3-19 Savona area

[Bugle M In]

I have been hunting savana area starting early 90...that time deers running all over,,not so last 10years,,,lots of logging,,heavy hunting pressure...bears,wolfs......fn,road hunting pic up trucks running all over,many guns at the back of it......etc. i stop my hunting there..im sure still deer there,,but way less than past...feel sad about it..

Biggest problem with that whole area was after they closed R5 from the 10th-20th of Nov.
Way more guys in there because of that, and then yes, the landscape has changed drastically up on the plateau
do to that "fairly liberal clear cut logging up there", which definitely made a few changes to the deer movement
patterns from years ago, and wolves that didn't exist to my knowledge back then.
Deer are there, but as Nov 10th comes, its quite the gong show at times, and not just on the roads, lots of guys trying to hike in, yet still run into people doing the same.

[bighornbob]

Haven’t seen private land signs out there

Private land does not need to be posted.

BHB

[twoSevenO]

Private land does not need to be posted.

BHB

so if there's no fence and no sign banning hunting/trespassing they're ok with me being there?
otherwise how would people know? I feel like the onus is on the landowners for this one.

[bighornbob]

so if there's no fence and no sign banning hunting/trespassing they're ok with me being there?
otherwise how would people know? I feel like the onus is on the landowners for this one.

Actually the regs say the onus is on the hunter to know where he is hunting.

BHB

[twoSevenO]

Actually the regs say the onus is on the hunter to know where he is hunting.

BHB

interesting. i'll have to re-read some regs it seems. Thanks!

[todbartell]

I believe its ok to be on private land unless it's fenced, posted as private, or cultivated.

[Bugle M In]

I believe its ok to be on private land unless it's fenced, posted as private, or cultivated.

Really???
I always thought it need to be posted, but some previous comments had me thinking otherwise.

[TexasWalker]

Haven’t seen private land signs out there

Look harder.
It's also fenced.
All of the private ranch land there is no hunting/no trespassing.
There are orange and black signs all along the fences.

[twoSevenO]

Look harder.
It's also fenced.
All of the private ranch land there is no hunting/no trespassing.
There are orange and black signs all along the fences.

Are you talking about the same area as OP inquired about (Pat lake)? isn't the private land there just on either side of that area? West along the Tunkwa lake road and east over by the highway?

Just curious if I missed or hiked through some private land in there im not aware of (been a few years since I was last there)

[bigredchev]

This year seemed to be a strange year in that area. Whatever you find this year I'm sure will not be the case for the future.