Are hunting licenses needed to hunt on one's own land?

I'm talking about NC and VA


I'm talking about deer, turkey


Does one need a license and need to follow seasons to hunt on one's own land?


Does this vary by state?


Are hunting licenses needed to hunt on one's own land?
In NC, if you are a land owner you do not need to purchase a hunting license to hunt on your own land, but you still need to follow all game rules and bag limits. You can only hunt and trap during the delegated seasons.





VA is the same.





This does vary by state. Here in WI, you have to purchase a license no matter what, unless you are active military on leave.Are hunting licenses needed to hunt on one's own land?
It varies by state, but in almost all cases the answer is YES YOU NEED A LICENSE, especially deer and turkey





In ALL states, waterfowl hunters MUST have a federal migratory bird stamp.





Some states you can hunt small game and other animals on your own property without a license, but again, varies by state





You can always kill a nusance animal, but you better cover your butt by reporting the problem to the game warden at least once first. So if a deer is eating your prize cucumbers, call, then shoot.





See, just because the animal is on your property NOW doesn't mean it is YOUR animal. Animals don't read maps and know no property bounds.





Besides, animals need a lot of different habitat to live. It might need your land to find a mate in, a neighbor's land a few miles away to winter in, a neighbor's lake a little ways down the road for water, and the cornfield in the valley for food in the fall, and the oak grove for food in the summer and the alfalfa pasture that Farmer Bob keeps his prize milk cows on for food during the spring.





Remove any one of those important parcles of land, and the deer cannot survive. Hence each person is considered a 'part owner' of the deer. That's why the state steps in and for everyone organizes things...even if it is a deer on your land.





The only exception to this would be if you fenced your land off totally with fencing that has been proven to be inpenetrable to that kind of game animal, then purchased some game animals and put them in your fenced off area. You'd then have a defacto 'game preserve' or 'hunting preserve'
I don't think you do. I know some states require you to submit but you can hunt all year round and there are different regulations but its more expensive then a regular license. I look at it this way though, if its your land and your being sportsman like and not just shooting game and letting it lay and using it for food, Go Hunting. Game Wardens are more concerned with the State Game Lands, and there just isn't enough persons to cover the area so Im sure they won't bother you on your own land. If they did, well they would be tresspassing, and I have a nice big sign entering the gate to our Mountain it says, '; Lethal Force Will Be Used On Any and All Tresspassers, Enter At Your Own Risk';, That will keep em out!
Johnny A wrote: ';....I look at it this way though, if its your land and your being sportsman like and not just shooting game and letting it lay and using it for food, Go Hunting. Game Wardens are more concerned with the State Game Lands, and there just isn't enough persons to cover the area so Im sure they won't bother you on your own land. If they did, well they would be tresspassing, and I have a nice big sign entering the gate to our Mountain it says, '; Lethal Force Will Be Used On Any and All Tresspassers, Enter At Your Own Risk';, That will keep em out!';





You are REQUIRED to follow all state game laws regardless of whether or not you are hunting on your own property with or without a license.


Being ';sportsman like'; doesn not make it LEGAL.


Game Wardens are just as concerned about the game laws being adhered to on private land as on state land. I know dozens of cases where Game Warden's issued citations on private property. My own brother-in-law was one. He lost his gun and hunting rights (for a time) hunting wild turkey out of season on private GATED ( locked) property.


They have every right to enter your land to enforce the game laws and they don't need your permission to do so, and they won't be tresspassing and having a ';nice big sign'; won't stop them, and it certainly does NOT make it legal to use ';Lethal Force'; on ANY tresspassers let alone a law enforcement officer. Following Johnny's advice could, at the very least have you losing your hunting PRIVILEDGE (not a right), your gun, possibly your vehicle and even your house, and at the very worse doing SERIOUS FELONY PRISON TIME FOR MURDER or even getting yourself KILLED. POLICE ARE ALLOWED TO SHOOT BACK AT STUPID PEOPLE SHOOTING AT THEM!!!!



I grew up in NC and at that time a landowner could hunt on his own land with out purchasing a license. I am not sure what the laws are now. Contact your local fish and game license; they will be happy to help. I know now it does vary by state, Where I live now, everyone must buy a license.
Not sure about you're state. But in Florida, you have to have a license and follow the seasons for both deer and turkey. There is one exception to this rule, if the deer is a nuisance. If you want to hunt on you'r own land in NC you should go for wild boar.
It depends on the area in which you live and what you plan on hunting. In Alabama, you can hunt most game without a license if you own the land or someone in your immediate family owns the land.
Yes, it can vary by state but in New England you don't need a hunting license to hunt on your own land but you do need to stay in season when hunting game animals like deer or turkey or else it'll be poaching.
We own our own land and in Lousiania YES you do have to be licenesed to hunt your own property. In your state call wildlife fishiers and they can tell you.
no you dont,, some states require that you live there as a primary resident as in resident license,,,,, ok tu eddie
It all depends on the State you live in.*