No law says a landowner has to maintain a fence to provide adequate visibility to helihunters. It is the helihunters responsibility to know where they are.



Again, no law says the landowner has to have the property marked visible from the air. Maybe it is an honest mistake of negligence on the part of the helihunter and there can be very real consequences for such "honest mistakes" like honest mistakenly shooting your neighbor's prize horse you thought was a deer.



Yeah, where did it go? You would think the helihunting pilot would have taken the time to get to know all the landowners in the area around where he might be taking hunters and try to work with them in advance to preclude there being problems should he just happen to deviate off course. Or maybe he did and he was told in no uncertain terms to not shoot into the wrong property and violated what hew as told.

The fault is not with the landowner.



LOL, if my stove doesn't work, I don't somebody coming into my house without permission to see if he can handle the job. I sure as hell don't want strangers on my property shooting guns without permission. That poses a very real safety hazard.

LOA

The post you are replying to is over a year old.
While I think that there is definitely a calling for helicopters and such, have your kinda noticed how those people offering them have faded away?

BK

With the new GPS mapping software out now it's hard to be confused on property boundries

I seen a blue 500 taking a "hunting party" out of the Temple Airport today when I was getting off work. Yes, I'm sure it was a hunting trip. I seen as lest one gun clearly visible being carried by the left rear passenger. I've seen this particular Blue 500 flying on different occasions but never paid attention to it.

AMEN.

My main concern is one of these groups accidentally shooting a hunter, rancher or anyone else when they get confused, or chose to cross property lines. I posted earlier this year that a chopper was flying extremely low and hovering over my deer lease. Knowing chopper hunts were occurring in the area made me very nervous with them overhead. I never heard, or saw them shoot, but it was still an uneasy feeling.

Yes, its an old thread but I'm going to chime in here. I hunted with this particular Heli Outfitter for a full day a couple of years ago with a few clients of mine. They are based out of Temple Airport and fly a Blue MD500. Great guys, held safety as the highest priority, and provided a great hunting opportunity. They had a young military sniper as their safety officer, sitting in the back seat of the chopper loading mags and making sure the shooter next to him was being safe with his rifle. Only one shooter at a time. Having spent time with these guys I find it hard to believe that they would knowingly trespass on private property, whether in the air or on the ground. The pilot (Richard) has 35+ years of flight experience as he used to run Heli-charter tours in Hawaii for decades. He moved back to Texas to take care of his aging mother, and being this kind of guy, I doubt he would risk his pilot's license by knowingly crossing this line for a hog hunt. Just doesn't make sense, so there has to be more to it than we know.

Is killing hogs anywhere considered Poaching? I would think the pilot would receive a pat on the back for clearing Varmin...

Killing hogs or any animal on private property without approval is poaching. My opinion, the pilot is to blame for trespassing. He should have taking the time to know where the boundaries are prior to the hunt just as stunt pilots at air shows have wave points/landmarks to know when to take their turns. Imagine hunting in a camo pop up blind for pigs and a helicopter flies over head and starts shooting at your pigs. I would be livid and would probably need a change of underwear.

Why would you give a pat on the back to a person shooting things you don't want shot on your property and doing so without permission?

Would you be okay if I come inside your house without your permission and try to kill pests there?