Institute of Justice is taking a case to the Supreme Court
https://youtu.be/wvsnVDbxOhU?si=WIwVdWZeNNM5-5Iz

Tennessee Supreme Court ruled in favor of the landowner. Curious how this will go.

I hope he wins, and he may in state court. Open fields doctrine needs to be abolished for game enforcement. They have continually proven to abuse it, its dangerous for land owners and the wardens, and no pine goat is worth our constitutional rights regardless of what 9 dudes in black dresses said in 1924.

In fact, I'd be for putting game enforcement under the local sheriff's office. At least they have to get elected every four years and have some direct voter accountability.

We should all be contacting our representatives and demanding a change to Title 9 to ban DCNR from entering private property without a warrant or invitation.

For interest's sake, what's the rule of law in Alabama?

I was taught the open fields doctrine in an Alabama police academy... A recent thread renewed my memory of that.

"any live box, holding box, game bag, hunting coat, camping equipment, or like receptacles, or any automobile or boat used for the carrying or holding of any fish, game birds, or game animals or any gun or fishing tackle used in hunting or fishing shall be subject to inspection by officers of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources at all times upon proper identification of said officer. Any person who refuses to allow inspection of the above named articles shall be in violation of this regulation and shall be punished as provided by law."

That needs to be struck down too. So if you're out camping or hiking (even on private property) they can search and/or disarm you and inspect your property without probably cause, potentially even if you aren't hunting. All this constitutional abuse is justified to protect the pine goats.

I hope he wins. If they would put some teeth in trespassing laws, that would help too.