The Outdoors and Conservation News is updated every Wednesday afternoon. Previous outdoors and conservation news are also available on-line. Our concern is that hunters may wait too long and have difficulty contacting landowners for permission to hunt on their property. Mytton said the early hunting opportunity and the availability of free permits have potential to attract hunters from throughout the state. Changes that were made to state's trespass law this year could create confusion for hunters and property owners alike.
Private lands bordering public properties still require posting.
Enforcement of trespass complaints is the responsibility of local police and county sheriffs' departments. But, says DNR Hunter Education Administrator Tim Lawhern, the change in state law makes it all the more important that hunters secure permission to hunt on private lands and know the boundaries of those properties. This should be no problem for the vast majority of our hunters. We're talking about roughly 500,000 graduates who have been trained with that message. Lawhern said the DNR is stepping up its use of hunter safety messages this year to reflect the increased hunting opportunity and the fact that the early gun-deer season comes at a popular time for outdoor work and recreation.