#2141784 - 11/01/10 06:21 PM
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Dawson
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there?
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#2141863 - 11/01/10 07:02 PM
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scn
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there?
Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation.
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#2141966 - 11/01/10 07:45 PM
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Dawson
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there? Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation.
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#2142284 - 11/01/10 09:40 PM
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there? Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation.
Are you saying there has to be an investigation? I ask because I was checked by one of TWRA's finest last year on a private family farm because he saw me "pull in with orange on". He could've just checked me when he saw me open the gate, but no, he waited til I started hunting. I asked him was there any particular reason he checked me. Said he was just driving down the road and saw me "pull in with orange on". I was legal in every way. He ruined my hunt and, as far as I'm concerned, trespassed for no other reason than he saw a legal hunter going hunting.
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#2142349 - 11/01/10 10:07 PM
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there? Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation. Are you saying there has to be an investigation? I ask because I was checked by one of TWRA's finest last year on a private family farm because he saw me "pull in with orange on". He could've just checked me when he saw me open the gate, but no, he waited til I started hunting. I asked him was there any particular reason he checked me. Said he was just driving down the road and saw me "pull in with orange on". I was legal in every way. He ruined my hunt and, as far as I'm concerned, trespassed for no other reason than he saw a legal hunter going hunting.
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#2142653 - 11/02/10 07:46 AM
Re: TWRA Question
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stik
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Actually, I would welcome a WO on my property.
always welcome here.
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#2142665 - 11/02/10 07:52 AM
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Wildlife Officers are than welcome on my place. In fact, I've told them to stop by and look around from time to time.
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#2142679 - 11/02/10 07:57 AM
Re: TWRA Question
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tndrbstr
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there? Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation. Are you saying there has to be an investigation? I ask because I was checked by one of TWRA's finest last year on a private family farm because he saw me "pull in with orange on". He could've just checked me when he saw me open the gate, but no, he waited til I started hunting. I asked him was there any particular reason he checked me. Said he was just driving down the road and saw me "pull in with orange on". I was legal in every way. He ruined my hunt and, as far as I'm concerned, trespassed for no other reason than he saw a legal hunter going hunting.
how did he ruin your hunt by checking your licence? 
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#2142689 - 11/02/10 08:03 AM
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LA man
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our local gw has a key to our gate, he can come and check anytime he wants
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#2142767 - 11/02/10 09:05 AM
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DOC1187
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#2143513 - 11/02/10 05:14 PM
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Yodel Dog
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Can a wildlife officer come onto private property without notifying the owner? And if they do come to investigate, do they have to inform the owner that they were there? Yes, wildlife officers legally can and do come on private property without notifying the owner, and they have no duty to notify anyone of their investigation. Are you saying there has to be an investigation? I ask because I was checked by one of TWRA's finest last year on a private family farm because he saw me "pull in with orange on". He could've just checked me when he saw me open the gate, but no, he waited til I started hunting. I asked him was there any particular reason he checked me. Said he was just driving down the road and saw me "pull in with orange on". I was legal in every way. He ruined my hunt and, as far as I'm concerned, trespassed for no other reason than he saw a legal hunter going hunting. how did he ruin your hunt by checking your licence?
A guy walking into your setup 30 minutes after you got on stand wouldn't ruin your hunt? Whatever, I asked the man was anything fishy going on I needed to know about on the property and he said no. It just rubbed me the wrong way, especially when he pointed to a drink can washed up on the creek bank, which had obviously been there for several years, and asked if I had thrown it down. Even if I had thrown it there, littering isn't his law to enforce, especially on private property. The guy was obviously searching for something wrong, which he didn't find. I'm sure anyone else would have felt offended given the situation. This was my first and only encounter with TWRA on private property and I'm sure it won't be the last after posting this.
Edited by Yodel Dog (11/02/10 05:22 PM)
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#2143816 - 11/02/10 07:58 PM
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bigspike
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it want b the last time
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#2146029 - 11/03/10 07:52 PM
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pcrc
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I was under the impression that they had more authority to come onto your property than a regular police officer. Something about not needing reasonable suspicion or a search warrant. Not quite sure about terminology but something along those lines.
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#2146402 - 11/03/10 10:58 PM
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adamf5353
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If a game warden wants to hike to my stand, I'll be impressed!
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#2147320 - 11/04/10 02:07 PM
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762hunter
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Welcome at my place.
anytime
even if I'm up in a stand.
I'd shoot the bull for a minute with a nice guy helping me out with all that they do!
then again I don't get near as uptight about my hunting anymore.
I go to enjoy the sit, hopefully see some deer, even better if I get to shoot one.
one of my best hunting buddies now...
We met as I was in a stand, and he also had permission to hunt this property and was just checking it out to see who was there.
He knew I had permission to be there, and I knew he had permission. to this day its still just the two of us.
We just had not met yet.
If I had been all uptight about him ruining my hunt our first encounter may have gone completely different.
now its a 5-6 year long friendship.
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