Idaho Game retrieval Tresspassing?

[griffinit]

If you shoot an animal on public ground in Idaho and it runs onto private ground and dies, can you retrieve it, call a warden or a sheriff to retrieve it with you, contact landowner? What if landowner says no.

Thanks in advance!

 

[mtnwrunner]

If you shoot an animal on public ground in Idaho and it runs onto private ground and dies, can you retrieve it, call a warden or a sheriff to retrieve it with you, contact landowner? What if landowner says no.

Thanks in advance!

If the landowner won't let you, you cannot retrieve it. Now, that being said, as a landowner and a landowner representative, I deal with this issue all the time. Example---river bottoms. A lot of hunters will hunt below the highwater mark and they are shocked when there game runs wounded and dies on private ground. That's a risk you take when hunting like that. I have never denied a hunter retrieving the game, however, it does piss me off when they "expect" you to allow them access. If you are ever involved in a situation like that, I would suggest that you approach the landowner with respect and politely tell them the story and ask them if you can retrieve your game. Probably not a good idea (at least with me) to show up on a 4 wheeler with a cooler on the back.............

Randy

 

[Randle]

You can call fish and game , They will come out and try to settle it, I have heard they can sight the landowner for waste of game for refusing to allow retrieval, I don't know 100 % if that is true.

 

[mtnwrunner]

You can call fish and game , They will come out and try to settle it, I have heard they can sight the landowner for waste of game for refusing to allow retrieval, I don't know 100 % if that is true.

No, that is not true. It is up to the property owner to let you on their land. As it should be.

Randy

 

[Mikeha33]

No, that is not true. It is up to the property owner to let you on their land. As it should be.

Randy

So if a legally & ethically harvested animal crosses into private land, in sight, the hunter finds the landowner, and the landowner denies permission to the hunter to retrieve the animal, the landowner does not open themselves up to any wanton waste violation? Nor the hunter? What if you exhaust all efforts, (game warden, sheriff, hell even a judge) and the landowner cannot be reached, but the animal can be seen on private property? Does anybody have jurisdiction to retrieve the animal?

 

[mtnwrunner]

So if a legally & ethically harvested animal crosses into private land, in sight, the hunter finds the landowner, and the landowner denies permission to the hunter to retrieve the animal, the landowner does not open themselves up to any wanton waste violation? Nor the hunter? What if you exhaust all efforts, (game warden, sheriff, hell even a judge) and the landowner cannot be reached, but the animal can be seen on private property? Does anybody have jurisdiction to retrieve the animal?

I'm not sure what the outcome would be if it was pushed to the limit. I've never had it go that far as I've let the hunter retrieve the game.

Randy

 

[Schleppy]

So if a legally & ethically harvested animal crosses into private land, in sight, the hunter finds the landowner, and the landowner denies permission to the hunter to retrieve the animal, the landowner does not open themselves up to any wanton waste violation? Nor the hunter? What if you exhaust all efforts, (game warden, sheriff, hell even a judge) and the landowner cannot be reached, but the animal can be seen on private property? Does anybody have jurisdiction to retrieve the animal?

Youre SOL. Private property is private property. Dont hunt near the edges if you cant be sure that you can knock an animal down.

 

[wyosteve]

No, the landowner is not committing 'waste' since he was not the one who shot the animal. He has no legal obligation to retrieve or do anything else with it.

 

[idelkslayer]

A few years ago a friend of mine shot a deer in Idaho that ran, jumped a fence and died within sight on private land. He went to the landowner and told them the situation and asked permission to retrieve the deer. The landowner said no and began to chastize him for hunting at all. He called the IDFG and explained the situation to them, IDFG called the county sheriff and they all went out there together. I'm not sure of the legalities but the result was that the officers escorted my friend back to retrieve the deer.

If you were to just go ahead and retrieve the deer it would be trespassing. If the landowner is unavailable I would contact IDFG and follow whatever direction they give you.