Moose in the yard... (Anchorage, Fairbanks: house, live, law)

[starlite9]

Just got home from the slope for a bit, and get caught up on the house chores and winter firewood.

Moose hunting season is in full swing and hunters are driving all up and down the highway just before sunrise to late at night looking for that "Elusive" bull moose.

Since we live pretty much in the middle of nowhere, just off the Parks Highway, we get people pulling into our driveway trying to see if we are hiding a moose or two here, does get pretty old sometimes since they don't grasp the "Private Property" concept coming from the city.

Anyway, this Cow and two calves were in the yard this morning and I was watching them as I drank coffee, they were in a big hurry to leave when a guy drove down the driveway figuring that a bull was close by. He wasn't' very impressed when I told him to leave in a not very polite manner.

I don't mind hunting, just don't want someone shooting a moose in my yard, got enough bear problems as it is without blood and guts around to boot. A moose will fill a freezer for a family for the winter and is good eating and a lot healthier than beef.

[karibear]

Have you considered a chain across your drive with a big NO HUNTING sign on it? Or a maybe a 'Beware of Owner' sign? Your friends and neighbors aren't likely to worry about it, but strangers just might.

[Glitch]

Except where it was posted "No Hunting" I have hunted on private property many times, but I have always obtained the permission from the owner first. It's called "common courtesy." If it is private land then hunters need to ask permission first.

Property owners can have a variety of reasons why they don't want hunters on their property, or they don't need any reason at all to say no. It is their property, and hunters need to respect that. I have had a few property owners tell me that I can't hunt on their land when I've asked, and I don't have a problem with that. Overall, I believe I've had more property owners tell me it was okay to hunter on their land than have said no, but I always ask first.

[karibear]

Originally Posted by Glitch

Except where it was posted "No Hunting" I have hunted on private property many times, but I have always obtained the permission from the owner first. It's called "common courtesy." If it is private land then hunters need to ask permission first.

Property owners can have a variety of reasons why they don't want hunters on their property, or they don't need any reason at all to say no. It is their property, and hunters need to respect that. I have had a few property owners tell me that I can't hunt on their land when I've asked, and I don't have a problem with that. Overall, I believe I've had more property owners tell me it was okay to hunter on their land than have said no, but I always ask first.

That's the way it's supposed to be. You've probably gotten permission more than a few times simply because you asked first. If you hadn't, you'd have probably been run off.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by karibear

Have you considered a chain across your drive with a big NO HUNTING sign on it? Or a maybe a 'Beware of Owner' sign? Your friends and neighbors aren't likely to worry about it, but strangers just might.

No, everyone that lives in the "area" knows who I am and would ask. The ones that drive in to scope the place out are from either Fairbanks or Anchorage doing the road hunting and have no clue to whom lives where.

As for a chain across the road, that woud be telling them "nobody is home, come on in". Many of the "Road hunters" aren't very good sportsman in my opinion, they are too lazy to do the work of getting off the trail you might say. They are a small part of the hunters here, but they get all the "bad" press for the whole group that are good hunters

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by Glitch

Except where it was posted "No Hunting" I have hunted on private property many times, but I have always obtained the permission from the owner first. It's called "common courtesy." If it is private land then hunters need to ask permission first.

Property owners can have a variety of reasons why they don't want hunters on their property, or they don't need any reason at all to say no. It is their property, and hunters need to respect that. I have had a few property owners tell me that I can't hunt on their land when I've asked, and I don't have a problem with that. Overall, I believe I've had more property owners tell me it was okay to hunter on their land than have said no, but I always ask first.

Well the best part of Alaska State Law is that if some clown comes marching on your property with a gun and doesn't ID himself as police, you can shoot to defend yourself and property...

So I would think that it would be a really good idea to ask first before you go tracking around on someone's private property here... Just a side note there...

[karibear]

Originally Posted by starlite9

No, everyone that lives in the "area" knows who I am and would ask. The ones that drive in to scope the place out are from either Fairbanks or Anchorage doing the road hunting and have no clue to whom lives where.

As for a chain across the road, that woud be telling them "nobody is home, come on in". Many of the "Road hunters" aren't very good sportsman in my opinion, they are too lazy to do the work of getting off the trail you might say. They are a small part of the hunters here, but they get all the "bad" press for the whole group that are good hunters

Maybe an infra red light that trips off the sound of a gun shot? I just found an old bumper sticker DH had that said "Forget the dogs, beware of owner" with a hand holding a S&W, barrel pointed at the reader.

[starlite9]

Originally Posted by karibear

Maybe an infra red light that trips off the sound of a gun shot? I just found an old bumper sticker DH had that said "Forget the dogs, beware of owner" with a hand holding a S&W, barrel pointed at the reader.

Nah, it is a lot more fun just to touch off a shotgun round into the air and watch them try to get traction when they are slipping on their S**t.

[Barkingowl]

Have there been any bulls around?

[HighlandLady]

Originally Posted by Barkingowl

Have there been any bulls around?

I have two young ones that amble through every couple of days - I've named them Frank and Jesse