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North Dakota has a interesting rule, "if its not posted its open for public hunting".


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I think that is a terrible idea, referring to the "no posted, public hunting" thing in ND. I don't think ALL the burden should be on the landowner. I had a run in with some guys last year that weren't hunting, but were using some of our land for other purposes. I confronted him about it, and his story was "Well, I didn't know who owned it, and it wasn't posted", to which I replied " But you DO know who it DOES NOT belong to, and that's YOU!" I have grown so tired of self deserving people! If we don't have something in life, that's OK. Our current government, however, has everyone convinced that we should have the same right to things as the people next to us who did it the hard way. I'm stopping now... before I spark a presidential debate! lol
 
I think it should be the opposite. If you want your land open to the public you have to post it "open to the public"
Otherwise, stay off other people's property.
 
John3":3qi164rb said:
I think it should be the opposite. If you want your land open to the public you have to post it "open to the public"
Otherwise, stay off other people's property.
You get my vote!!
 
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When I lived in California and hunted in Colorado which was admittedly a long time ago the rules were simple. You, the hunter, hiker, fisherman, etc. were required to know where you were. There was no burden on the landowner. When you own thousands of acres the cost of signage could be substantial.

IMO, that is the right way. You don't own it be sure you have permission to walk on it or shoot over it.
 
Around here we are fortunate enough to have "common" land boundaries; fence lines, roads, etc. Other states it was near impossible (before modern GPS) to know property lines. Especially when you have multiple publics/private lands converging, square mile land status and other not so common lines. Where I goose hunt in Arkansas it can be rather difficult to know where your at.




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Arkansas uses the purple paint law. My brother farms in Arkansas and one of his herbicides come in a purple 55 gallon barrel. He just puts them at the turn in of his fields (mainly during dove and duck season) to "post" them. Most AG fields are easy to find the boundaries. Every field has a turn row, gravel road or ditch.


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AT Hiker":1vdjcjls said:
North Dakota has a interesting rule, "if its not posted its open for public hunting".


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See how fast I post my land and get ugly if the Government declares it open to the public. Mine is generally un-posted because adjoining owners tend to respect each other. Decades ago my brother-in-law hunted our farm only to see several flashlights warning him off when he went in the woods. That issue has since been eradicated,
 

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