I saw in the Minot paper yesterday that the ND Guides and Outfitters Assoc.has asked for a sit down meeting with the Sportsmans Alliance and the ND Wildlife Federation to try and work out the problems.As of yet they have not agreed to do so.At least these meetings have brought the issues to the talking stage before the next Legislature.
Access
No answers here - more questions :
A few people on this site have started talking about access. Some have proposed state funded walk-in access programs like they have implemmented in Montanta and South Dakota.
All good issues and good ideas, but -
Both of these states (SD & MT) have strong no trespass laws that prohibit a hunter from hunting any private land with out permission. North Dakota on the otherhand is wide open.
If the NDG&F begins to "lease" land how do you keep landowners from posting their land do to frustration of not being included.
For example, my neighbor signs a contract with the NDG&F for $XX to let people hunt his land. I get nothing so out of anger/spite/or some other emotion, I shut my once open land to hunting. Net result may be less land overall.
In SD and MT the other land is already shut-off unless you ask permission.
Note that SD attempts to set up these walk-in areas as huge blocks of land. Maybe a section or two or three (less the farmsteads).
Some of the NDG&F PLOT land that has been leased is pretty pathetic. Not sure if they were being reseeded or modified, but I have even encountered some PLOT lands were bare soil in the fall.
On government "leasing" of harvested crop land for decoy hunters:
This idea is pretty tough to pull off. Birds do tend to hit the same fields every fall - so some type of local consulting or scouting reports could help.
When are the contracts with the farmer signed ? in August? What if the farmer that traditionaly placed barley in that "Hot" field went with flax ? What if the farmer put in sunflowers and did not harvest until November ? Money wasted ?
Walk-in land is probably best reserved for pheasant country. The birds typically stay close by.
A few people on this site have started talking about access. Some have proposed state funded walk-in access programs like they have implemmented in Montanta and South Dakota.
All good issues and good ideas, but -
Both of these states (SD & MT) have strong no trespass laws that prohibit a hunter from hunting any private land with out permission. North Dakota on the otherhand is wide open.
If the NDG&F begins to "lease" land how do you keep landowners from posting their land do to frustration of not being included.
For example, my neighbor signs a contract with the NDG&F for $XX to let people hunt his land. I get nothing so out of anger/spite/or some other emotion, I shut my once open land to hunting. Net result may be less land overall.
In SD and MT the other land is already shut-off unless you ask permission.
Note that SD attempts to set up these walk-in areas as huge blocks of land. Maybe a section or two or three (less the farmsteads).
Some of the NDG&F PLOT land that has been leased is pretty pathetic. Not sure if they were being reseeded or modified, but I have even encountered some PLOT lands were bare soil in the fall.
On government "leasing" of harvested crop land for decoy hunters:
This idea is pretty tough to pull off. Birds do tend to hit the same fields every fall - so some type of local consulting or scouting reports could help.
When are the contracts with the farmer signed ? in August? What if the farmer that traditionaly placed barley in that "Hot" field went with flax ? What if the farmer put in sunflowers and did not harvest until November ? Money wasted ?
Walk-in land is probably best reserved for pheasant country. The birds typically stay close by.
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