Power line access roads.

[Stretcher Guy]

I'm at Sarnoff Preserve on Long Island. There are power lines with a dirt access road. On the south side of the road are WMA signs. On the other side are signs for state land access by permit. They are about 20 yards apart. Plenty of deer tracks in the dirt. My question is am I allowed to take a deer on the access road inbetween the signs?

[growalot]

if it is a road it's a road...my neighbor uses his lane way as a road to enter and exit his woods...if while shooting at a deer on my land a slug crossed over and hit one of his trees...I could be arrested for shooting across his road...that's what I've been told...I actually asked that question to a DEC officer...seeing my blind faces that road...so I'm very careful of which direction I'd take a shot and what distance and angle...

[Stretcher Guy]

Right next to the parking area on the side of the paved road is a sign for the dirt access road that says "No Vehicular Traffic"

[growalot]

well then that might make the difference..That I don't know...

[Stretcher Guy]

At this very moment it's a mute point as 5 dirt bikes just came tearing through.

[josephmrtn]

Tresspassers....

[Merlot]

I'm at Sarnoff Preserve on Long Island. There are power lines with a dirt access road. On the south side of the road are WMA signs. On the other side are signs for state land access by permit. They are about 20 yards apart. Plenty of deer tracks in the dirt. My question is am I allowed to take a deer on the access road inbetween the signs?

 

 Judging by the 20 yard width you describe, sounds like high voltage transmission line property which is usually owned outright by the utility, which means you could get in trouble with trespassing on private property, if caught. High voltage transmission lines usually require property widths ranging from 60 to 100 feet so as to safely maintain the line(s). Did you see any utility "no trespassing" signs attached to the poles/towers?

As far as the State land by permit part, sounds like you may be out of luck as far as hunting there, unless you have some written permission.  Also, those state signs also serve as a warning to the utility that no encroachment from the utility will be allowed without an environmental permit from the State.

If I were you, I wouldn't hunt that strip of land. And as a side note, I have seen metal ladder stands attached to utility poles in areas where people think no one will look. Well, as a former utility employee, I have walked miles of line and you will not believe what people will do to harvest a deer...please don't get any ideas about setting/attaching stands to utility poles...I have found a couple and had line dept. remove them...kinda dumb to hunt with distribution/transmission voltages just above ready to kill someone.

 

[shawnhu]

As far as I know, all property directly below power lines are off-limits to hunting. Often times, one is allowed to travel across or through this property, but shorting from, or across it is illegal.

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[First-light]

No trespassing, period.