Huntress13 wrote:mike_mc wrote:cspot wrote:jwilkstn wrote:Jake was not in the canola. He stayed in the grass between fields. They contacted the landowner prior to going in it to retrieve the buck. Let's not stir something up where there is nothing. We've got page after page of support for these guys, and it would be a shame to turn this post negative.
I agree. They said they offered to pay the landowner any damages for said canola as well.
Let's also face it if they were doing something illegal why would they have mentioned the law and all of the stuff in the video. They could simply say they had permission and no one would be the wiser.
I am a big THP fan, and I'm not trying to make them look bad. I'm more concerned about viewers watching the show that may try what they saw do it legally. I have a North Dakota tag, and may go back.
Shooting a deer while it is in the unharvested field is considered hunting in the field even if you are not in the field yourself.
I'm not sure if the buck Jake shot was in the field or not, and don't really care.
The buck came out of the field, Jake shot it, then it ran back into the field. There's no way he could have shot it from the ground into the canola because the canola was almost over the deer's head.
I'm a big fan of the THP boys too. And I think they did everything on the up and up. But is or isn't the non tilled, non planted part of a field. Still The field. Especially with a bow. Odds are you hit a deer. It's going back into the crop. So, just saying. I'd err on the safe side and try and talk to the farmer before the hunt.
I believe the chat the THP boys had with the neighboring farmer. Clued them in to how the actual landowner, whose land they hunted on felt, about it all.