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If I shoot a deer on my property, or someone's property that I have permission for, and it runs off onto private property before dying, what's the legality of fetching the deer?
Depends on the town and or if the land is posted or not. It the land is posted or the town requires written permission to hunt then you need to get permission to track the animal on their land. If they refuse you can call a warden to intervene and or assist you.
If it is not posted and there is no town law on permission you can continue to track without asking for permission from the landowner.
Ask nicely and homeowners may help you find it. If they put up a stink, let them know the police and/or game warden will be along very shortly to assist in recovering your quarry. It is your responsibility to find and dispatch any wounded animal.
Ok- let me ask this:
Our properties are 2 acres on average and in somewhat of pie shapes. There is a chance that a deer will cross more than one property before expiring. None of the properties are posted. Do I need to knock on the door of each person the blood trail is on on find the deer (crossing each property) and then knock only on the door that the deer is on?
some people wouldn't want to have me fetching a dead one in their back yard.....
I was told to ask a game warden to assist in retrieval in this case.
Hunting on 2 acre parcels? Be mindful of the following:
"No arrows may be released within 150 feet of, or across any state or hard surfaced highway and hunting is prohibited within 500 feet of any dwelling or building in use, unless authorized by owner or occupant thereof."