private property?

[darrin6109]

so if you are hunting on legal property and for example you down a goose and it lands on private property are you able to enter the private land to retrieve the goose?
thanks
darrin

[835]

I would, but i dont know if i'd be legit by doing it.... I just know i have to do everything i can to recover game....But if i saw a house i might go explain to the owner what i was doing first.
lets see what the pole says

[KodiakHntr]

Nope. Not without consent of the owner.

If he says no, you are SOL.

[huntcoop]

I would enter only with land owners permission otherwise you are trespassing. The land owner has every right to tell you to go #### yourself, I'm sure most wouldn't but they could.

[d6dan]

so if you are hunting on legal property and for example you down a goose and it lands on private property are you able to enter the private land to retrieve the goose?
thanks
darrin

This happened to me: shot 3 geese on private land, but 1 falls on another piece of land i did'nt have permission on. well I walk over and pick it up. somebody sees me and calls the rcmp. the next day I get a visit from the CO. recieved $100.00 fine for trespassing. So make sure you recieve WRITTEN permission before hand and you'll be okay...Even though I made a resonable effort to retrieve wounded or dead game, it can and will bite you where it hurts.

[6616]

This happened to me: shot 3 geese on private land, but 1 falls on another piece of land i did'nt have permission on. well I walk over and pick it up. somebody sees me and calls the rcmp. the next day I get a visit from the CO. recieved $100.00 fine for trespassing. So make sure you recieve WRITTEN permission before hand and you'll be okay...Even though I made a resonable effort to retrieve wounded or dead game, it can and will bite you where it hurts.

And if you hadn't have gone and picked it up the landowner (if he happens to be an anti-hunter) could have reported you for not recovering the game and you could have been fined for not making every reasonable effort to recover...!

I guess it boils down to "making every reasonable effort" has to include going to the landowner and asking for permission to recover the downed game. If he says no at least you cannot be charged for abandoning it.

[6616]

Here's an experience that happened to me once. My hunting partner shot an elk in the Beaverfoot Valley near Golden very close to the Beaverfoot River. The elk ran across the river and died on the opposite bank which happened to be in Yoho National Park. Now what to do...???

[wolverine]

Usually a fence is used to set a boundary as private property and to tell people that they should stay out if you don't have prior permission. Hopping the fence can cause damage to it and when the farmer has to spend time doing repairs on his property that others have caused it's going to make for a pissed off farmer. Not saying that is what you did at all. We used to hunt ducks on private property all the time in the Fraser Valley and never had any problem gaining access as long as we assured the property owner that we would recover all our hulls and always, always offered them half of the bag of the day. We were never refuse access but I did see some other guys get turned down on one farm and the farmer explained that they had asked once and then came back repeatedly without asking and left hulls all over. Never offered to share either. So it does work. I think entering onto the property, even to recover wounded game, shouldn't be done without asking permission. It's just common courtesy.

[Rock Doctor]

So, if you shoot a Moose/Elk, it stumbles onto private property before it dies, and the land owner does not let you enter his property..........................Do you have to cut your tag:eek::D.

I believe you are supposed to cut your tag once game is recovered, so if you are not allowed to recover...........????

Might as well go shoot another, I guess;-)

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[mxracer328]

if that happens just tell buddy that you shot him a goose and its in his field

[6616]

So, if you shoot a Moose/Elk, it stumbles onto private property before it dies, and the land owner does not let you enter his property..........................Do you have to cut your tag:eek::D.

I believe you are supposed to cut your tag once game is recovered, so if you are not allowed to recover...........????

Might as well go shoot another, I guess;-)

:?::?::?::?:

My guess is that you would have to cut your tag. It's a chance you take when you hunt in those kind of places. It's somewhat similar to if you shot a mountain goat and he fell into an unrecoverable place... aren't you still required to cut your tag? After all it was your decision to shoot under the (possibly questionable) circumstances.

[EvanG]

Once you cut your tag does the animal then not legally become your property?

[EvanG]

When It comes to big game call the CO and I am sure they will either escort you or retrieve it for you. I probably wouldnt be bothered with a goose.

[Jelvis]

If you step on PRIVATE PROPERTY you could get your "goose cooked" - lol -
Hey - what ? The goose was loose, it went down on private, ALL Trespassers will be Prosecuted and Persecuted. lol Stay Off - Defenz de Passer - lol
Jel -- Goosed --

[darrin6109]

i hear all of you loud and clear
thanks again
darrin

[wolverine]

When It comes to big game call the CO and I am sure they will either escort you or retrieve it for you. I probably wouldnt be bothered with a goose.


Now I think we might have a winner here! Good answer. If the land owner is being a jerk and won't let you collect the animal cut your tag and let the CO work it out. I'll bet there is a legal position here for the hunter.

[Kody94]

Had it happen to me once when I was 14. The landowner would not let us trail it/retrieve it on his land. Was a nice buck...guess he wanted it for himself, since he was clearly a hunter too.

[Johnnybear]

Had it happen to me once when I was 14. The landowner would not let us trail it/retrieve it on his land. Was a nice buck...guess he wanted it for himself, since he was clearly a hunter too.

That right there is what I could see happening if the land owner is a jerk. I wouldn't trespass on anyones property without asking them first. I know the game deserves better but it is the law and better than being shot at:!:.

[peterrum3]

I have some acreage in Rock Creek which borders Crown land. If someone shot a bird or a deer on the Crown and it came onto my property I would expect the hunter to come and talk to me first. I would let him recover and I think that most others in the area would do the same.

But if they just came onto the posted land without contacting me I would take exception to that and I would call the CO's. In most cases, people like myself post the no hunting or trespassing signs for various reasons. I do it because I have kids running around on the property all the time.

I had 2 guys shooting ground squirrels on my place a month ago, heard their .22's from the road and 50 feet away was a no hunting sign. I didnt bother calling the CO's, just ripped into these guys as they were shooting within a hundred yards of where the kids play in the barns.

[Pete]

I had 2 guys shooting ground squirrels on my place a month ago, heard their .22's from the road and 50 feet away was a no hunting sign. I didnt bother calling the CO's, just ripped into these guys as they were shooting within a hundred yards of where the kids play in the barns.[/quote]

Good on you for running them out. You sould have more than ripped into these guys. The only persons that legally take native species of Squirrel are a licenced Trapper on his or her Trapline and Squirrels are not open. These guys were killing wildlife for no reason other than target practice assuming they were not in a survival situation which from your post I seriously doubt.

[MRBucks]

So, if you shoot a Moose/Elk, it stumbles onto private property before it dies, and the land owner does not let you enter his property..........................Do you have to cut your tag:eek::D.

I believe you are supposed to cut your tag once game is recovered, so if you are not allowed to recover...........????

Might as well go shoot another, I guess;-)

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I wouldn't cancel my tag, but I would let a CO know what happened. If the landowner decides he's going to keep it, he better have a cancelled tag, as I'm sure the CO would check it out. Might even recover it for you, if he can convince the landowner, it would be in his best interest.