Hunting the public ROW - Thoughts?

Kre said:
Actually, the rules are crystal clear...no grey area.
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Haven't looked at the rules recently but what if the pheasant flushes over the right of way but you don't shoot until its over private? Legal? I'd say yes but two years ago people were being ticketed for it I heard. Not debating you just curious. I got in a "debate" with a person over this in NE SD a couple years ago and haven't road hunted since. I may have let him win but It left a bad taste in my mouth and .......
 
I just consulted the regs re: road hunting…looks to me the two times you cannot shoot over the adjacent land is if it’s a federal refuge or tribal lands…I could be wrong, may have missed something. Page 65 of the hunting regs.
 
chad.vis said:
Haven't looked at the rules recently but what if the pheasant flushes over the right of way but you don't shoot until its over private? Legal? I'd say yes but two years ago people were being ticketed for it I heard. Not debating you just curious. I got in a "debate" with a person over this in NE SD a couple years ago and haven't road hunted since. I may have let him win but It left a bad taste in my mouth and .......
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100% legal to shoot at a bird that is over private, if it originated in the ROW. Been a while since I've looked at the regs, so I just read over them again. The regs state that game must originate in the ROW, or be flying over the ROW.....so a bird that flushes from private is fair game if it flies over the ROW. Doesn't happen a lot, but I do remember shooting a rooster that did that a few years ago.
 
FlushingSetters1724 said:
I leave for SD today and have hunted the ROW most trips.. So I feel like I should know the following answer.. usually i just err on the side of caution but I tried to brush up on the regs last night and couldn’t find a particular distance from the centerline or what amount of the ditch constitutes a ROW.. anyone have any info?
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I would say it's probably 100 yd.
 
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