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<blockquote data-quote="Captnobvs" data-source="post: 188697" data-attributes="member: 5140">lahlah - So evidently you know this landowner and of course he's going to tell you that he posted his land the night before just to keep his story straight - falsifying a story to an enforcement official would likely not end well.&nbsp; The truth is that both you nor I will ever know the real truth - just like both you nor I will ever know the real truth to the account of the hunting party either.&nbsp; The intent of the post was never to debate whether landowners (or hunters respectively) are inherently asshats or not, but rather to serve as a heads up for those hunting private land that they may want to take the extra steps that will help their case in the event that this were to ever happen to them.&nbsp; Had the hunting party taken a photo of the fence posts prior to entering, then they may have had a defensible case.&nbsp; If the land was posted when they entered in the morning, then the hunters got what was coming to them and rightfully so.&nbsp; However, if the landowner did post while they were in the field, well then, you be the judge.&nbsp; Only he knows the truth...Irrelevant to the post.&nbsp; However, if the land is posted, its posted.&nbsp; If it's not, then by law hunters have the right of recreational trespass.&nbsp; This is not a debate, just a fact.Did he ever say anything to them?&nbsp; Did he honk?&nbsp; Did they go against his wishes to leave his property?&nbsp; How would they have known that it was the landowner driving by?&nbsp; Maybe it was just someone else who was planning to hunt the area?&nbsp; Maybe they would have left had they known it was the land owner / maybe not.&nbsp; If I'm allowed to offer my opinion, it fails the sniff test - but again, it is only that - an opinion.&nbsp; End of the day, the landowner is the only one that will ever know the real truth.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Captnobvs, post: 188697, member: 5140"] lahlah - So evidently you know this landowner and of course he's going to tell you that he posted his land the night before just to keep his story straight - falsifying a story to an enforcement official would likely not end well. The truth is that both you nor I will ever know the real truth - just like both you nor I will ever know the real truth to the account of the hunting party either. The intent of the post was never to debate whether landowners (or hunters respectively) are inherently asshats or not, but rather to serve as a heads up for those hunting private land that they may want to take the extra steps that will help their case in the event that this were to ever happen to them. Had the hunting party taken a photo of the fence posts prior to entering, then they may have had a defensible case. If the land was posted when they entered in the morning, then the hunters got what was coming to them and rightfully so. However, if the landowner did post while they were in the field, well then, you be the judge. Only he knows the truth... Irrelevant to the post. However, if the land is posted, its posted. If it's not, then by law hunters have the right of recreational trespass. This is not a debate, just a fact. Did he ever say anything to them? Did he honk? Did they go against his wishes to leave his property? How would they have known that it was the landowner driving by? Maybe it was just someone else who was planning to hunt the area? Maybe they would have left had they known it was the land owner / maybe not. If I'm allowed to offer my opinion, it fails the sniff test - but again, it is only that - an opinion. End of the day, the landowner is the only one that will ever know the real truth. [/QUOTE]

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