Northern Rancher
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Yeah I think the conservation officers could use some psychology training after reading some of the posts here.
"At that point, he changed his story, and he said that the first coyote, he ended up killing it there because the sun was in his eyes and he couldn't see the fence line boundary, and the second coyote was wounded so he flew up there and shot it," he said.
"His reason for hunting on Lex Burghduff's was that four or five years ago Lex had allegedly given him permission," Prieksat said.
OT: "Does South Dakota Fish and Game not have a physcological testing program for their hiring of game wardens, trappers, and employees?."
Haymaker: "I believe SH is living proof of the fact they dont............good luck OT"
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:06 pm Post subject:
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Jake,
The bottom line is that you are going to have to get game laws relaxed in favor of private property rights at the legislative level. At this point, the public places a higher priority with wildlife law enforcement than having a CO gain permission to access private property to check hunters and fisherman. The lockout vote is in the minority. Locking your land will not change the views of the voting public.
Oldtimer said:In Montana, the Fish & Game overused and abused the open fields doctrine to the point that the State Supreme Court pretty much threw it out.....You better have permission or a search warrant- and depending on the circumstances, permission given today may not be permission for tommorrow......
But Montana and Alaska are two of the stongest states for private property rights.......
fedup2 said:Just curious Oldtimer, are things like this article under control now or is there still a lot going on.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/28/build/state/35-poaching.inc
~SH~ said:Jake,
Those instances, assuming they happened the way you say they did, have to be weighed against poaching of the public's wildlife resources on private land. Like I said, to this point, the public has voted to allow conservation officers to effectively enforce our game laws on private land by allowing them access to check hunters and fisherman. Most of the CO's that I know try to avoid disturbing hunters while they are actively hunting.
~SH~