Originally Posted by
KonKata
Its common knowledge and proper etiquette to gain permission to a property you otherwise do not have permission to cross before retrieving a deer.
Please be sure to read the entire thread if you have not already because I wholeheartedly agree with you. I just think that people have extreme attitudes where none are needed.
Game Wardens are not a personal hit squad BUT you should have respect for the property owner. I was talking to a Game Warden the other day who said she only had one problem where a property owner was approached so that a hunter could remove a deer from their property (he had shot it and it ran onto the other property) and the property owner did not allow the hunter onto the land to retrieve the deer. The Game Warden was called and they got the deer off the property. MOST people will say yes, you can get your deer. If you have an issue where the property owner denies you access, get the Game Warden.
Since when does the game warden have the authority to over-ride a land owners rights? That's something I'm not familiar with..
Or are you suggesting the game warden got the owners permission somehow?
WHY would you tresspass onto someones land without permission and take that chance of burning a bridge you could have otherwise built, just for the sake of retreiving a deer?
Again.. I agree completely... but lets think outside the box for second. You're 300 miles from home on state land in the middle of no-where-ville and your deer runs 50 yards into land you're not sure is state land or not... Your only clue is a 40 year old, mostly broken down, rusted out, old barbed wire fence... Now what?
It all comes down to respect. You respect the land owner and the laws, regardless of where the blood trail leads.
Everything comes down to respect.. this is why these people get so uptight about simple and mundane violations. They take it personally as an attack on their domain..
Although, in all fairness, I guess sometimes it is.. but that's not the point.
Keep in mind that YOU may be shot on sight because there are whackos out there. There was an issue on the news last week where a man shot an alzheimer's patient who had wandered onto his property in the middle of the night. The patient didn't respond to his warnings, it was the middle of the night, so the property owner shot the poor guy thinking he was up to no good.
Too bad no one has invented IDIOT detectors... Kind of makes a case for gun control when you hear these stories. My guess is that anyone who would shoot someone who is trespassing has had other mental and aggression issues in their life that should have been parsed before anyone let them own a firearm.