Patrick your post brings up an interesting topic of open land for hunting. I imagine in a lot of the country you do not hunt unless you have written permission of the landowner or belong to a hunting club. I guess we here in northern New England have it pretty good still. We do have some posted land, but very few acres compared to southern New England or the rest of the country. Here in New Hampshire land is considered open to hunting unless posted otherwise, by law. That does not mean that one should not ask the landowner for permission out of courtesy of course. In the far northern reaches of the state and also in Maine and Vermont, vast acres of paper company land is open to the public for hunting and recreating. In Maine you may need to pay a small daily fee but that is about it. In NH the Connecticut Lakes Headwater Land has 175K acres open to the public. I hope we continue to enjoy this freedom. After all, I live in the "Live Free or Die" State, as written on our license plates
