Cougar, it still doesn't sound right. To say that the "general public" has access to the land does not necessarily mean that the land has now become public property and that the landowner no longer has any say about whom can hunt or trespass.

Something sounds very screwy with this, but I haven't read what you have so I could be wrong.

In Ohio, the landowner is essentially absolved of potential liability by granting written permission to a hunter that requests it. Of course that does not mean that the landowner cannot get sued (anyone can sue for just about anything...some idiotic lawyer will run with it, and an idiotic judge will hear the case), but it certainly would lessen the landowner's chance of losing.

I will say that I hate to hear stories like this because it means that, once again, lawyers are removing rights and privileges from the American people. They are one of the top reasons that America is not what she could be.

Sad.