nickman123
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I've got an issue that come up twice now and I'm not sure what to do. We are bird hunting in one of our favorite spots which has plots of private land interspersed with public land. Where we are hunting is absolutely not posted and is more than legal distance from any dwellings. Up drives some guy and he says we are on his private land and need to leave. When we tell him the land is not posted he says it doesn't matter and he's calling the Sheriff.
In both cases we simply left to avoid trouble. I'm about 90% sure in both cases the guy was full of bs and that he owned nearby land and just didn't want anyone hunting anywhere near his property.
My question is this- if we had stuck to our guns and stayed and the Sheriff really showed up and it turned out the guy really owned the land (even though it was'nt fenced or posted) could we be cited for tresspassing? Does a landowner simply telling you "this is my land" without any other evidence or proof constitute cause for tresspassing?
In both cases we simply left to avoid trouble. I'm about 90% sure in both cases the guy was full of bs and that he owned nearby land and just didn't want anyone hunting anywhere near his property.
My question is this- if we had stuck to our guns and stayed and the Sheriff really showed up and it turned out the guy really owned the land (even though it was'nt fenced or posted) could we be cited for tresspassing? Does a landowner simply telling you "this is my land" without any other evidence or proof constitute cause for tresspassing?