ORIGINAL: cooter144
An animal shot through the vitals shouldn't go far. A gut shot animal would be another story.
I would probably just go in there and quickly drag it back to my property.
This is not a problem I have ever had since my neighbors would never tell me I can't retrieve a deer and I in turn would not do that to them.
Luckely in MN it would also be perfectly legal for me to go in and get the animal without even asking unless they came out and told me to leave in which case I would have to abide by their wishes.
Read again Cooter. Here is Minnesota's trespass law.
Restrictions (See below for exceptions, definitions, and
posting requirements)
• A person may not enter legally posted land for outdoor recreation
purposes without
permission.
• A person may not enter agricultural land for outdoor recreation
purposes
without permission.
• A person may not remain on private land for outdoor recreation
purposes
after being told to leave.
• On another person’s private land or a public right-of-way, a person
may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a
building occupied by humans or livestock without written permission.
• A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet
of a corral containing
livestock without permission.
• A person may not take a wild animal on any land where the person
is prohibited from lawfully entering by this law.
• A person may not wound or kill another person’s domestic animal,
destroy private property, or pass through a closed gate without
returning it to the original position.
Exceptions
• A person on foot may, without permission, enter land
that is not
posted to retrieve a wounded animal that was lawfully shot, but
may not remain on the land after being told to leave.
• A person on foot may, without permission, enter private land
without a firearm to retrieve a hunting dog. After retrieving the
dog, the person
must immediately leave the premises. This exception
does not authorize
the taking of the wild animal.
I myself will not trespass to get an animal. Phone calls will be made first.