She is welcome to think whatever she wants but the fact of the matter is if her property could possibly be home to any game animal then the GW has the legal right to access it without her permission.

Only if he he thinks people are hunting there or he believes laws are being broken. He cant enter without justification. Contrary to what people believe wardens can't just go around cutting locks or jumping fences without cause.

He knew no one hunted the place, she made it clear no one was allowed on her property to hunt or otherwise. His hands were tied, his words, not mine.

But all this is off topic and should be another thread. Lets get back to bulldozing blinds and burning down other people's deer feeders.

Retrieving your deer is neither one of those.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department may use information collected by an employee of the department on privately owned land only for the purposes of scientific investigations and research described in Subsection (a) and only if authorized in writing by the landowner or the landowner's agent. Unless the department first obtains the written consent of the landowner or the landowner's agent.

Even if we call dead deer "information" for scientific investigations and research that still don't work.

(e) The department is liable to a private landowner for a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000 for a violation of this section involving information collected by an employee of the department on the landowner's property. A landowner may bring suit to collect the penalty in the county in which the land is located or the county in which the landowner resides.

Like I said it was his words, not mine. I know he said he couldn't and didn't retrieve the deer. It be a good thread to debate on, we should start one....

Requires LO permission to retrieve game, GW will likely try to find the deer.

For the record, I said he could enter the property. You said he could not enter the property unless he suspected game laws where being broke. That isn't true. That was what my response was to. I never said he could drag the deer back although I think some of them would if they found it.

But your still wrong because he cant enter the property just because he wants to or wants to look around. He has to suspect something... like probable cause without a warrant. Looking for a downed deer does not meet that standard.

A game warden has more authority over any other state employee. He can do whatever he chooses and go wherever he chooses. It would be interesting to see if he'd get the deer, I'd bet he would not. Not his problem.

A game warden has more authority over any other state employee. He can do whatever he chooses and go wherever he chooses. It would be interesting to see if he'd get the deer, I'd bet he would not. Not his problem.

You saying he can just cut a lock and enter property unannounced to have a look around?

Absolutely.

That very thing happened on a Brown County HF hunt I was on a few years ago. The GW, a guy infamous around Brownwood back then, cut the padlock on the gate and snuck up to the skinning shed. We were legal in every sense of the word. When the landowner suggested the GW simply call ahead, he replied, "If I sneak, I can catch ya!" The jerk never did, because the operation was first-rate and legal in every way.

I'm glad the guy finally retired. The new GW is more PC.