingcreek]

I own 40 acres with 17 acres of tall grass prairie on it. Pheasants are often along the one lane gravel road that runs next to it scratching grit or feeding in the farm field on the other side. I have fence or old hedge row all around it and it is posted no hunting or trespass.
I heard a shot that had to be on the road so I grabbed my wallet and keys and tear over there in the truck to find a teenager sitting in a truck with the door open and another climbing over my fence with a rooster in one hand less than 10 feet from the sign.
I chewed him out pretty thoroughly and he apologized and offered to give me the bird. I told him no, I wanted him to take it home and eat it and think about what he did. And I ever see his truck on the road again I’m calling DNR or sheriff and giving them a pic of him climbing my fence with the sign and the license plate in the frame.
I hope he choked on it.

 

[red rick]

I have the same problem on my property . It will start this coming Saturday when deer firearms season starts . A couple of years ago I was running my rabbit dogs near the house . They opened on a rabbit and then I hear a small boy say what was that . Then I hear a truck start and drive away . I walk up there and I see a cloth and a 5 dollar bill laying on the ground . I assume where they were sitting . They had to walk right by a posted sign to get there . If I would have caught him , I would have called the game warden , just because he had a young child with him teaching him this behavior is okay . All he would of had to do is ask for permission and I would have let him hunt .

 

[dobedo]

I was on 700 acres of public land there are hiking trails and during hunting season people know there are hunters there. I heard a commotion and a guy on horseback was barreling down the woods and trails. I jumped out and startled him and told him he is harassing hunters. He told me that was so what as he says people should not be killing animals. What he did not see was my GO-PRO. I called DNR and they caught him leaving and wrote him up a large fine and told him the trails are not for horses and OR vehicles as published in the DNR pamphlets online. He said he was not harassing hunters but when showed the GO-Pro video he clamed-up.

 

[rdnktrkr]

We have hunters coming on our property yearly, our trail and security cameras get pics of them and we are on a first name basis with the DNR agent in our district. I've had poachers tell me I couldn't park in MY driveway blocking them in, but the local sheriff informed them of their mistake, I enjoyed watching it get loaded up on a rollback headed to the impound yard. They had to open and close our gate and there are no trespassing signs everywhere.

I think I should add that our property has one way in and out and the driveway just serves our property. I always park at the bottom and unload the Artic Cat on the drive and usually leave my truck there since everyone that has permission to be on there knows where the extra key is.

 

[Navy87Guy]

It’s interesting here in NH because you have the right to walk (and hunt) any land…unless it is posted No Trespassing/Hunting. Now, common courtesy says you ask a property owner before you walk through or hunt - but legally you’re not required to. Most people are generally respectful of the land and people on it. You don’t see lots of folks driving around through prime hunting areas…they park and hike in. There are always exceptions, of course, but for the most part it works well.

 

[usaral63]

Thats an interesting concept Navy, here in Florida trespass with a firearm is a felony, otherwise is simply a misdemeanor, On one hand it's good in that it enables some real sanctions on real dirtbags.....on the other tho, in some areas it can really create a problem for inadvertent and technical violation. One good example I am personally aware of is private ownership of outholdings in publically owned wildlife management areas..................usually either not marked or poorly so....and while you might beat the charge, you still get to enjoy the ride (and pay the bill).

 

[Gerd33]

I had to call the Conservation department last year because someone dumped some dead Canada geese at the entrance to our property and call the neighbor because they were actually on his property.
It appeared that they had pulled off the road into the gravel entrance to the property and threw them out. As it was done sometime in the middle of the day, they're lucky I didn't roll up on them while they were doing it.

I don't know what or if anything ever came of it though.

 

[Savage30L]

Back about 15 or 20 years ago, when I lived in Maryland, I went duck hunting with a friend on a very cold morning on the South River, a tidal inlet near Annapolis. Although the waterfront areas are fully lined with houses (as is the case all over that region), the South River is wide enough that we could get the legal distance from houses to hunt, and open-water brackish and salt areas are open to the public to hunt. So, we put out our decoys, and as the sun rose, a homeowner came out to the water's edge and started harassing us, yelling across the water. A Merganser landed about 120 yards away, well out of gun range (and we wouldn't shoot a Merganser anyway), and he started yelling, "Don't you shoot that duck!! Don't you shoot that duck!!". He was jumping up and down and pacing along the water front...he looked like an agitated dog guarding his property. And he wouldn't shut up! Eventually (after about 20 minutes of his abuse) we picked up our decoys and moved further away, out of earshot, but I wish we had called the DNR on him. Maryland has a hunter-harassment law, and this fellow was definitely violating it.

 

[Coyote3855]

So, were the road hunting liars arrested, cited, formally trespassed, fined, ticketed, charged?

Lemme guess: none of the above.

The penalty for poaching and other game/fish violations should be more severe than they are currently. Some miscreants lose hunting rights in cooperating states, have their firearms seized. Fines should be higher and maybe seize vehicles involved. I'm sure penalties differ from state to state and the severity of the offense.

 

[Navy87Guy]

Back about 15 or 20 years ago, when I lived in Maryland, I went duck hunting with a friend on a very cold morning on the South River, a tidal inlet near Annapolis. Although the waterfront areas are fully lined with houses (as is the case all over that region), the South River is wide enough that we could get the legal distance from houses to hunt, and open-water brackish and salt areas are open to the public to hunt. So, we put out our decoys, and as the sun rose, a homeowner came out to the water's edge and started harassing us, yelling across the water. A Merganser landed about 120 yards away, well out of gun range (and we wouldn't shoot a Merganser anyway), and he started yelling, "Don't you shoot that duck!! Don't you shoot that duck!!". He was jumping up and down and pacing along the water front...he looked like an agitated dog guarding his property. And he wouldn't shut up! Eventually (after about 20 minutes of his abuse) we picked up our decoys and moved further away, out of earshot, but I wish we had called the DNR on him. Maryland has a hunter-harassment law, and this fellow was definitely violating it.

Since he was already ruining my day, I probably would have shot (not at the duck - just in the general/safe direction) just to see if I could make him have an aneurysm!

 

[plainsdrifter]

Since whenis it legal to hunt from a vehicle? Can't do that in AZ. Plus gotta be a 1/4 mile from any occupied house or building.

 

[crstrode]

The penalty for poaching and other game/fish violations should be more severe than they are currently. Some miscreants lose hunting rights in cooperating states, have their firearms seized. Fines should be higher and maybe seize vehicles involved. I'm sure penalties differ from state to state and the severity of the offense.

Penalties are probably OK as they stand (this applies to most sorts of violations of law, in addition to those listed).

Those charged and sworn to uphold the law, prosecute the offenders, and administer the penalties are the ones falling down on the job.

 

[.308 Norma]

Since whenis it legal to hunt from a vehicle?

Here in Idaho, it's been perfectly legal for my wife to hunt from a motor vehicle ever since she got her "Disabled Hunter Permit" (atrial fibrillation) a few years back. She can even legally shoot from a motor vehicle as long as it's not moving or on a public road.
That's why most of our deer "hunting" anymore consists of driving around on our friend's ranch and looking for a decent sized mule deer buck for my wife to shoot - which we didn't find this year. Oh, well - we don't need the meat anyway.
BTW, my wife doesn't like having a "Disabled Hunter" tag hanging from the rearview mirror in our pickup truck. During deer season, she'd much rather be out climbing to the top of a ridge somewhere before daybreak - like she used to do with me for 50+ years. But at least she's still going hunting with me.

 

[dobedo]

It’s interesting here in NH because you have the right to walk (and hunt) any land…unless it is posted No Trespassing/Hunting. Now, common courtesy says you ask a property owner before you walk through or hunt - but legally you’re not required to. Most people are generally respectful of the land and people on it. You don’t see lots of folks driving around through prime hunting areas…they park and hike in. There are always exceptions, of course, but for the most part it works well.

Yup, we use to live in Portsmouth NH, I always asked permission and 99.9% of the time the landowner said yes. In MD you cannot hunt any private property unless you have signed permission from the landowner.

 

[crestoncowboy]

I've had people tell me (the land owner) that they knew the owner and I shouldn't be there. Lol...... happened twice.

 

[courtgreene]

I've had people tell me (the land owner) that they knew the owner and I shouldn't be there. Lol...... happened twice.

Everyone knows the owner until you ask the owner’s name.

 

[Cfish]

Or they are looking for a lost dog.

 

[red rick]

Or they are looking for a lost dog.

In Virginia you can go on posted property looking for your dog , but you can’t carry a firearm and you have to walk .