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Post by ridgerunner on Nov 19, 2009 14:45:22 GMT -5
Landowner and/or lessee who farms the land...
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Post by omegahunter on Nov 19, 2009 16:14:54 GMT -5
Lessee who is leasing to farm, not leasing to hunt. Our CO says you can even plant a few orchard trees to definitely cross the line into "farming", but to him timber counts.
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Post by featherduster on Nov 19, 2009 18:11:44 GMT -5
I own my land that I hunt and fish on, most of the property is enrolled in WRP. My wife and I can hunt without the need for a license (except federal duck stamps) however our children who do not live on the property need a license.
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Post by jkd on Nov 19, 2009 22:21:10 GMT -5
First of all, the hunting guide isn't a statute or the administrative code... it's a summary of those laws, and IMO in many cases, a darn poor summary at that... The citations I provided in my original post ARE THE LAW in Indiana. In other words, I don't care what the hunting guide says, because it IS NOT the law...
Second, there are two classes of exempt hunters discussed in the law: LANDOWNERS and LEASEES.
To be LANDOWNER license exempt, you have to:
(1) Own the property. (2) EITHER farm it, OR the land is classified as agricultural for tax purposes.
THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR A LANDOWNER TO FARM THE LAND to be license exempt.
It is the LEASEE class that HAS TO FARM THE LAND to be license exempt.
A final thought... an ICO may well write a ticket to a landowner of land zoned ag and not being farmed by that owner, but any prosecutor and/or judge that can read would/should throw it out of court, because BLACK LETTER LAW says that landowner is exempt...
The Indiana Code and the Indiana Administrative Code are the statutory and administrative laws in Indiana, and that's what is controlling when you go to court...
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Post by lonniephillips on Nov 19, 2009 23:08:26 GMT -5
I'd say the deer hunting Assoc. needs to get the officers to work on getting this rule "better defined"
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Post by Decatur on Nov 20, 2009 0:19:03 GMT -5
I'd prefer the IDHA didn't do anything else to "help" us deer hunters!
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