[meteorite-list] How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics

From: Walter Branch <waltbranch_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:33:23 -0400
Message-ID: <19B61F3057C54F4591612B0509C474C8_at_walterdesktop>

Hello Everyone,

Burke county is an interesting place. It's about an hour-and-a-half from
where I live. Sort of contradictory. I have been traveling through there
for 25 years or so. I know it fairly well. The people there keep to
themselves. Pretty conservative. Nice folks until you cross someone, then
you are in world of trouble with everyone. Everyone knows everyone or is
related in some way.

The largest town is Waynesboro. There is a a sign on the town water tower
which proclaims the town the "bird dog capital of the world." That alone
shoudl tell you something.

Below the water toweer, on the ground is another sign that reads "bird
sanctuary." Contradictory, eh?

With regard to some rural areas here in Georgia, the phrase, "where angels
fear to tread" comes to mind.

-Walter Branch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Miller" <meteoritefinder at gmail.com>
To: "Michael Murray" <mmurray at montrose.net>
Cc: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] How about a thread to discuss hunting ethics


Hello everyone I am not going to get involved in a long discussion
here, I just want to state for the record what happened to me. I was
charged with walking down an UN posted dirt road. I was charged with 2
counts as I parked my rental vehicle in plain sight on a highway and
did walk down this UN posted dirt road on 2 different days. In
Georgia they call it Criminal Trespass and it covers a very wide range
of offenses. I was not hunting meteorites on the property I was simply
trying to reach the area I thought might contain meteorites. I did not
know the road was private and there were no signs that stated it was
private. I was informed that in Georgia it is not necessary to post a
road as private. I also realize that if I were raised in Georgia I
would have likely known the road was private, but since I spend most
of my time in the wide open west. I felt I was safe to walk down this
dirt road and try to get to the area I was hoping had meteorite in it,
that was still miles past the area of this dirt road.
 I was asked by the Judge of Burke county to inform every meteorite
hunter that you are not welcome in Burke county and I can personally
guarantee you that they are not kidding. Do not go to Burke county and
knock on doors as you will be very sorry you came.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:01 AM, Michael Murray <mmurray at montrose.net>
wrote:
> In a constructive thread, I'd like to hear more about how the hunters out
> there discuss hunting private property with landowners, how they determine
> who owns the property, do you pay a fee normally, do you do a formal
> written
> agreement on split of find. Could be that if some of the more seasoned
> List
> participants/hunters visit this topic in a somewhat detailed manner that
> other hunters might better arm themselves with the knowledge it takes to
> do
> it right.
>
> Mike in CO
>
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