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Standing in a long check-out line at my local semi-rural gun and sporting goods shop yesterday, I watched as boxes of 30-06 cartridges and deer permits were being paid for. Not a landowner's permit asked for, until I plunked down my box of CCI 17Hmr 20g solids.
I handed the girl my license, said what county and how many acres I owned. While paying for the cartridges and waiting for the permit to go thru, I asked how many landowner permits has she rung-up -"not many." Being a long time member here, I know this to be true.
So, I ask, how do we have so many vocal people on the subject of what a landowner can or can't do?
Remember these rural places are not like playing the golf courses on the edge of the city...different ways and as a landless hunter your on their turf - like it or not!

Lowell,
If you lived in Oklahoma there would be no need to stand in line for a landowner license as land owners don't need one. One may hunt his own land. Lots of deer have been killed with a 22 Mag. which is far better than a 17 HMR. Good hunting>>>>

Regards
M.L.

We don't need to ask the state for a lamdowners permit in Ohio. When you drop your deer, you make a tag out of any paper or material you have with you. You date it, time it and sign it, the moment you tag your deer. Than you can begin to field dress and take the deer to the check in station. The general population is really not aware that I am a landowner, unless they know me, or check the county tax records. Of course locally, everyone knows who you are.

Now in Ohio, where you must have 10acres to be able to use your landowner tag and it must be on your ground. How many landowners are there to the sq. mile? 640 acres to the sq. mi. We have 360 acres, and are considered small.

Them 20gr. solids, should drop them in there tracks. I can hear the "whump" now.

There is no minimum acreage requirement in Ohio for the landowner's permit. However if you shoot a deer on your place and it runs on to the neighbors place you better not get caught with a weapon on the neighbors place without a license. Also you don't need to be a resident, if you own the land and are a non-resident you don't need to buy the license. You are required to follow the rest of the hunting regs (no .17 hmr on deer here ). You still need Federal duck stamp for waterfowl.

I always felt the law should be handled as leaniently as possible. So, sometimes I lean to the left as far as I can go, then I lean the the right. (Who said that?) I don't see the need to have a license to hunt on my property here in Ohio, but I always get one anyway. I have 3/4 of a rolling acre here in the subdivision, with plenty of squirrel, dove and rabbit to harvest with my Gamo with light and laser rifle. Anything else, I have to go elsewhere to get it. But, I buy a license to support the wildlife groups.

Your right, I went to the hunting regs and can't find what I thought, I remembered. It does seem to me though, I remember a previous game officer in my county, checking to make sure that the land owner tags were legal because of acreage reguirements. But, then I am using my memory and I can see it can't be trusted.

Did not actually see where The Lord of Glenthorne Woods said anything about taking a deer with the 17....if he had purchased a flashlight as well would we assume he was going to bludgeon a deer with it?

Best,
Mark

"My rifles now are 22lr and 17Hmr, and as a landowner I can hunt these durning deer season - so who knows!"

From an earlier post of his titled "A case against high end deer rifles". Sort of sounds like he plans to shoot deer with them, doesn't it.
Joe

A landowners license to hunt on your own property? County? Acreage? Seems sort of feudal to me. What if you don't own property? Does a hunting license allow access to private property that is not posted or fenced to keep animals in or people out?

Lowell, how does it work there, please? If I were an American, couldn't we skip down the road and hunt in the wide open spaces?

King, no you couldn't just skip down the road and hunt.
All wide open spaces are owned by someone somewhere.
The landowner's permit is free to landowners, how many deer you can shoot to how many acres you own. I can shoot a number of ANY DEER, but no young bucks under a certain number of points - so says your county.
I can hunt free on my property, but do need to buy a duck stamp.
If you don't own property, start knocking on doors and looking at state owned public places.