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Fish and Game reminds hunters of rules
for hunting private land |
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November 4, 2014 |
Deer rifle seasons opened in mid-October in much
of Idaho. Fish and Game is receiving a few calls
from landowners upset about people hunting on
their private land without permission.
Hunting laws in many states require that hunters
have verbal permission from the landowner before
hunting on any private land. Some states require
written permission to hunt private property.
Neither is the case in Idaho.
A law requiring permission to hunt any private
land would be a real challenge in Idaho, where
about 67% of the land base is public. With so
much public land, and much private land
interspersed among tracts of public ground, it
isn't always apparent if land is public or
private.
The Idaho trespass law states that "no person
may enter private land to hunt, fish, or trap
without permission if the land is either
cultivated, or posted...". So, land that is
cultivated cannot be hunted without permission,
and the landowner must post uncultivated land to
keep hunters out. Hay fields and irrigated
pasture are cultivated lands.
Proper posting consists of legible NO
TRESPASSING signs; trees or posts painted with
100 square inches of high visibility orange
paint; or, metal fence posts painted orange for
the top 18". One of these markers must be posted
every 660 feet (or closer) around the property
and at ‘reasonable access points'. Conspicuous
signs posted where a public road enters and
leaves private property, through which or along
which road the public has a right-of-way, also
constitutes proper posting.
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