I placed a trail camera in the woods at the back of our property. Having recently purchased this land, I wanted to see what the deer herd in this area (Elberfeld) has to offer. I dumped 40 lb of shelled corn to see what would come in.
We call this deer "county dump" because of the trash on his rack.
The next picture was the alarming one:
It seems I have a nosy neighbor (Gladys Cravits from Bewitched comes to mind). My neighbor turned me in to the DNR for baiting deer. I had no knowledge of this till I pulled the memory card and found a CO in the picture. I called the officer and he informed me that there was no infraction as I have no tree stand in the area and have not been hunting over the bait pile. I assured the CO that I had no intention of hunting the baited area, and was merely trying to get some camera pictures. It seems I need to plant a lot of trees between me and my busybody neighbor.
We call this deer "county dump" because of the trash on his rack.
The next picture was the alarming one:
It seems I have a nosy neighbor (Gladys Cravits from Bewitched comes to mind). My neighbor turned me in to the DNR for baiting deer. I had no knowledge of this till I pulled the memory card and found a CO in the picture. I called the officer and he informed me that there was no infraction as I have no tree stand in the area and have not been hunting over the bait pile. I assured the CO that I had no intention of hunting the baited area, and was merely trying to get some camera pictures. It seems I need to plant a lot of trees between me and my busybody neighbor.
If he thought you were baiting, then he should have gotten a search warrant to be on private property to check. He doesn't have a right to be there otherwise unless let on by the property owner.
Please show me the law that allows for a CO to trespass on someone private property. They are not above the law. They need a search warrant to go onto private property unless they are invited on by the landowner. The Constitution wasn't set up to exempt CO's. It protects us from unlawful search and seizure. A lot of people think that CO's have this power where they can do anything they want. That is just not so. They still have to abide by the same laws as any law enforcement officer!
