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Hunting Without Permission on Private Property

Started by YELPA, September 06, 2012, 11:37:44 PM

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handcannon

Just like Wendell said about Arkansas, In Louisiana when you are hunting on private property, you are supposed to have written permission from the landowner on you while you hunt. There is no such thing as open private property in Louisiana.

Skeeterbait

I know when I was a teenager in rural Alabama 40 years ago it was no problem to roam over hill and hollar hunting small game without much care to boundry lines, but that time is long ago.  Now all property in Alabama is considered posted by law whether there are signs up or not.  Even in a state where it is allowed I just would not do it.  I spent two years in Pennsylvania 25 years ago and there were private properties listed as state game lands.  I found a nice property north of Harrisburg I wanted to hunt that was marked as such and locals told me to just hunt it.  But I tracked down the farmer that owned it and drove up to his farm.  I found him working on a tractor and took the time to introduce myself and offered to help him with the tractor.  Afterwards I told him what I wanted.  He thanked me for asking and said most don't.  I found out he had wooded property on the side of  Blue Mountain registered as state game lands, but he had 200 acres of rolling corn fields and hardwood wood lots behind his barn that wasn't registered.  He said that was much better hunting and gave me exclusive hunting rights for two years to that 200 acres.  All it took was a bit of courtesy.  Courtesy gets you a lot of opportunities in this life.

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Duke0002

Big no-no in Ohio, too.  Always ask permission, even if not posted.  Bring that state's written permission form blanks with you in case owner does allow you to hunt.