Hunting on someone else's property

[offroaD]

My friend is renting a house in Washington county and it has enough land to hunt on. Since he is renting the property from the owner and is living there, should I accompany him do I still need written permission from the actual owner or am I good to go? Would he need written permission since he technically doesn't own the land?

 

[gwchem]

For this purpose, unless spelled out in the lease, your friend is effectively the landowner. You need his written permission.

 

[paullwaull]

That is incorrect. Per DNR, leasing or renting has no bearing on ownership. The way they will enforce it is written permission from the actual landowner. I've ask them this question directly before and they have all say the same thing. Renting or leasing is not the same as having your name on the deed.

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[E.Shell]

For this purpose, unless spelled out in the lease, your friend is effectively the landowner. You need his written permission.

The requirement to have a hunting license is related to leasing property and in the Maryland Hunting Guide , it states that if you lease the land and live there, etc., you and your under 16 kids don't need the license to only hunt there.

This is not the same as rendering permission.

That is incorrect. Per DNR, leasing or renting has no bearing on ownership. The way they will enforce it is written permission from the actual landowner. I've ask them this question directly before and they have all say the same thing. Renting or leasing is not the same as having your name on the deed.

Exactly.

In the Maryland Hunting Guide, it states that permission must come from the owner.

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I suspected as much.

 

[paullwaull]

I suspected as much.

You suspected as much about what?

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[E.Shell]

Sorry, just making light of the advertisement in your posts.

 

[boothdoc]

You need the owner to sign permission slips.

Your friends rental might exclude hunting rights. Never no.

 

[paullwaull]

Sorry, just making light of the advertisement in your posts.

I hear ya. Just figured out how to turn that shit off.

 

[davsco]

your friend living on the property, unless he is working the property (agriculture), needs a license, and either way he needs written hunting permission from the landowner. you (op) would need a license and also written landowner (not your buddy the tenant's) permission to hunt there.

 

[outrider58]

OP, your buddy can get written permission for you both. An email should suffice as long as all your pertinent information is included in it.

Got room for a third?



Just kidding