SUN JOURNAL • December 26, 2023
If you are a hunter whose very heritage is irrevocably linked to unfettered access to wooded areas, posted land is a slap in the face. People who own private land have every right to keep you out, to keep it for themselves. And I believe in private property rights and would never agitate for public confiscation of private land, even to safeguard our priceless hunting heritage. But we have a problem. Where I live and hunt, two things are happening at an unprecedented pace: No. 1, Single family dwellings are popping up in my old hunting haunts like dandelions in springtime, and No. 2, Most of the land that isn’t consumed by new dwellings is posted: No Trespassing. Game wardens advise that posting your property with signs that say “Hunting by Permission Only” with your name and telephone number is preferable to the public than posting “No Trespassing” signs. ~ V. Paul Reynolds