Originally Posted by
GMMAT
You're abusing the landowner's right to privacy. Clear cut. If you can't see that....or don't respect it as a landowner....I don't know what to tell you.
In the eyes of the law.....trespassing is trespassing. Doesn't matter (and shouldn't) if you're retrieving a downed animal or swimming in my pool. I mean...it's hot...and you're not hurting anyone.....right? God meant for you to be refreshed!
LMAO!!! "Right to privacy??" GIVE ME A BREAK, you're too much. You're stretching it a bit, but I suppose that's just your MO.
Originally Posted by
SteveBNy
OHbowhntr - since god has given you permission to break the the law and trespass to recover, do you get permission to shoot extra deer, hunt at night, hunt out of season, etc? You know, all those pesky man made laws by the corrupt government/man. Or does god just give you a pass on those laws that are inconvenient to you?
SteveBNY
You know Steve, if you read what I said, you'd not ask such a silly question. In all honesty, I don't really see "trespassing" to recover an animal as breaking the law. Like it or not, I just don't. It's kind of like speeding going 58mph in a 55mph zone, just one of those things you know. It's a big difference between cutting fences, poisoning someone's watering troughs, vandalizing their home, and crossing a property line to recover an animal. And again, I'm the guy who offered up his ATV to a couple kids if they needed it when they were looking for an animal on my land. (LAND I ACTUALLY OWN, bought with my hard earned money, free and clear of a bank!!!)
Again, as a hunter/sportsman, you OWE that animal your best effort, be it a yearling doe or a 190" NT buck to recover it and use it's meat, as you made that decision to end it's life.
Originally Posted by
GMMAT
It's a fair question.
Which other laws are people immune from adhering to?
You guys can keep your "Do-Gooder" attitudes all you want, I'm not gonna sit here and lie and tell you I wouldn't go get it, becaue I AM going to go get it. So if one of you guys kills a new WR Buck, and the landowner who is in bed and would never know you recovered it don't want you going 20feet on their property to recover that deer, are you still leaving it and the potentially $500k worth of product endorsements, etc 20feet on that persons property because recovering that animal is an invasion of their "privacy," or are you getting it????
You already know what I'm doing, I'm recovering my deer, be it that yearling doe, or the WR Buck, the caliber of the animal makes no difference to me, but I suspect both of your "REAL LIFE ANSWERS" would very likely differ from you're "ON-LINE ANSWERS!!!" The difference between me and you two is I'm not changing my principle for the record book buck, while I'm pretty sure either of you guys would. And while you might not like or respect my opinion, I personally think your "Do-Gooder" opinions are likely those of guys who don't really hunt for the meat anyhow.