I did not hunt bear this year because it started the same day as ny gun deer season this year. One of the other 6 members of our lease was hunting it.
I also called the game commison today and they said that we should have called the police at the time. Then once the police site them for tresspasing the game commison could site them for poaching the bear if it was shot on posted property.

Hey Bocaj.......posted is posted ...don't matter what they a huntin, it's their lease.....your post is very telling about you... I bet you're the type that come to a fence and crosses it just because it's not posted............the law is pretty much the same in all states ..if ya don't have permission to be there you are tresspassin!!!! Land owners in the state of Washington are NOT required to post they land!!!!!!!!!

Finnbear, I've been posting here for a lil while now and never had anyone question my character. It doesn't say anything about me. "I bet your the type that..." WHat? Huh? O ya? Lol, We asses ppl on something like that huh? Well that's good. My reason for posting that is that we need to all just get along. I hunt three different states and have somewhere between 60-70 properties Im allowed on. I have that access because we've done work, good work, for a lot of ppl. I help them out, they help me out. I have no need to cross fences. If no one was hunting that lease for bear (which someone was) then let them drive it out, and make some friends. Making friends gets you alot further ahead than not making friends. Just my thoughts.

Skillet- Well that sucks then. Next time call on them, while they're there. Hopefully someone can do something. And I wouldn't worry about the "he's a redneck dont mess with him garbage" do what you gotta do, if he crosses a line, get the police involved. Dont let someone push you around.

-Jake

Check with the landowner to see if they had permission. If they did, ask why and request a portion of the lease money to be returned. The authorities should have been called when the violation occurred. However, did they field dress the bear on the property? If so, there is evidence of a kill, and your friend is a witness. The authorities should still be able to make the case. It sounds like you may need to press this further in the right way with the authorities. You need to address this now, or the problem will just get worse. Always have a witness with you for your protection.

poacher 1 to poacher 2....hey bubba they aint no mo deer over har.....poacher 2... no worry there jimbo we jus gonna jump across the fence into skillets lease...kill all the deer in thar... jimbo...ok ...yeah OK we got away with it last year and sides, bocaj said we shoulda been able to hunt thar anyways, jus cause we a coupla good ol boys and that the neighborly thin to do!!!! bubba......ya lets go we don need no stinkin pemisson to hunt ove thar!!!!!!!!!

Have a good day finnbear, and a wonderful thanksgiving!
-Jake

Why thank you very much....and I will:biggrin:

Bocajmala...the point is simple if you don't lease it then you dont belong there. Not much more to talk about..
But let me run this by you...you have permission to hunt a particular piece of property and you have you sights set on a real fine buck probably the best one you would ever had taken and you are just about to say squeeze and another fellow hunter chasin some 150 lbs bear ruins the whole thing...are you still OK with a fellow hunter wondering thru? even though you know that he knows he should not be there? Tell the truth, now

Finnbear, I was thinking the same thing, how does one hunt on 200-acres? We are lucky to live out west. I would most likely give up hunting if I had to hunt on only 200-acres?

Check Idaho's laws, even if it is fenced off you can hunt it unless it has orange markers every 120ft on the fence line, or no tresspassing signs every 120 ft of the fence line, or if it is cultivated land. If it is not clearly, and properly marked, in Idaho you can hunt it