You have no idea about the particulars of my land, the particulars of the land that it abuts, how many people in my community use it, how many people have knowledge of it, or anything really.

If I cross only your line that isn't posted, I have no way of knowing that it's posted or that you'd "prefer to be asked first".

This exact situation happened to my family. We’re happy to have people hunt on our land but expect courtesy of asking for permission if you’re gonna install anything. Tree stand was very close to a few trails used by some families as well. We took the seat home with us and left a note explaining where to find it and that we’d appreciate a head’s up next time. Never heard from the owner. Take it down and leave a note I’d my advice!

This further confirms my position that landowners don’t “really” own the land they think they own. If one did, s/he wouldn’t need to post signage prohibiting such “public” use.

Right or wrong, I still don’t know how I feel about this…seems like we’re sold an ownership “lie” and for what?

What I also find interesting is the 10 acre common use tax classification. Am I understanding correctly in that if you own 10+ acres and place the tract into common use, you could obtain an additional 20% reduction in tax payments (on top of what is provided as a result of common use status) IF you also keep your land open to public use?

It is actually the law that this is perfectly legal. A landowner needs to post No Hunting signs at 100 yard intervals on all property boundaries to be properly posted as no hunting. In practice, most people know their neighbors and ask first. If the OP doesn’t know who put up the stand, I would recommend hanging a note with a cell number on it to start. Eventually, sure, take it down.

They don’t need permission to put a stand up unless it’s clearly posted.

They don’t need permission.

I understand and agree. I just wanted to clarify that my land may initially appear unposted from some directions, and also note that the law says it must be posted on all property lines in order to be properly posted, but that there could be circumstances in which the landowner strongly prefers to be asked first despite the land appearing to be unposted.

There really is no “out of season” yet. Night hunting is open until the end of march.

Awesome

It’s state law, if you don’t like it then make an effort to change it.

They were fully within their legal right to hunt on your land without asking, and few people in NH care about that. That being said, it’s always best to ask.

Edit - proof for all you idiots downvoting factual info.

https://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/hunting/where-hunt.html

Still an active hunting season for night hunts until the end of march.

You're assuming I'm using firearms to hunt. Wrong.

Also, I'm not trying to convert anyone to anything. NH law states if it's not posted, you can hunt it, simple as that.

I would never hunt posted property. OP was talking about unposted property. Huge difference.

Norwich is even more liberal than Hanover if that's a factor for you.

My mom would make different appetizers throughout the night as we all stayed up. We always had the NYE celebration counting down in tv. If your daughter is 11, maybe everyone could play some sort of party game? (I’m not sure how big your family is.) it’s also fun to dress up the the party hats they sell at places like market basket. You could dress up in those and take pictures together. Since she’s too young for champagne, you could do sparkling cider and put it in a nice glass so it’s like champagne. Those are just things that I would have liked around that age. Also around that age, I thought dressing up in something sparkly for New Years was a huge deal. (Now at 27, I’m in my pajamas the whole time) but if she’s into fashion or something you could dress up for fun.

I mean, the human race is pretty much f*cked at this point.

The Earth will be fine, just give it a few thousand years after we're gone.

I’ve done this numerous times on different lots I have. I’ve asked the FG warden, and been confirmed. It’s your land, they left it on your land, it’s yours now, congrats on your new stand!

I own a lot of woodland, family has had it for over 100+ years. We don’t have it all posted except the pieces I hunt personally. It’s not legally required to get permission to hunt unposted land, but it is considered proper etiquette, though sadly few hunters abide by this. But even if you do flout the common curtesy of asking permission, it’s especially shitty to leave your stand up off season, as it’s damaging to the trees. During the season, I’d leave a note with a number attached saying “this is on my land without permission, I’m giving you one week to remove it yourself if I will” as a courtesy. Out of season, fuck that, for all intents and purposes they abandoned trash on your property, that shits yours. If next season they come back raging that you took their stand (they won’t) tell them to take it up with FG, which will tell them to piss up a rope.

Norwich would be less crowded and I expect quieter than Hanover. Hanover is more built up downtown and more dominated by Dartmouth. Norwich still looks like a quaint, VT town.

That's a them problem

There you go

You can't be harassing a hunter if the season is closed. TECHNICALLY, there is an argument to be made for leaving it up until April since that's when small game season ends and you can zap small game from a tree stand.

You're within your right to remove it. I wouldn't give it a second thought, the deadline has come and gone.

So if someone owns enough land you won’t ask permission before discharging guns on their land? Especially your phrasing makes it seem like you know it’s private property. That’s moronic. Sure you are doing Gods work converting more people to like hunters and support 2A

They know. You're not supposed to leave stands up on public either.