This may be coming from my first 20 years spent in SD, where you need to get permission for private land regardless of posting, but I think ND should go to that as well.
Yes, the idea of being able to hunt a bunch of private land without tracking down the land owner sounds good, but those ‘good old days’ are largely over anyway.
We’ve all seen the signs of the ‘posted’ problem. They’re right here among various posts on this very site.
-- More and more land is being posted. Mostly in response to asshat-ery on the land.
-- Tales of people not respecting the postedness of the land.
-- Excuses like “the signs weren’t spaced close enough”, “didn’t have a signature”, pick your retarded excuse for hunting a piece of land that you know you shouldn’t.
-- Tales of someone stealing someone else’s “spot” or “deer” on unposted land.
Now certainly this wouldn't completely cure all duchebaggery and asshatery, but it would make a number of scenarios more black and white.
When you contact the land owner to get permission and build a relationship, there are a number of advantages:
-- You know who else has permission and when they may be out there.
-- The proper boundaries so you don’t end up on GrumpyRancherX’s land.
-- You find out about other pieces of land the same landowner has
-- You may get the names of other land owners (new leads)
Thoughts?
