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deerhunter10

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Not sure where to post this. We got told the other days that game wardens can come on your land without a warrant or probable cause. Doesn't matter to us at all. I haven't kept up all that close to the lawsuits and how they ended or not. I thought one of them that was a big part of it though.
 
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Pretty sure the wardens lost and they cannot come on property without warrant.
Make sure you mark, secure and openly use your property. The TWRA still may enter "wild waste lands." The recent ruling, however, makes clear wild waste lands don't include properties actually used for recreation:

"When considering uses of real property other than as a home, there is nothing in the Tennessee Constitution that suggests a lesser regard for uses of property more common in rural areas than those more typical of urban or suburban areas. The key is actual use, and the Tennessee Constitution does not disfavor actual uses more commonly associated with rural areas. The undisputed facts here demonstrate that the Plaintiffs occupied and actually possessed — within the constitutional meaning of the term possessions — the properties at issue. Their lands were secured by gates, accessible only through private drives, and posted with "no trespassing" signs intended to limit access to them. The Plaintiffs used and occupied their land by farming, fishing, camping, and hunting. The Plaintiffs' assertion that their properties qualify under Article I, Section 7 as possessions are not claims relying merely upon legal title but instead upon visible actions of actual possession and occupation of the property, that is, engaging in entry and acts of ownership thereupon..."

Rainwaters v. Tenn. Wildlife Res. Ag., No. W2022-00514-COA-R3-CV, 2024 Tenn. App. LEXIS 208, at *40-41 (Ct. App. May 9, 2024)
 
Not sure where to post this. We got told the other days that game wardens can come on your land without a warrant or probable cause. Doesn't matter to us at all. I haven't kept up all that close to the lawsuits and how they ended or not. I thought one of them that was a big part of it though.
Where have you been? Under a rock? ;)
 
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Heard this also they can enter property but there were limitations unsure what they are…
 

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