ROAD HUNTERS!!!

[CedarPants]

So does the road belong to the county as stated in your orginal post?

I live at the end of a county road.

Or does it belong to you as stated later in the discussion?

Its the constant traffic of guys in orange vests driving up and down my road

I think clarifying that point will help with some of the disagreement going on here

[huntnnw]

I lived in unit 121 for 6 years in prime whitetail country..all private with small chunks of DNR around. I understand what he is saying...these are road hunters and if u have never lived out somewhere like this u will never understand. I lived on a 200acre alfalfa field..no hunting and people would drive by all day and stop. thats fine if u are driving to your spot, but this is not whats going on..u see the same rigs 20 times a day. when the opportunity presents itself they will shoot from the rig and take off..come back at night to retrieve their deer sometimes I have caught people doing this all the time..the game dept use to sit at a intersection every opening day tucked away just waiting for someone to shoot a deer out of a particular field and bust people every year.

[brokehunter]

I live at the end of a county road. I cant even keep track of how many hunters drive up and down the road at 5mph. THEN STOP AND GLASS MY FIELD. Whats the deal?  Why would any hunter drive up and down roads that are completely private property, then glass property they dont have permission to hunt. What the heck, gonna shoot a deer in my front yard!!! I might lose my mind if it continues. Sorry guys. Had to vent.

I am willing to bet that if you put up life-size cut outs of dudes wearing speedos all over your field, that might solve your problem of trucks stopping to glass! Then again, some may stop still anyway

[BK Dave]

Seems there are quite a few shameless road hunters here on this site actually! I find it quite humorous  at times.

[Jonathan_S]

Seems there are quite a few shameless road hunters here on this site actually! I find it quite humorous  at times.

I don't think that's really what we're witnessing on this thread 

I've stopped to look at bucks I couldn't shoot before - doesn't make me a road hunter.

Somebody else said something to the effect of, "I don't look at any deer I can't shoot..."  Don't you enjoy nature?  I have pulled over to watch deer and elk in State Parks, am I a road hunter for that?

When I was ten years old, I only got to hunt for four days because of my dad's work schedule.  We saw no bucks on our hunting land.  He took me to a "No Hunting" field one afternoon so I got to see some deer and practice with my binoculars.  Pretty harmless examples 

[BK Dave]

Seems there are quite a few shameless road hunters here on this site actually! I find it quite humorous  at times.

I don't think that's really what we're witnessing on this thread 

I didn't necessarily mean this thread, just in general. I recall a couple other threads recently boasting road kills an all the adda boys' related.

I would guess that 75% of hunters don't hike more than 1/2 mile from they're trucks...
 

[JLS]

I could be wrong and please correct me if I am. I thought somehow that if the property is posted " no hunting" even the land owner by law could not hunt that land either... Some guy from the local NRA was talking to me about that... Just hear say, speculation... 

yeah that use to be the law atleast. i think it still is.

Never been a law like that in this state that I know of.

I've never read the actually law that is claimed for this, but have heard about it.  Supposedly it even keeps the landowners from hunting their own land, so they would post the 'no hunting without written permission' and then just not give anyone permission.

This is absolutely false.  A landowner can post his land "No Hunting" and allow whatever Tom, Dick or Harry to hunt it, himself included.

[Curly]

I could be wrong and please correct me if I am. I thought somehow that if the property is posted " no hunting" even the land owner by law could not hunt that land either... Some guy from the local NRA was talking to me about that... Just hear say, speculation... 

yeah that use to be the law atleast. i think it still is.

Never been a law like that in this state that I know of.

I've never read the actually law that is claimed for this, but have heard about it.  Supposedly it even keeps the landowners from hunting their own land, so they would post the 'no hunting without written permission' and then just not give anyone permission.

This is absolutely false.  A landowner can post his land "No Hunting" and allow whatever Tom, Dick or Harry to hunt it, himself included.

It's just one of those myths that seem to get repeated (for whatever reason) and a lot of people believe it to be true.

[scout/sniper]

I would guess that 75% of hunters don't hike more than 1/2 mile from they're trucks...

1/2 Mile? You are being very generous!

[BK Dave]

I would guess that 75% of hunters don't hike more than 1/2 mile from they're trucks...

1/2 Mile? You are being very generous!

Ya got me! I was trying not to rattle to many cages....
500yrds might be more accurate?

[JimmyHoffa]

It's just one of those myths that seem to get repeated (for whatever reason) and a lot of people believe it to be true.

I hear about this one often.
Like I said, though, I've never read anything to confirm it (cause it doesn't exist  ).  None of the laws I've read about it I've found have made any mention of it.  Just one of those things I hear a lot but can't find the B&W text on.  In a way like how many people swear to me there are laws that state baiting deer is illegal--but at least I know where to go for the law that says it isn't to confirm for myself.

[724wd]

I would guess that 75% of hunters don't hike more than 1/2 mile from they're trucks...

1/2 Mile? You are being very generous!

Ya got me! I was trying not to rattle to many cages....
500yrds might be more accurate?

and that's a problem, why?  shoot, one area i hunt there isn't 500 yards between roads.  not everyone hikes in 20 miles for a deer.  some of us hunt farmland with roads all over and shoot pretty nice deer!   

[MtnMuley]

Hmmm.  County road.  You don't own the wildlife.  Better get used to it or move.  Completely legal.

[wafisherman]

Seems there are quite a few shameless road hunters here on this site actually! I find it quite humorous  at times.

I don't think that's really what we're witnessing on this thread 

I've stopped to look at bucks I couldn't shoot before - doesn't make me a road hunter.

Somebody else said something to the effect of, "I don't look at any deer I can't shoot..."  Don't you enjoy nature?  I have pulled over to watch deer and elk in State Parks, am I a road hunter for that?

When I was ten years old, I only got to hunt for four days because of my dad's work schedule.  We saw no bucks on our hunting land.  He took me to a "No Hunting" field one afternoon so I got to see some deer and practice with my binoculars.  Pretty harmless examples 

I slow down to check out deer as well.  Show the kids and all that jazz.   But I do the speed limit unless I see something I want to check out... But sounds like these guys are already crawling along glassing the private property.  To me, that is kinda odd, and I can see how you'd think you could be dealing with poachers in that context.  I'd definately consider setting out a fake deer and then put up a few trail cams near the road and near the deer...   

[BK Dave]

I would guess that 75% of hunters don't hike more than 1/2 mile from they're trucks...

1/2 Mile? You are being very generous!

Ya got me! I was trying not to rattle to many cages....
500yrds might be more accurate?

and that's a problem, why?  shoot, one area i hunt there isn't 500 yards between roads.  not everyone hikes in 20 miles for a deer.  some of us hunt farmland with roads all over and shoot pretty nice deer!   

Not a problem, just an observation :-p