Originally Posted by
markmon007
I seem to have the same problem around here. I try to look at it from the landowners perspective. I think most people just view it as a liability. They look at it as someone walking around their property that could hurt themseves and possibly a lawyer could talk them into a lawsuit against them. The risk of a lawsuit vs. the reward of a thinning deer heard does not payoff. And the people who do promote hunting usually like to hunt there own land, and why would they want more hunting pressure from someone else?
Recreational User statutes protect landowners from this so called liability (as long as they don't lease the ground for money). Most landowners are ignorant of how little liability they have when it comes to letting hunters on their ground. It is my opinion that they use this liability excuse to not sound like such a jerk for not having a reason other then "because" for not letting hunt their ground. Arm yourself with your states Recreational User Statutes and when the liability issue arises you can nicely show them they have no liability. Then their true colors will show. They just don't want you there.
This link is in a mountain biking forum, but biking and hunting both fall under the same use catagory.
http://www.imba.com/resources/trail_...liability.html