What would you do?

[Dick284]

How about simply explaining the situation and the possible out comes to your local Fish and Wildlife Officer.

Getting opinions from un proven sources on a possibly contensious issue is a number one way of doing exactly the wrong thing in a situation like this.

Go to the source and get the straight skinny.

Fish and Wildlife Q&A email address:

srd.infocent@gov.ab.ca

[Nait Hadya]

Originally Posted by bingo1010

difference is you don't "own" the deer. give f&w a call tom. and report back to all here how they are powerless in this situation

powerless,indeed. as it states in the guide, they are called upon every year to deal with hunting on occupied or private land. HUNTING, fetching a dead deer aint hunting. he became to sole owner of it when he put a lethal arrow through it and he has every right to retrieve it.

[Nait Hadya]

Originally Posted by Dick284

How about simply explaining the situation and the possible out comes to your local Fish and Wildlife Officer.

no,you might get an opinion that is not correct, an officer once told me that there had to be 25% water flow in a river channel to identify it as the wmu boundary. im sure he had a good chuckle after the call hoping he had spoiled my hunt and future hunts in that area.

[Dick284]

Originally Posted by Nait Hadya

no,you might get an opinion that is not correct, an officer once told me that there had to be 25% water flow in a river channel to identify it as the wmu boundary. im sure he had a good chuckle after the call hoping he had spoiled my hunt and future hunts in that area.

That is why I provided the email link.
If a judgement or opinion is given to a specific situation in writing, there is'nt no mis conscrewing the intent nor the application.

If the written version jives with what the F&W Officers said verbally, what's the issue.


We can all banter about our interpertaion of the outcome, in the end it is usually the Fish Cops opinion in the field that dictates the outcome.(charges, friendly persuation to the land owner, or what ever)

So many folks are doing BS stunts to get deer where they do not have permission, and from that comes the seemingly nonsencical application of the policy, law or rule.

[Albertabowhunter]

Originally Posted by ABDUKNUT

Where do you guys get this stuff from?

One of my best friends is an ex F&W officer, my brother also took the F&W course. 2 pretty good sources if you ask me. ABDUKNUT, No land owner can stop a person from retrieving downed game. Plain and simple. If they do F&W is to be called and they will escort you across the property to retrieve it and let you drag it out by hand. You however can not use a motorized vehicle unless allowed by the land owner.

If this wasnt the case just think of all the tresspassing that would be going on, why would anyone bother asking if they knew they werent going to be able to retrieve it? I'm sure they would just climb the fence and get the deer, take it off the property and be done with it.


Also this point, if you make a good enough shot, chances are the deers not going to be able to jump the fence..... by the time he getsthere he will be to weak an will probably crash through.... oh, and then,,, no fence. just a gate jk

[Albertabowhunter]

Well, lets put it his way, I shoot a deer and it ends up on your property and you dont want to let me access it, consider me a trespasser, because I'll take my chances with the court. Oh, and if you touch me while Im retrieving my game, You'll have your day in court too. P&S

And seriously, you would have to be a pretty screwed up person not to allow someone to retrieve game on your property. You would rather it rot than be taken and used?

[Nait Hadya]

Originally Posted by gitrdun

That a good call DG. Some landowners don't like hunters and that is their God given right. It is their land just as much as your truck is your truck. I think that trespassing to retreive an animal would only serve to further fuel their dislikes. And that's not what we should promote. My two cents.

God given right to dislike a group eh hmmmmm anyways, i met an old chap and his young side kick on a mountain side one day. we got to taking hunting and such. when the name of a local land owner poped into the conversation he abruptly stated this other fellow "noes this area,,,like the back of his hand ? " well, soon after that we part ways and i didn't get very far down the trail when a dang alder came up and smacked me up side the head but good. stung quite a bit and got me to tinking ..... oh canada