ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
tsoc I can understand most of your post, but I have a hard time understanding the idea that just because you don't see a posted sign it gives you the right to hunt any property. Why seek permission, just go hunting anywhere you don't see a sign. I think you should have written permission in your posession for any property you hunt, otherwise you are tresspassing/poaching.
Laws vary a great deal from state to state. In most it is not legal to hunt on private property without the permission of the owner whether it is posted or not. Some even require written permission from the owner or you can be ticketed even if the owner says it's o.k.In states like South Dakota it'slegal to hunt on private property without the expressed permission of the owner if the land is not posted. Of course you must leave ifthe ownerverbally tells you to. So iftsoc is in South Dakota anyway, he's within his rights. If he's in my state of NY he's tresspassing.