Come on guys! The OP just made a post completely contradicting what I stated by saying I stated that everything was private property. I was right on the button as to what his post was asking and his reading comprehension sucks! Anything he could legally shoot, be it a bird or a deer, etc. would have to be inside (below) the high water marks that are deemed as public property and they would have to die and STAY within that area to be legally retrieved or he would be trespassing on private property ABOVE the high water marks. How many deer do you think he would find down in an area like that compared to what might be seen up on the private property along the river that would be out of bounds to him! He may have decided not to go through with it, but IMHO he shouldn't have even needed to ask out on a hunting forum because he obviously knew before he asked that he would be stepping on landowner's toes and maybe even on their property if the chance arose to shoot a good buck. Doing what he was asking whether there was water in the river or not would be a great way to legally access otherwise inaccessible landlocked public land, but even if he stayed where he would have to in this private property scenario it would lead most people that had property along there to think he was a poacher, no ifs, ands, or buts!