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Post by eastwood on Oct 1, 2015 9:54:48 GMT -5
Hey there. I'm new to Indiana, Muncie to be exact. Moved from NY last fall and this is my first hunting season I'm taking advantage of in Indiana. I've hunted in NY since 12yo and there are some drastic differences in the regs to Indiana. I just want to make sure I'll have many more years of hunting here and not do something that would get my privileges taken away. I've purchased my hunting bundle so I'm good there, just a few other questions.
1. I'm renting a farm with 38 acres. I'm raising hogs and chickens and about 30 acres is rented to an ag farmer. Does this qualify me for the license exemption for hunting on land I lease? If so do I still need to check in the deer I take? Am I allowed to take more than 1 buck this way?
2. I've been looking at the public hunting lands and using google maps it looks like a lot the land is farmed. For example, the east end of the Salamonie Lake area. Google maps shows farmed fields where the DNR property map boundary shows these fields are in the property limits. How does that work? Do I need special permission?
3. If the property is not 'posted' or marked with 'no trespassing' signs, can I hunt there without permission?
Thanks
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Post by morrison on Oct 12, 2015 14:43:01 GMT -5
1. if you lease the property for farming you would meet the license requirement. You are required to check deer and turkey in whether you are exempt from the license requirement or not. You are still limited to only one buck.
2. Certain properties (typically reservoirs) farm their properties or lease it out to farmers. This doesn't limit the use of the land by the public as long as the activities are within the regulations of the property being utilized.
3. Indiana requires that the person hunting, fishing, operating ORVs, or mushroom hunting have permission from the landowner. The statute puts the burden on the person conducting the activity to have consent to perform the activity from the landowner. It is not required for the property to posted in order for you to be considered in violation of the law.
IC 14-22-11-1 "Farmland"; license requirements and conditions; public use airport manager reporting requirements Sec. 1. (a) As used in this section, "farmland" means agricultural land that is: (1) devoted or best adaptable for the production of crops, fruits, timber, and the raising of livestock; or (2) assessed as agricultural land for property tax purposes. (b) An individual may not take or chase, with or without dogs, a wild animal without having a license, except as follows: (1) An individual who is a resident or nonresident of Indiana while participating in a field trial that has been sanctioned by the director is not required to possess a license while participating in the trial. (2) Subject to subsection (d), an owner of farmland located in Indiana who is a resident or nonresident of Indiana and the spouse and children living with the owner may hunt, fish, and trap without a license on the land that the owner owns. (3) A lessee of farmland who farms that land and is a resident of Indiana and the spouse and children living with the lessee may hunt, fish, and trap without a license on the leased land.
IC 14-22-10-1 Consent to use private land Sec. 1. A person may not: (1) fish, hunt, trap, or chase; (2) shoot with any kind of firearm or archery equipment; (3) search for or gather any plant life (defined as the members of the kingdoms Fungi and Plantae); or (4) search for or gather any artifacts (as defined in IC 14-21-1-2) upon privately owned land without having the consent of the owner or tenant of the land.
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