Thanks JOHNE, I have never seen the in-depth discussion of the regulation that you provided, only the condensed version in the hunting and fishing regulations that simply states, "It is unlawful to trap or hunt, or intentionally or wantonly allow a dog to hunt, within or upon the land of another, or upon waters flowing over or standing on the land of another without first obtaining permission from the owner or tenant." Many folks in my neck of the woods avoid any potential complications by getting written permission since it is kind of hard to demonstrate that you are not tresapssing if you are out in the middle of the woods and the landowner is nowhere near to confirm things. Somehow that got me to believing that written permission was a legal requirement. But I am thrilled as hell to be wrong.

Can folks clear up something else. The regs now state that it is unlawful to enter property to hunt without permission whether it is posted or not. Is that a reasonably new development or has that always been the law. When i was growing up, the generally rule was that if it wasn't posted, the owner didn't care.