The land is clearly marked on the RM map and hunting apps.
Unauthorized tree stand and cameras
- Thread starter skhunter
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You guys have different property boundary experiences, is all.
Ontario isn’t “township and range” or sections. SK is, and is typically in a very obvious grid pattern, and anyone new to the area starts to understand where boundaries are most likely to be very quickly.
Coupled with easily checked ownership by apps, maps, and a house every few miles or better. Unlinke Ontario that is ultra urban or remote without buildings for several square miles and not a good ownership ID system.
My land is posted and I had something similar happen a few years ago. The first thing I did was call the police on the non-emergency number and reported it. This way they have a record of the event if there is a confrontation or further issue. Then I removed the structure. Nothing further occurred.
Game warden confirmed this today.
- Location
- WMU247 near Edmonton
well on your property strange cameras and stands are fair game to remove, leave a not
on public land that is just lazy, if the camera is the right height I will leave a picture of my ass
on public land that is just lazy, if the camera is the right height I will leave a picture of my ass
In SK we have to mark our stands/blinds with our name and number if placed on public land and it’s illegal to use someone else’s stand. I can’t imagine taking advantage of someone else’s hard work. Better to just go find somewhere else to hunt. There’s a lot of crown land here
- Location
- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
In bc it’s illegal to leave a blind up or erect a permanent blind/stand on crown land from what I remember, in my area you find a few permanent 2x4 or 2x6 built tree stands and not pop up blinds.
If it’s on crown land and nobody is in it have at er, I’ve sat in a few once I’ve checked out how sturdy they were built. Personally I prefer to sit on the ground and wait in ambush or stalk quietly, so I rarely use a stand/blind. But there is no “holdsies” or “reserved” spots on crown land, first come first served is how it works.
No different than if I get to a spot and someone is already there or parked there, I go elsewhere.
an area I hunt has several tree platforms that have been in place and somewhat maintained for a couple decades now since I disovered them. Whoever made them and uses them must have a rope ladder assembly or something as there is no way to get up to them. Well hidden too.
I have thought about assembling a platform myself but settled for a treestand that gets stashed near my favorite spot , used, the restashed till the next season. Less than a handful of hunters know where my treestand is and they are welcome to use it and put it away eash season too.
I have thought about assembling a platform myself but settled for a treestand that gets stashed near my favorite spot , used, the restashed till the next season. Less than a handful of hunters know where my treestand is and they are welcome to use it and put it away eash season too.
If you are hunting a big buck, sitting on a stand on the wrong day could ruin the spot for the season. People put time and effort into scouting and setting up. If you stumble on to another person's set up you have no idea the bedding and travel corridors and what wind is right.
If you are scouting or still hunting through an area by all means carry on. If you find a spot you want to sit of course you have every right to do so. To start using other people's blinds and cameras is no different than using their vehicle parked on public land IMO. You should get your own stuff and do some scouting. I find it more rewarding than the actual hunt.
As to the OP. I would be taking the stuff out and leaving a note and maybe not even leaving a note if the trespass was blatantly obvious. Private property is exactly that.
If you are scouting or still hunting through an area by all means carry on. If you find a spot you want to sit of course you have every right to do so. To start using other people's blinds and cameras is no different than using their vehicle parked on public land IMO. You should get your own stuff and do some scouting. I find it more rewarding than the actual hunt.
As to the OP. I would be taking the stuff out and leaving a note and maybe not even leaving a note if the trespass was blatantly obvious. Private property is exactly that.
I have the same thoughts.
I’ll also add. My experience has been “its crown land” is often an excuse when confronted with the fact that they’re trying to hunt someone else’s set up.
It’s definitely a lot easier to follow foot prints in the snow into a set up and proclaim “it’s crown land” the next season.
fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
In my mind, Crown land is "first come first served at the moment"...I spent
my money on the license for the same animal anybody else did....again first come first serve on any animal even if somebody has been sleeping with it for a month. If somebody else kills an animal I've been wanting before me Good on em and I'll help drag or gut if wanted.
my money on the license for the same animal anybody else did....again first come first serve on any animal even if somebody has been sleeping with it for a month. If somebody else kills an animal I've been wanting before me Good on em and I'll help drag or gut if wanted.
The right thing to do is to take it down and leave a note. They may not have realized it was private property. Mistakes happen. I ended up on a trail cam,then on Facebook when I wandered onto unmarked private land next to crown land. I was fully in the wrong, but it WAS an honest mistake. I contacted the owner, apologized and asked them to take the pictures down. All worked out, but the Facebook bit was pretty douch-y. I would never do that to a fellow hunter.
I put my treestand on the same tree every year. Sometimes I get up there, near 4 hours from home only to find guys in that spot or close to it. I find somewhere else to hunt from the ground and leave them too it. It bugs me of course but it's crown land and I don't own that spot on the mountain. Usually to avoid this rare circumstance I don't hunt the weekends and usually have the place all to my self.
Runningfool
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
I wouldn't call that douch-y....you were trespassing and if the landowner hadn't put it on Facebook, how would you have learned you were on private property?
I call it fair play....
Could have been worse. You could have been hanging off a log dropping a bomb and not known there was a cam behind you and that could have ended up online.
I could see that happening depending on where you live, sometimes mistakes happen depending on the geography. In Southern Ontario for example there is almost zero chance of ending up in a bush lot on a farm by accident. In parts of Northern Ontario without a land use map I could see that happening quite easily.
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If they didn't want people on their land, they should put up a sign, especially when it's a well-traveled logging trail that borders crown land that people hunt on. All you really have to do is spraypaint a red dot on a tree. The Facebook thing is 100% douche-y.
Getting back to the original point of the thread, if someone put up a stand on my property, I would just leave a note with a phone number to call and come get it. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. My land borders a cross-country ski centre, and some of their trails cross my property. The centre and I worked it out, and it's no big deal. But, I used to get "trespassers" all the time skiing and snowshoeing on my private trails. During hunting season this can be a big problem - rest of the year I don't care. I put up some signs, and it stopped happening. Simple.
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