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HighWidenHandsome
Guest
Because I didn't draw my prefered unit in the Colorado
draw I was considering purchasing a land owner voucher! I was shocked at the price of the voucher, but more to my amazement is the
fact that the land owners are not allowing trespass on the ground
they have used to qualify for the voucher! My understanding of the
CDWR regulations are that the landowner must provide access to the
land! Now, I understand the brokers have found a loop hole in the
law by having clients sign a contract ageeing not to hunt on the
private land! I personally don't see how a contract could be valid
because once the land owner agreed to the terms to obtain the voucher it included land access.
A source revealed to me that the permit holder cannot even
find out who the land owner is to get permission for access nor have
the land in question identified! To me it seems these landowners are
selling a public resource and offering nothing in return!
Hopefully this operation will be tested in court! I'm
suggesting anyone purchasing a landowner permit and being denied
access to the private land go ahead and hunt on your permit on
public ground, harvest your animal as you wish, but sometime before
the hunt is over report to the CDWR that you have been refused
private access! These landowners will be eliminated from further
permits and forced to return your permit fees!
I personally have no problem with a landowner being
reimbursed to some extent for wildlife using his land and if
hunters are willing to pay hefty fees to hunt (his land) I can
live with that too, but I believe in this case it is unreasonable!
I think many of the brokers have offered land owners a chance to
make some easy money as well as themselves and tried to come up
with a plan to screw the public as well as the terms they ageed to. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
draw I was considering purchasing a land owner voucher! I was shocked at the price of the voucher, but more to my amazement is the
fact that the land owners are not allowing trespass on the ground
they have used to qualify for the voucher! My understanding of the
CDWR regulations are that the landowner must provide access to the
land! Now, I understand the brokers have found a loop hole in the
law by having clients sign a contract ageeing not to hunt on the
private land! I personally don't see how a contract could be valid
because once the land owner agreed to the terms to obtain the voucher it included land access.
A source revealed to me that the permit holder cannot even
find out who the land owner is to get permission for access nor have
the land in question identified! To me it seems these landowners are
selling a public resource and offering nothing in return!
Hopefully this operation will be tested in court! I'm
suggesting anyone purchasing a landowner permit and being denied
access to the private land go ahead and hunt on your permit on
public ground, harvest your animal as you wish, but sometime before
the hunt is over report to the CDWR that you have been refused
private access! These landowners will be eliminated from further
permits and forced to return your permit fees!
I personally have no problem with a landowner being
reimbursed to some extent for wildlife using his land and if
hunters are willing to pay hefty fees to hunt (his land) I can
live with that too, but I believe in this case it is unreasonable!
I think many of the brokers have offered land owners a chance to
make some easy money as well as themselves and tried to come up
with a plan to screw the public as well as the terms they ageed to. WHAT DO YOU THINK?