hunting on private land

BrotherRockeye said:
seeing as how the Crown owns the game animals...
I often wondered where to send the bill for all the alfalfa the deer eat on my hay fields every year..?
I charge the owners of the cattle I pasture...
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Maybe it's different there but in BC you can charge the government or at least you get an allowance for it I think.

Over near the ranch farmers have these caged boxes they set out in the middle of their fields that stop the deer from eating a 4x4' section or something like that. Then just before they bring in their crops, they measure the difference between what was eaten and what was in the box that couldn't be touched and get an allowance based upon that.

At least that's how the one farmer was explaining it to me.
 
david doyle makes a good point. Giving some responsible people permission to hunt can be a good way to increase security for landowners during hunting season. And yes, he is also right about the cultivated, posted etc. stuff in BC. My mistake. I stand corrected.
 
drache said:
Maybe it's different there but in BC you can charge the government or at least you get an allowance for it I think.

Over near the ranch farmers have these caged boxes they set out in the middle of their fields that stop the deer from eating a 4x4' section or something like that. Then just before they bring in their crops, they measure the difference between what was eaten and what was in the box that couldn't be touched and get an allowance based upon that.

At least that's how the one farmer was explaining it to me.
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And no extra seed or fertilyzer allowed in the box! :eek:

Those of us that own our own hunting grounds do so for a very short time and most of us are aware of the limitations of our Deeds. ( Great post Dogleg ).

We rely on a lot of common law to keep our firearms, best not be proposing to whittle away on anyone elses property rights.
 
In some European countries the hunter is the one responsible for managing all wildlife and must control certain species (wild boar, foxes etc.). They may even be given quotas of animals that they have to kill each season. They for all intents and purposes own the wildlife in the sections that they have leased. Landowners must also keep a certain percentage of their land as forest.

Some US jurisdictions have also given tax breaks to landowners who allow hunting while others have allowed for increased insurance premiums for those who don't -- all in an effort to reduce deer populations and vehicle/deer collisions.
 
dutchhunter said:
if a farmer owns the land he has a say in who comes and goes ,but if that same farmer is looking for moneys from crop damage from tax payers then he best be letting guys hunt his land .
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I'm not lookin for tax payer money...

I want the Crown to pay their pasture bill just like everyone else...

Landowners feed the critters and the Crown charges folks to hunt em...

sweet deal for somebody...just ain't me an you...
 
Just listing to CRR and a member here wrote in that he believes that there should either be NO hunting on private land OR that ANYONE should be allowed to hunt on private land.
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That member was an idiot.If I own the land,and pay the taxes,I get to decide who is allowed to access my land.
 
"...A person cannot stop you from hunting on their private land..." Of course, they can. If you're on land you don't own without written permission, you're trespassing.
The Crown owns the game, not you.
 
Under BC's Wildlife Act, there is no right of compensation, etc, for damage caused by wildlife.

Property in wildlife

2 (1) Ownership in all wildlife in British Columbia is vested in the government.

(2) A person does not acquire a right of property in any wildlife except in accordance with a permit or licence issued under this Act or the Game Farm Act or as provided in subsection (3) of this section.

(3) A person who lawfully kills wildlife and complies with all applicable provisions of this Act and the regulations acquires the right of property in that wildlife.

(4) If a person by accident or for the protection of life or property kills wildlife, that wildlife, despite subsection (3), remains the property of the government.

(5) Despite anything in this Act, no right of action lies, and no right of compensation exists, against the government for death, personal injury or property damage caused by

(a) wildlife,

(a.1) controlled alien species described in paragraph (a) of the definition of "species", or

(b) an animal that escapes or is released from captivity or is abandoned

in British Columbia.
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Mauser98 said:
Under BC's Wildlife Act, there is no right of compensation, etc, for damage caused by wildlife.
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Might want to remind the government about that as they've been paying these farmers for many many years.

Granted they live in a NO HUNTING area so you're looking at herds of mule deer up to 100 in a single field! :eek:
 
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