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

From: Michael Bross <element33_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:16:57 +0200
Message-ID: <07cc01c9b3e0$bd0bc080$58768a5c_at_Inspiron8200>

Hi List, Mike Miller and Sonny

Honestly, I was waiting for more info before reacting.
Already the "Criminal" part of trespassing had the exaggerated part which
made me wait...
I am not a meteorite hunter, maybe one day when time allows :)

I trust what you say here Mike.
It is that implacable: "everybody should know the law". Even when it goes
out of Common Sense

A soft story: as I said, I lived in Long Island, NY for many years.
We went with our 6 months old daughter to a nearby small quaint town (10
miles)
that we were used to go to, and parked our car backwards to the sidewalk
to avoid the baby seat of our daughter to be to hot under direct sunlight
when we
come back.
We got a double ticket: one for having parked backwards !, instead of facing
the sidewalk
and another for having the tire touching the sidewalk... ! $ 100 !
We disputed the parking tickets and went to court, arguing that it was
unexpectable for us
to know such "idiotic" (no we didn't say that in court :)) laws and got told
to accept, pay,
and continue with our lives...

So, dear "hunters"... before you go anywhere, try to get in touch with local
authorities
and figure out main laws pertaining to roads, privacy etc...
or maybe check on internet.
I know that in France, most local laws are being posted for such aspects.

Cheers
Michael B, France




----- 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 9:00 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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