Had an interesting circumstance hunting public this year and wanted to get some thoughts. Before you say "ask a game warden" I did already and got 2 similar but different answers.
There are several areas I know that have high fenced hay storage on public land. The pic below is not where I hunted but the best example I could find on OnX without giving up my hunting spot ;-) . Basically, you have public hunting on state or blm. completely within that area, is a fenced area containing baled hay. There are 2 entries where a deer or person could walk into this, one on public and one is the drive marked "Private no trespassing".
Scenario- you ware hiking back to your truck parked near the road on public and you notice several big mule deer in the fence eating hay. There is an obvious shooter and several smaller bucks. what do you do? To be clear, the deer are 100% on public land, but within the fenced hay area.
Not a trick question, just looking for opinions. Ill post my story and what the wardens told me after. Happy Memorial Day!
There are several areas I know that have high fenced hay storage on public land. The pic below is not where I hunted but the best example I could find on OnX without giving up my hunting spot ;-) . Basically, you have public hunting on state or blm. completely within that area, is a fenced area containing baled hay. There are 2 entries where a deer or person could walk into this, one on public and one is the drive marked "Private no trespassing".
Scenario- you ware hiking back to your truck parked near the road on public and you notice several big mule deer in the fence eating hay. There is an obvious shooter and several smaller bucks. what do you do? To be clear, the deer are 100% on public land, but within the fenced hay area.
Not a trick question, just looking for opinions. Ill post my story and what the wardens told me after. Happy Memorial Day!