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Old 11-04-2010 | 07:53 AM
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Flatfoot
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Originally Posted by Jeff Ovington
Went hunting this morn. Turned off toward a Lake Resort and wanted to drive into the back of this country to hunt on crown land.
Got way back there park my truck started working my way down
the rim rock sage brush Coulies that over look this lake.
Down at the bottem are ranching fields.Deer work their way up and down this slope all day. I always carry a GPS that traverses all area I walk.I had to get stuff hung up and Pumkins carved for Halloween this afternoon so I left at noon to be back home in time to get started.Anyways Im driving home and a truck Was coming towards me so I pulled over to chat. Well he's the owner of the Ranch fown below and asks me where I was hunting told him where I was.
He then procedes to tell me it's private property and I had no right hunting. I look at him and said do I look stupid? Went to my truck grabbed my binder with all the land tiles and property that are held to the public private sector and leased.I said you don't own where I hunt. I didn't treespass your property to get there and said are you
done yet?I told him I don't give a godamn crap where you think people should hunt. The fact is I am miles away from any major road or building Or structure,well within my legal bounds. You try stopping me from hunting this area it's your livelyhood going down not mine.You may pull this **** off with other guys but you ain't going to happen to me.The fact is your fields boarder crown land, and if you do anything to hinder me from hunting I will be the one doing the reporting and I showed him the British Columbia Provincial Regs that states Report anybody who prevents or blocks access to crown land.I told him if I see the ditched or posted it's your ass. Then I got in my truck told him to take my license plate of he had a concern but I'm leaving and I'm coming back in tomorrow.He drove off pissed.
I drove off shaking my head. Some peoples mentality.
I've read through all this and for the life of me can't find anyting that shows he threatened you in any way or gave you any reason at all to go balistic on him just because he accused you of tresspassing.... I've been there myself and have had to stick up for my rights also when was accused of tresspassing and the calmer I got the angrier the owner got out of frustration. Bottom line here is that YOU blew your cool just because he accused you of something you knew you didn't do. Tell me this if you had politely showed him your binder and the boundries and smiled and said no your mistaken and said hope you have a nice day and left how much more good would you feel right now telling that story to those here and how bad it would have made the land owner look, then the way it turned out you are the one that comes out of this looking bad. There was absolutely no reason at all for your reactions if the story you tell is true.
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