Lungbuster
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You can legally shoot varmints in Idaho from a vehicle but you must pull off the roadway first.
.......Legally shoot coyotes from road....?
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Mr Potato Head
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Not from a vehicle or a roadway in Indiana. I think there are some exceptions are far as from a vehicle for handicapped folks. A DNR officer told me "one step off the pavement or gravel" was OK.
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Jay Cummings
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Varminator,
I do not have that info in front of me. I was told this by a game we had in our area about 7-8yrs ago. I never looked it up. He stated that we could shoot from the vehicle as long as we were not on a road. He did not specify dirt, pavement or otherwise , but said we could shoot from the vehicle if we were inside a property. Sounds like your info refutes this. Which is a good thing.
I do not have that info in front of me. I was told this by a game we had in our area about 7-8yrs ago. I never looked it up. He stated that we could shoot from the vehicle as long as we were not on a road. He did not specify dirt, pavement or otherwise , but said we could shoot from the vehicle if we were inside a property. Sounds like your info refutes this. Which is a good thing.
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Varminterror
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Jay, What I think we're seeing is the biggest issue I have with the way things get ran in KS. Overall, I think there is a lot of good done in ks, and a lot of straight forward common sense that goes into our regs here, but it's the miscommunication and/or passing along of rumors that muddies the waters.
I'll hopefully have an "official position" to report tomorrow from kdwpt law enforcement division to stamp this issue closed!
I'll hopefully have an "official position" to report tomorrow from kdwpt law enforcement division to stamp this issue closed!
Varminterror
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UPDATE FOR KS: The official position of KDWPT is that you have to have permission to shoot on, from, or onto any property. What that entails: for any county or municipal roadway, the adjacent property owner controls rights up to the center-line of the roadway, so you must have consent from the landowners. State and federally maintained highways, however, are state property, therefore fall under the jurisdiction of the KS secretary of transportation. The S of T in KS has a no exceptions policy of "no permission to shoot" for anyone.
So none of us were right. The rule is that if it is a state or federal highway, you must pull off onto the adjacent property, leaving the state or federal right of way. HOWEVER, that does not include all paved roads, only state or federally maintained highways, which will be labeled as such. County "highways" and paved roads are fair game as long as you have permission from the adjacent property owner. Dirt roads are of course not state or federal property, and therefore the adjacent property owner controls hunting/shooting access on the roadway.
So none of us were right. The rule is that if it is a state or federal highway, you must pull off onto the adjacent property, leaving the state or federal right of way. HOWEVER, that does not include all paved roads, only state or federally maintained highways, which will be labeled as such. County "highways" and paved roads are fair game as long as you have permission from the adjacent property owner. Dirt roads are of course not state or federal property, and therefore the adjacent property owner controls hunting/shooting access on the roadway.
canislatrans54
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Thanks for the update, VT!
dan brothers
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good information...glad you cleared that up for us... not that I might be shooting yotes in Ks... but you just never know... and I know it did help the locals of KS on this forum..... thanks...