deerkiller
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I’ve tried looking for the answers on my own but haven’t found much regarding private land and using access roads to get to public land. Basically all I’ve found is that if you are hunting private property, marked or not, you need permission from the land owner. I understand that. In Utah, if it’s not posted you can hunt there until contacted by the land owner and told to leave (there are other requirements that need to be met as well to be legal to hunt there in addition to the properly posted law, but that’s the biggest one you have to pass first) My questions are these:
1. If there isn’t a locked gate or sign on the road stating it’s closed to vehicle traffic, am I ok to use that road to access BLM, state and FS public lands to hunt on that the road passes through?
2. if the answer is ‘yes’, does that apply to all roads? Just state maintained roads? 2 tracks?
3. if the private land is owned by someone like “Union Pacific”, am I ok to hunt that without written permission? Basically I’m asking how strict the officers are on this law. I see shed hunters walk all over the place through checker board areas of private and public, and I know most of these guys don’t have written permission and No one really cares unless the ground is visibly posted.
I know there are walk in areas and HMAs with special seasons and restrictions regarding the property. And those areas are usually posted well and very clearly at all boundaries. I just don’t want to get into trouble or burn points on a tag, that I can’t use due to access problems. Thanks in advance.
1. If there isn’t a locked gate or sign on the road stating it’s closed to vehicle traffic, am I ok to use that road to access BLM, state and FS public lands to hunt on that the road passes through?
2. if the answer is ‘yes’, does that apply to all roads? Just state maintained roads? 2 tracks?
3. if the private land is owned by someone like “Union Pacific”, am I ok to hunt that without written permission? Basically I’m asking how strict the officers are on this law. I see shed hunters walk all over the place through checker board areas of private and public, and I know most of these guys don’t have written permission and No one really cares unless the ground is visibly posted.
I know there are walk in areas and HMAs with special seasons and restrictions regarding the property. And those areas are usually posted well and very clearly at all boundaries. I just don’t want to get into trouble or burn points on a tag, that I can’t use due to access problems. Thanks in advance.