Unoccupied blinds and tree stands?

GOUMFACH said:
What about the posts with the the hunters name I see all over the water in popular duck hunting areas,? How long do they "own" the spot? I have been told opening morning is the extent of claiming a spot.
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As I posted earlier they have NO LEGAL right to it! First off It is ILLEGAL to erect a blind on navigable crown waters as it is considered a navigation hazard and you can be charged with doing so. If they want to lay claim to it let them, it will give the C.O a name to start with to lay charges. Second, erecting a blind on public waters for duck hunting does not give you a “claim” to that spot. I’ve watched any of the same blinds year in and year out occupied by numerous individuals and find it amusing watching the antics when almost all of them try to kick someone else out of it claiming ownership. In fact one year a particular individual put his name on every blind in a popular marsh on Nipissing hunted by many people. I purposely set up in one one morning instead of using my boat blind just so the fellow and his buddies and I could all have a warm friendly chat about their thinking they owned a mile or more of public wild rice marsh! ;)
 
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Around here they just put posts, no blinds. ...well sometimes there are blinds.....but tons of posts saying "Bob + Tony 2017"
Some bays have the whole shore marked off....but ive yet to actually see anyone hunting these spots....that could be because it seems I pick the absolute worst weather to go hunting :d


Just thought of it....I was out scouting last fall and a 2 conservation officers stopped me and asked if I was hunting at a certain spot, when I answered no they told me it was a good thing because that spot was taken !!! I told them its oublic land , and asked how the hell it could be "taken" they just walked away from me after that.....
 
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GOUMFACH said:
Around here they just put posts, no blinds. ...well sometimes there are blinds.....but tons of posts saying "Bob + Tony 2017"
Some bays have the whole shore marked off....but ive yet to actually see anyone hunting these spots....that could be because it seems I pick the absolute worst weather to go hunting :d


Just thought of it....I was out scouting last fall and a 2 conservation officers stopped me and asked if I was hunting at a certain spot, when I answered no they told me it was a good thing because that spot was taken !!! I told them its oublic land , and asked how the hell it could be "taken" they just walked away from me after that.....
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Put all the posts they want with names. They have no legal claim to hunting spots on public waters.
 
I can understand your points about taking advantage of a tree stand in the deer woods, but I differ on the duck blind situation.

The blind I was talking about is the only one on a mostly unused section of river (I have never encountered other hunters there).

It is situated in the probably the best spot on two km of riverfront and a km away from the nearest parking. I cycle with a dozen decoys, a robo duck and my blind bag. I assume the guys who use it on weekends walk.

When I go down there and it is blowing southeast 25 and pissing with rain there is no way on earth I am going to sit in the marsh grass 100 metres away from that unoccupied blind just because I am bound to stay out of it because I did not build it on public land.

Goodness knows who built it, it looks like it is at least 10 years old, and the other guys who use it might not know who built it either.

If fact, it is fortunate it hasn't been burned down my the ministry of fur and feathers. The did destroy at least one blind in another location in recent memory.
 
Go ahead and use it who cares...... building a blind on crown land and expecting it to be mine is wrong.... actually building it on crown land and leaving it up is not only illegal but wrong and selfish. Some say the individual who comes across a blind and uses it is the lazy one, but I think the one who built the blind illegally and left it behind is the lazy one...
What's they saying, if you take it in, bring it out!!!
 
If the stand or blind is on crown land first come first served.
Same as hunting areas.
Some call certain choice areas of crown land ‘our spot’ just because they hunted there before and can get pretty aggressive & territorial if someone else decides to hunt there.
There are charges that can be laid for interfering with a lawful hunt that can result in fines and hunting license suspensions.
If it’s crown land it’s first come first served.
You might find someone else in the stand you built last year on crown land.
Tuff tiddy.
FO and go someplace else.
You have no right to disturb him.
 
holzmeister said:
Now that is a terrible example. How about you go to a public park and put up a tire swing do you presume that no one else would use it using your logic? I agree that it is not good form to do such, the point being made is it is on public land. Around here it happens a lot and all we ever do is with the person is wish them luck or Waidmannsheil.
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It is a bad example for public land, I missed that in the OP and just reread it. My bad.

I don't hunt public land or go to public parks, but have had enough slime balls trespassing and sitting my spots to get my back up at the title lol
 
torontogungal said:
If the stand or blind is on crown land first come first served.
Same as hunting areas.
Some call certain choice areas of crown land ‘our spot’ just because they hunted there before and can get pretty aggressive & territorial if someone else decides to hunt there.
There are charges that can be laid for interfering with a lawful hunt that can result in fines and hunting license suspensions.
If it’s crown land it’s first come first served.
You might find someone else in the stand you built last year on crown land.
Tuff tiddy.
FO and go someplace else.
You have no right to disturb him.
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We need a like button!
 
LE303 said:
I don't use others equipment unless I have permission
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There's no such thing as private ownership of blinds and tree stands on crown land implied or otherwise.
If you're harassing another hunter on crown land because he occupied 'your' tree stand or blind first you're committing an offense plain and simple.

We used to be harassed by a guy who put up 'private hunting - keep out' signs on access trails to crown land.
The local COs talked to the guy and his hunting buddies and that stopped quick or next time they'd be getting written up.
 
To myself this is just so basic it really comes back to what one learned as a child in kindergarten.
If you did not have anything to do with it's construction on crown/private land, perhaps it's just polite manners to leave it to the person who put in the time/effort/materials/research in the very first place.

(maybe it's just not prudent to possibly light the fuse to a possible accelerated argument, amongst armed strangers, most likely too far from emergency services)

But that's just me.......

Cheers
 
Brutus said:
To myself this is just so basic it really comes back to what one learned as a child in kindergarten.
If you did not have anything to do with it's construction on crown/private land, perhaps it's just polite manners to leave it to the person who put in the time/effort/materials/research in the very first place.

(maybe it's just not prudent to possibly light the fuse to a possible accelerated argument, amongst armed strangers, most likely too far from emergency services)

But that's just me.......

Cheers
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Those polite manners work both ways, if one were so polite and ethical, one wouldn't build it and leave it illegally on crown land in the first place. Leaving something like a blind/tree stand on crown land seems to imply ownership of the area. How polite is that?

"leave no footprints behind"
 
fratri said:
Those polite manners work both ways, if one were so polite and ethical, one wouldn't build it and leave it illegally on crown land in the first place. Leaving something like a blind/tree stand on crown land seems to imply ownership of the area. How polite is that?

"leave no footprints behind"
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^^ this^^
 
We have archery season and a controlled shotgun/muzzle season here, there are several stand located on crown land. With regard to the controlled hunt, if it there use it. If they tagged it for the week, use another one. Archery, I would avoid, but I then I have multiple stands on private property. If the duck blind is on crown land, then leave it opening day, but don't be a #### and try to beat someone into it if they built it. If it is dilapidated then by all means fix it up and use it. Public land is just that, public, you cannot exert ownership over the area, however, I think its fair to claim an area to hunt in, that is if you are there and not simply implied by the presence of a stand.

As for pulling a stand or blind down at the end of the season, why? Leave it there, but understand others will likely use. If you morally disagree, then by all means keep walking, or even better, push deer towards it to be the bigger person!
 
I've hardly hunted the past 7-8years due to how ####ty people can be. I collected old donuts/timbits for months, erected a stand and started baiting it 2 weeks before bear season. Come opening day I went in to find a fella sitting in the stand I built over my bait. I don't care what legalities are, that's a ####ty unmoral thing to do.

Later in the season (moose) I had a group ask me if I'd team up with them for calf hunting. They were a bunch of drunks that never got out of the truck/off the atvs. Politely said no thanks. They followed me out to the area I hunted and would come out daily and fire off rounds and tear up and down the old logging trails.

I'm a younger guy trying to establish myself. I don't own a camp or live in the bush. It costs a lot of money to travel just for others pull unmoral #### and wreck a season.
 
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