Originally Posted By: jawbone
Originally Posted By: TensawRiver
Originally Posted By: jawbone
Fred, are you saying that there is no written permission law?


No, What Fred is saying is that the section pertaining to written permission doesn't apply to a guest. I am your guest if you verbally give me permission or written permission whether you or your agent (if you had one) was present with me or not. If you are not then this section does not apply to me. A simple call or visit to the landowner by the GW will confirm that I had your permission. The DL law doesn't have that clause even though most jurisdictions will throw it out with cost of court. Although the Officer still has discretion and by simply doing a check via dispatch (10-27) can confirm and choose to not write the ticket.


I understand what he is saying now, thanks. It all boils down to what a guest is and the GW and local judges interpretation of that. Safest thing to do is just have one with you. Maybe that is what the GW that told me about the permission letter many years ago was referring to.

Anyways dispatch has no record of who has permission to hunt what land and if you were to regularly ask them to start calling folks to check, they would jump up and down till no end. Honestly, they often don't have time to handle stuff like that.


GW isn't gonna call dispatch, if he is not asked to enforce the written permit law on said property, and he encounters someone who says he has verbal permission , but thinks he's lying, he'll contact the landowner.

You really think a judge will convict when a landowner comes to court and raises hell about his guest,( who has permission that isn't on paper), being written ? GW shouldn't write to start with unless he KNOWS landowner doesn't want the hunter there. Like paw-paw said, it's for the landowners.


"Why do you ask"?

Too many people spend money they don't have , on things they don't need, to impress people they don't know.