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Yes Big, it is true. What I quoted above from the code book is word for word. They may not use it for just public hunting or fishing. They can use it for special forestry, wildlife refuge, ect., to what ever they see fit to do.


But, like I said, just because they have the power doesn' t mean they will use it. I am sure there are funds needed to be spent each year on property, so they can justify the budget expense the following year. The code book can probably be sent by reply free of charge. It is on page 2 in the code book, section 41.

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Thank`s for the reply.

That would make me kinda nervous if I owned land in Missouri.:(

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All in all, I feel (just my opinion) that wildlife is just that! Landowners are just that as well! I am a sportsman that respects ALL of the written and unwritten laws and regulations. To hear of someone who thinks they own the wildlife on thier land reminds me of a time I asked permission to hunt some private land. The landowner told me she did not permit hunting because " the animals are my pets!" This is OK with me if she feeds, grooms, provides Vetranary care and shelters the animals. I think that might be difficult to accomplish but I could be wrong. That is like saying that a landowner owns all of the fish that swim into and or through his/her property.
I also agree that a sporsts" person" ' s worst enemy is ourselves. We allow uneducated or slightly educated people to enjoy our out of doors. This is good and bad for us. Every man woman and child should enjoy our out of doors, but it is the true sporstperson' s responsibility to help educate all in ethics. Would you take a shot at an animal if it was not safe? I hope not. It is not worth a person' s life to harvest game. As well I feel it is not ethical to release a fish that has been fatally hooked.
It our resonsibility to be resonsible for our future as well as landowners, nonhunters, nonfisherpersons, those who agree with us and those whom do not.

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Those are good points ODH, but believe it or not, my best friend lost family friends over hunting " owned" or " unowned" game on their own property. They had family friends that were great friends, but the only nitch was that these friends insisted on tresspassing on everybody. Their reasoning was just that, that the game and fish on any given property was not the property of the landowner, an arguement started one day, and the friendship was no more. All people do need to enjoy the outdoors, wth the experienced paving the way to educate the others.

Bigs,

I say they have the power, but I cannot remember hearing anything about them forcing their hand like this. It is no worry owning land in Missouri. The MDC is a great conservation group. I wouldn' t be suprised if most people from other states would look thru their own rule books on this subject, and find out the same thing. But I also bet it hardly ever happens.

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Richie,

Please do not get me wrong, I do not condone nor encourage trespassing. I only meant to say that the wildlife belongs to all of us both land owners and non landowners.

A landowner has complete say as to who hunts and who does not, even if that means nobody hunts. A landowner buys land to do as they wish with it, and that is thier right. If the people whom trespass would ask permission instead of inviting themselves, it may be easier for other sportsmen and women to get previously unobtainable hunting and fishing permission. I think permission means the landowner ALLOWS you on. It is insane to invite yourself or assume you are alowed to tread as you wish.

Someday I wish to own a couple of hundred acres of my own and I would be very selective as to who I let in. I understand the landowners who are fed up with poachers, trespassers, litterbugs etc.

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I understand, and did not mean to imply that you are for tresspassing ODH, and I also have no doubt that you are a responsible hunter and sportsperson......The last thing I ever want to do is be misunderstood in thinking that I would call someone else a tresspasser or unsportsmanlike without proof. My appologies if that is the way I came across.......

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Hey, no appologies needed. I just wanted to make sure my point went across the right way. We all have to work harder because of unethical hunter and fisherpersons.