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Waukon1

Waukon1

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If you have a treestand on a neighbor's property and you shoot a deer that is across the fence on your property do you have to use your paid tag? Or can you use a landowner tag?
 
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Why would it matter? This is a good questions. I'm curious as to the answer myself.
 
Just getting the feel of things.

I would believe if you were to ask a DNR agent, they would say that a landowners tag would only be good on the land specified on the tag, and that the hunter and game must both be present on that land.
 
I may not be smarter than a fifth grader but my answer is you must use your paid tag. The law says that you can only use a landowner tag while HUNTING on your own property. In this case you were HUNTING on the neighbor's land not your's. That is my final answer.
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It is a serious question.

It happened to me this year and I used my paid tag because I was unsure. I am wondering if anyone has an idea if it would have been legal to use my landowner tag.
 
1. How much "landowner" ground do you have to hunt?

2. Was the DNR present when you shot the animal?

I guess my opinion doesn't count since I'm not a landowner, but if I were those are the questions I would be asking myself...AND if I owned minimal ground and had rights to hunt 1000's of acres with my paid tag and there was a lot of time left to use the paid tag, I would be swayed to use my landowners tag.

Reasoning- The speed limit is 55, how fast do you drive? This is a case where you're only doing 60, 65 max. The DNR has bigger fish to fry than worrying about what tag you use...therefore I would use whatever tag allowed me to keep the most "doors" open for hunting, which would be using the landowners.
 
TurtL....we had 2 upstanding individuals in the area get fined a total of $12000 for your exact theory. Animals taken during leagal hours, dates and by legal means....just the LO tag was used and the DNR had a fish fry.
 
It isn't about what you can get away with, its about what is right. I've never felt bad about doing the right thing.

Reverse the question, what if you were standing on your ground, shot a deer across the fence. Which tag? Paid. I think only deer you kill on your ground, from your ground, qualify as a land owners tag. So if you only have a land owners tag, stay on your side of the fence to both shoot and kill and then don't worry about trying to get away with something.

Oh yeah, I too speed, I'm willing to pay the consequences of my actions for speeding. I'm not willing to pay the possible monetary, loss of hunting previleges or personal ehtics consequences of breaking game laws.

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I'm curious to know more about $12k fine...because I interpret what you wrote as they shot a deer "somewhere" and just decided to use the LO tag, which is completely removed from what I said and they should have been fined.

If you're hunting a fence line and the deer is dead on your land, how could you get in trouble for using a LO tag? Unless they follow a blood trail they don't where it was originally shot.
 
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Unless they follow a blood trail they don't where it was originally shot.

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The 12,000 was $4000 per deer, 3 were taken, 2 with LO tags, 2 separate individuals with separate land (both true Landowners), not caught in the act by DNR agents but admitted to the wrongdoing after the fact.
 
Tag it with the landowner's landowners tag. He's living in the nursing home anyway and isn't going to get a chance to use it. That way you still have both your tags left. OK- just kidding.
 
I think my post is sliding a little off track. My intention to this post was to find out if it was LEGAL, not if it was moral or ethical or if I could get away with it. I did use the paid tag because I thought that was ethical. If I did not want to be ethical or to get away with it, I wouldn't have posted the question.

So, Does anyone know what the law says about this? Thanks in advance

Waukon1
 
What if the tree you're hunting out of is literally in the fenceline, but the majority of it is on the neighbors side of the fence, but you're facing your ground you own. Then what?
 
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What if the tree you're hunting out of is literally in the fenceline, but the majority of it is on the neighbors side of the fence, but you're facing your ground you own. Then what?

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Property line goes straight up. If the tree is growing on the ground you have permission on and your stand is hanging over on the neighbors property where you don't have permission... you're tresspassing.
 
I always get a kick out of this time of year. Guys are so stir-crazy, and screwed up by cabin fever that most every topic or question gets roughed up. Not saying it's good or bad - it's just the cycle of life (the hunter's life).
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If you have a treestand on a neighbor's property and you shoot a deer that is across the fence on your property do you have to use your paid tag? Or can you use a landowner tag?

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I see several people have already answered this question but for some reason there seems to be some doubt...

Both you and the deer must be on your property that qualifies for a LO tag...or it is an illegal kill exactly as Shredder has noted.

In your case you must use your paid tag...
 
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