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<blockquote data-quote="labhunter66" data-source="post: 190432" data-attributes="member: 1365"><p>I would not hunt it and I don't believe others should either but it certainly is a fuzzy area.&nbsp; If the land has changed hands several times it's very possible they were from a previous landowner.&nbsp; One of the requirements of both the hunting trespass and criminal trespass statutes is that signs must give the name of the person doing the posting and it must be legible.&nbsp; There is a section that allows prosecution if the landowner was &quot;in substantial compliance&quot; with the posting requirements.&nbsp; A valid argument could be made that unsigned posters are not in substantial compliance because the intent of the law is to notify individuals hunting is not allowed without permission but also to give the name of the person doing the posting so asking permission of the person doing the posting is feasible.&nbsp; Again, I wouldn't hunt it and I would encourage others not to as well but if you're a landowner and you want to post your land and are willing to prosecute people you do trespass, why not comply with the requirements instead of taking a chance.&nbsp; I'm amazed how many signs I see without names on them and wonder why people wouldn't just take the few minutes to put their names on them.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="labhunter66, post: 190432, member: 1365"] I would not hunt it and I don't believe others should either but it certainly is a fuzzy area. If the land has changed hands several times it's very possible they were from a previous landowner. One of the requirements of both the hunting trespass and criminal trespass statutes is that signs must give the name of the person doing the posting and it must be legible. There is a section that allows prosecution if the landowner was "in substantial compliance" with the posting requirements. A valid argument could be made that unsigned posters are not in substantial compliance because the intent of the law is to notify individuals hunting is not allowed without permission but also to give the name of the person doing the posting so asking permission of the person doing the posting is feasible. Again, I wouldn't hunt it and I would encourage others not to as well but if you're a landowner and you want to post your land and are willing to prosecute people you do trespass, why not comply with the requirements instead of taking a chance. I'm amazed how many signs I see without names on them and wonder why people wouldn't just take the few minutes to put their names on them. [/QUOTE]

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