I said I would post this back here after I got an answer. An email from the GA DNR says that one must have permission to go on private land even to retrieve game. I asked if it mattered if you left your gun behind before venturing onto the private land ....... they said "No, doesn't matter, without permission you could be ticketed".
Geo., if you find that to be in error I'd like to know. Again, not a problem for me but I'd like to know for certain. I'd like to think the DNR would know what they were talking about.
SRH
Nash Buckingham would not agree with the concept of leaving your gun on the ground- or, for that matter, handing it to a game agent for inspection without standing there and waiting for him to hand it back to you- a la Dec 1948 and the Bo Whoop disaster. Bunny hunting with the 1931 era Model 12 20 gauge (Thanks, Dad)we were approached by a Raccoon Ranger- he asked to examine our guns (why? do not know, so I racked out the shells, and with the action open and the muzzle up- I removed my glove and put my pinky finger into the breech and chamber- felt nothing but air- so I handed it over to him, muzzle down and butt first, again, with the slide open. He complimented me on my safe gun handling (Thanks-Dad and Grandpa too), then looked at my license- A-OK- he waved us on and we went back on our quest for Hassenpfeffer! That was 30 years ago-- I still do that with any repeating firearm I am handling- old habits die hard-!!
