Finally got an 8 pointer this morning. Aniversary present I guess. I have artritus really bad and can't walk very far so I've been sitting in my jeep watching a clearcut on our lease. He came through around 10:30 this morning. Have cell phone pics. If somebody wants to post them.

I'm glad you got him, but that's against the law.

I don't think so. You can't run one down and shoot it, but sitting in a vehicle I do believe is ok. Just the same as sitting on a 4-wheeler.

Congrats..Yodel Dog,he was perfectly legal,your allowed to hunt from a vehicle as long as its on private property and not public!

Yodel Dog i bet you was a tattle tale in high school wasnt you

congrats. and the way I'm reading it he was perfectly legal. it says prohibited from public road or property says nothing about private property I would think if it included private property then it would say prohibited period or include it in the wording

No actually, I had a discussion with my county's GW about this very subject. I asked because of the cold temps we're having now. It's illegal to hunt from a vehicle capable of being driven on the road. Tractors, atv's, utv's, are all fine. Sorry, I don't make the rules, but everybody has to follow them. If I'm correct, you can't even kill a deer you spotted from your vehicle.

Really,so if I see a deer on my land while driving in,I canyt get out and try to put on a stalk?

Yodel Dog you can get out of your vehicle and stalk a deer.

Hey guys, I appreciate the support. Somebody it seems always has to pee in someone else's cereal. I wasn't in my jeep when I shot the deer, but I was on our own property anyway. I just hope yoder ain't on my property to harass me this weekend. I like the Barney Fife pic.

I've been sitting in my jeep watching a clearcut on our lease

I have no comment on this thread except:

Congrats dude.

Every post I got in the fishing forum was "congrats" and not some wannabe GW checking the regs.. There are a few here who pick at every thread until they find something that "seems" wrong. No offense Yodel, but you have been tagged "one of those" on this thread by your accusations..

That's fine with me. I had a GW walk over a mile to check me on private property. He tried every way in the world to find something wrong with me sitting on my UTV while I was waiting for it to stop pouring down rain. And I was perfectly legal. He didn't seem very happy to have walked that far for nothing. Now some guy wants to get on here and brag about the buck he killed while watching a clearcut in his jeep? What's good for the goose is good for the gander, my friend.

That's fine with me. I had a GW walk over a mile to check me on private property. He tried every way in the world to find something wrong with me sitting on my UTV while I was waiting for it to stop pouring down rain.

I challenge anyone to ask this question in the TWRA Questions forum: Can I legally hunt from my vehicle on private property? Better yet, I'll ask it.

I have learned a lot from this thread. I'm not TWRA, I'm wrong everyone.

Only if the vehicle can not be registered for operation on Tennessee roadways (i.e. ATVs, tractors, UTVs).

Congrats..Yodel Dog,he was perfectly legal,your allowed to hunt from a vehicle as long as its on private property and not public!

maybe one day you will need to hunt out of a jeep and we will all be around to kick you in the nuts when you talk about it.

who cares..good luck on your deer....you pay for a lease...big deal shot it from your jeep...on private property....Guess Yodel has never broken a law

I can interpret the law.

I have no comment on this thread except:

Congrats dude.

For future reference yodel dog, pm the hunter rather than point out a (very) borderline violation in a public forum. With the brutal weather, time of year (end of season) and his physical limitations I do not think even the most anal retentive W0 gives a rats arse whether or not his jeep is registerable or not. There was a happy hunter on here a couple yrs ago that just killed his first bobcat and posted his hunt and pics. Unfortunately, he killed it in bow season and had no idea there was a season on the (nov 15 - feb 15. Rather than attack him in public forum, I pm'd him and he deleted the thread just a few minutes later. He didn't break the law on purpose and attacking him was not goin to bring the bobcat back.moral of the story- No one is perfect.

For future reference yodel dog, pm the hunter rather than point out a (very) borderline violation in a public forum. With the brutal weather, time of year (end of season) and his physical limitations I do not think even the most anal retentive W0 gives a rats arse whether or not his jeep is registerable or not. There was a happy hunter on here a couple yrs ago that just killed his first bobcat and posted his hunt and pics. Unfortunately, he killed it in bow season and had no idea there was a season on the (nov 15 - feb 15. Rather than attack him in public forum, I pm'd him and he deleted the thread just a few minutes later. He didn't break the law on purpose and attacking him was not goin to bring the bobcat back.moral of the story- No one is perfect.

I have learned a lot from this thread. You guys would crucify someone if they got on here and talked about shooting a buck over corn, spotlighting, without tagging, etc., but a guy hunts from his jeep, kills a deer and it's perfectly fine. It seems you guys pick and choose what laws you think shouldn't be broken and those that should. On top of all that, some of you can't even interpret the law. I'm not TWRA, but I can interpret the law. I've asked this question in the TWRA Questions forum, so you all can judge for yourself if a law was broken. If I'm wrong, I will apologize to everyone.

Looks like I was right, Hatchee. You cannot hunt from a vehicle (jeep). My work here is done.

its funny he pointed out a violation of the law and yall keep on challenging it only to get proven wrong time and time again.

[quote=Knothead][quote=redblood] So, I guess since the weather is so brutal we should just ride shoot deer from the road with a spot light. That way we won't get too cold! See more deer too I'm sure.

To me there would be no different than hunting from a ground blind.

Ahh the truth comes out. He road gazed it. I knew it.
I didnt read anywhere that he was riding around on or near a public road and shot his deer from his Jeep. Nor spotlighted it.

BTW an ATV has a title so therefore can be registered, right? Whats the difference. He was on private property nowhere near a road.

You can't be serious? Hadn't seen one in Wal Mart parking lot lately...big difference one is intended for the road one is not.

Big difference. One is legal, one is not. It's not a matter of opinion.

congrats man. wish i had a jeep to hunt out of

You can't be serious? Hadn't seen one in Wal Mart parking lot lately...big difference one is intended for the road one is not.

Oh yeah Im serious. If you add turn signals, mirrors, and a few other items to your Rhinos, Mules, or whatever, they can be registered and have limited highway use.

Look out KENBOB, the YOTE PACK is after ya.

I'll pay for your tag if they'll sell you one. Once again what most of this thread is about is ignorance of the laws!

wow,this is still going on?This is stupid.

Looks like I was right, Hatchee. You cannot hunt from a vehicle (jeep). My work here is done.

Feel your pain GNB,had a lot of fun in SC growing up hunting with dogs,and did a lot of crazy things.Took me a long time to get use to sitting and waiting.

My turn...this is all really senseless.

However, Yodel was right. But I believe a certain amount of decorum should have been followed. Anyone who posts in a public forum about one of their successes, even though an infraction occurred, is obviously ignorant of the law, but also possesses no intention of breaking the law. The best way to have handled this, as was mentioned before, would be in a quiet PM as a good neighbor and fellow hunting buddy. This goes for any infraction that is so often debated here like baiting, etc. Law is law and right is right, but punking someone out in the forum shows as much poor form as the infraction does.

If all you fellow hunters would show some grace to each other, police each other in a firm but fair manner, the anti-hunting Nazis and anyone else trying to take away our lifestyle wouldn’t stand a chance against us.

Just because you’re right, it doesn’t make you right.

Ok guys here it is. I said I wouldn't comment on this again, but I was wrong again. I have been in contact with a TWRA autority and the matter has been closed. I was not intenionally breaking the law thus posted it on here. I guess I'll have to change my hunting straegy in the future. I do however agree that the matter could have been resolved in a more tactful way. Thanks everyone for your concerns. I will not post the deer on here for obvious reasons.

Kenbob10

Ok guys here it is. I said I wouldn't comment on this again, but I was wrong again. I have been in contact with a TWRA autority and the matter has been closed. I was not intenionally breaking the law thus posted it on here. I guess I'll have to change my hunting straegy in the future. I do however agree that the matter could have been resolved in a more tactful way. Thanks everyone for your concerns. I will not post the deer on here for obvious reasons.

Kenbob10

some people.

Thanks Winchester. I wasn't sure, but remembered something about that passing earlier in the year.
So if the guy in the jeep has a permit and was waiting without a round chambered his was legal?

Congrats KenBob! I've definitely learned something from this thread as well.

Kenbob, I apologize for this going way too far. The only reason it did was because I was basically told I didn't know what I was talking about. The point was not to prove you did anything wrong (I don't even know it really happened), but rather to prove what the law says. I sincerely apologize and hope you forgive me. I will handle this manner differently next time. Bad judgment on my part.