Walk It Through: The Hunting Trip
Orange paint on the fence posts, a rifle in plain view, and a partner who falls.
Two hunters follow an elk toward unfenced land with orange paint on the corner posts.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One hunting trip. Hunting licenses and seasons, the navigable stream rule, public land access and a hunting accident's own charges are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Concealed weapons licenseThe license the sheriff issues within ninety days to an applicant who is not disqualified, valid for five years, for a fee of $20.
- Deadly weaponUnder the concealed weapons chapter, any dirk, dirk knife, bowie knife or dagger, and any instrument designed or intended to be readily capable of causing death or serious bodily injury.
- Permitless carryCarrying a concealed deadly weapon without a license, which the license requirement does not restrict for a person over eighteen who is a citizen or a current member of the armed forces and is not disqualified under the section's list.
- Civil trespassEntering or remaining on another person's real property without permission. The trespasser owes the greater of $500 or actual damages, and treble damages where they had reason to know and caused more than $1,000 in damage.
- Orange paintBright orange or fluorescent paint at the corners of unfenced, uncultivated land and where roads, streams and gates enter it, which with conspicuous signs gives reason to know presence is not permitted.
- Emergency first aidCare given in good faith and without pay at an accident or emergency. No civil damages may be recovered from the person who gives it unless they were grossly negligent.