game wardens,private property and hunting season
i have 33 acres that i hike. sometimes i carry a pistol sometimes i carry my ak. it's my property so i'll do what i want.i don't hunt so if a game warden came on my property what could he do if i was carrying my ak? could he claim i was hunting?
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Here in West Virginia a DNR officer has more authority than a state policeman.
They can search public and private property including automobiles at any time or place that they wish without a warrant.
All they need is due cause to conduct a search and it does not need to be over game laws.0 -
I've wondered the same thing. Does carrying a rifle near deer season imply guilt? Would I be best to refuse to say a thing to the warden if confronted? 0 -
"used an 80-square-foot pile of mashed apples to bait a bear near his hunting cabin in remote Mehoopany Township, Wyoming County.
DNA evidence matched blood found at the apple mash pile - along with bear tracks - with a bear carcass seized from Russo's home in Pittston"
My God what a wild man. He had an 80 foot by 80 foot pile of apples for baiting bear. What is that, three dump truck loads of apples? This guy was a serious poacher.
And, DNR took blood samples from the apple mash pile, and compared the DNA with that from the bear meat at Russo's home. DNR isn't playing games up there in Yankeeland.0 -
Mashed apples were the remains of juicing for cider, not just bear bait. BUT good riddance to a poacher!
The Game and Fish or DNR regulations vary by state. If you are in the woods with a .22 in deer season in many places that is automatically considered hunting deer with a .22. If you are 14 you might convince them you thought you were hunting squirrels. In many states they have authority on private land, and in the states I have hunted will come on private land to check licenses. On your own land they are unlikely to cite you, but I would leave the AK in the house during the deer season just to make live simpler.0 -
quote:Originally posted by allen griggs
"used an 80-square-foot pile of mashed apples to bait a bear near his hunting cabin in remote Mehoopany Township, Wyoming County.
DNA evidence matched blood found at the apple mash pile - along with bear tracks - with a bear carcass seized from Russo's home in Pittston"
My God what a wild man. He had an 80 foot by 80 foot pile of apples for baiting bear. What is that, three dump truck loads of apples? This guy was a serious poacher.
And, DNR took blood samples from the apple mash pile, and compared the DNA with that from the bear meat at Russo's home. DNR isn't playing games up there in Yankeeland.
naw it's only 9x9 ft0 -
quote:Originally posted by LesWVa
Here in West Virginia a DNR officer has more authority than a state policeman.
They can search public and private property including automobiles at any time or place that they wish without a warrant.
All they need is due cause to conduct a search and it does not need to be over game laws.
you're saying he can march in my house and search it without a warrant or exigent circumstances?0
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