paying for access to land

[track]

Then I guess they can pull the trigger and buy their own land or hunting spot. See where this is going?

If a land owner is having wildlife problems I'm sure, just like in the past, they will have a way to handle it at their discretion but using the pre-arguement of, what about wildlife over running it is just an excuse to justify access.

It's no excuse, it's a reason. Ask motor vehicle insurance companies about wildlife claims, in the many areas of over-population. If landowners had utilized past discretion for wildlife control, as the SSS method, highly illegal, and yes, sadly, it is performed.

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

It's no excuse, it's a reason. Ask motor vehicle insurance companies about wildlife claims, in the many areas of over-population. If landowners had utilized past discretion for wildlife control, as the SSS method, highly illegal, and yes, sadly, it is performed.

I know all about wildlife claims, they happen more where?

Not as many on farm land(lower vehicle speeds typically) , the majority are in areas of forest where the animals gather and are moving and are not as easily seen on highways(higher vehicle speeds obviously), which around this area is typically crown forest areas.I didn't mention anything about illegal activities, the Prince Albert WMZ and Saskatoon WMZ are prime examples where bag limits have increased which is due to higher populations which is a totally legal method of a means to control, or issuing tags to farmers to hand out if things are getting out of control but it still does not justify this attitude that private land should be like public land for the "reason" of game control.

And if I own land and I create a wildlife problem from not harvesting game then it is my expense to deal with or handle.

People just want something that is easy to come by and if you have a barley field, yup, game will likely be easy to come by, so everyone figures it is theirs because the have a tag.

Hunters don't give two sh its about insurance, they care about easy pickings on game, and that is the bottom line.Haven't heard one hunter say yet that they sure are concerned about insurance premiums from wildlife claims.

Again, if you want to grant family and friends access , no problem, go hard, but a general member of the public that doesn't know a land owner from a hole in the ground should be focused on crown and public land, nobody like Jehovah's banging on doors so the general public wanting to use YOUR private land is no different

 

[Papaclaude]

I know all about wildlife claims, they happen more where?

Not as many on farm land(lower vehicle speeds typically) , the majority are in areas of forest where the animals gather and are moving and are not as easily seen on highways(higher vehicle speeds obviously), which around this area is typically crown forest areas.I didn't mention anything about illegal activities, the Prince Albert WMZ and Saskatoon WMZ are prime examples where bag limits have increased which is due to higher populations which is a totally legal method of a means to control, or issuing tags to farmers to hand out if things are getting out of control but it still does not justify this attitude that private land should be like public land for the "reason" of game control.

And if I own land and I create a wildlife problem from not harvesting game then it is my expense to deal with or handle.

People just want something that is easy to come by and if you have a barley field, yup, game will likely be easy to come by, so everyone figures it is theirs because the have a tag.

Hunters don't give two sh its about insurance, they care about easy pickings on game, and that is the bottom line.Haven't heard one hunter say yet that they sure are concerned about insurance premiums from wildlife claims.

Again, if you want to grant family and friends access , no problem, go hard, but a general member of the public that doesn't know a land owner from a hole in the ground should be focused on crown and public land, nobody like Jehovah's banging on doors so the general public wanting to use YOUR private land is no different

I agree with almost all of what you say. However, I see nothing wrong in a hunter knocking on a landowner's door and politely asking for permission to hunt. The only thing is, if it is refused, he should take it gracefully.

 

[guy329]

If I were a landowner I would find it difficult to ask for money to hunt. I just ask for some respect when it comes to using the land. I've never refused permission, as long as its not our day(s) to hunt.

Please respect the owner of the land.