Can I hunt on this land???
04-16-2010, 06:51 PM
#22
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: York, PA.
Posts: 1,313
I am glad I don't live in PA!
In NH we have the right to hunt unposted land. It is never considered tresspassing. Any land owner certainly has the right to post their land. All hunters with any sense of decency, including myself and my family and friends, respect that right. It is simply a long time tradition that most/all New England states share.
NH also has severe criminal trespassing laws during hunting season. The NH Fish and Game will always be involved if you violate any landowner that posts his or her land during hunting season. We understand what it means when hunting peoperty is unposted and we also understand the respect that should be give to posted land as well as the consequences if you violate landowners rights.
In NH we have the right to hunt unposted land. It is never considered tresspassing. Any land owner certainly has the right to post their land. All hunters with any sense of decency, including myself and my family and friends, respect that right. It is simply a long time tradition that most/all New England states share.
NH also has severe criminal trespassing laws during hunting season. The NH Fish and Game will always be involved if you violate any landowner that posts his or her land during hunting season. We understand what it means when hunting peoperty is unposted and we also understand the respect that should be give to posted land as well as the consequences if you violate landowners rights.
And you have plenty of hunters willing to trespass in NH., I know that for a fact. Pike
Last edited by J Pike; 04-16-2010 at 06:54 PM.
04-16-2010, 07:45 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: New Hampshire
Posts: 3,406
Pike - I am not comparing PA vs NH and the right to hunt unposted land, I was simply explaining how the law works up here. It is different in PA and most other states and each state has that right to regulate accordingly.
04-18-2010, 06:56 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Clifton, VA
Posts: 1,101
My bad.
04-19-2010, 01:28 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
is there a law about accidentally killing the land owner of un-posted property....what if some clown shot at a deer, but misses and the bullet goes through some foliage and into somebody's livin room and kills the 5 month old...is there an "ooooppps...my bad" and its all gravy? slap on the hand.
I second the "GIS maps" advice. If availible, it can provide a lot of valuable information.
In MA, the game belongs to the "people", not the landowner. This allows hunters/trappers to enter private land that isn't posted with owners name to hunt, if set back regulations are followed.
If a landowner doesn't wish to allow public hunting on their land, the need to post it with sign including their name.
There is verbage that protects landowners from hunters/trappers that become injured or killed.
Some cities and town have by-laws that require landowner permission.
I have woild have no problem with someone hunting within the rules, even on the land of another.
In MA, the game belongs to the "people", not the landowner. This allows hunters/trappers to enter private land that isn't posted with owners name to hunt, if set back regulations are followed.
If a landowner doesn't wish to allow public hunting on their land, the need to post it with sign including their name.
There is verbage that protects landowners from hunters/trappers that become injured or killed.
Some cities and town have by-laws that require landowner permission.
I have woild have no problem with someone hunting within the rules, even on the land of another.
