Logs are money. People are particular about their money
Let me see if I understand this. In your world it is illegal to take logs laying on the ground, in the forest that are against the side of the road?
It seems obvious to some of us that somebody else limbed, drug and mostly bucked those logs. Perhaps they were coming back..apparently anything left not tied down in your neck of the woods is fair game. Local rules I suppose. Like I said; lousy neighbourhood.
I have found a snatch block, a shackle, a hatchet, a partial box of nails, a saw horse, a 7 foot long digging bar, 150 feet of cable, a tree saver, a gallon gas can, clothing, a pair of reading glasses, and countless trees dropped with 10s of feet of good wood, not bucked.
Basically, I find stuff all the time, either forgotten or abandoned. If a dozen or 2 logs is a felony to some of you, well tough. Deal with it.
A dozen logs could easily be a few grand worth of lumber to the owner, so yes, it could certainly be a felony.
Someone's idea of "abandoned" may be another person's idea of "stored there for a while"
@MontanaResident
They just can't understand freedom, or wide open spaces. Permits, permission, ownership. That's why we live here. I've spent weeks pulling free wood out by the Musselshell. When I visited Michigan last, folks were afraid to sneeze for fear of a citation. Baaaa.
P.S. Montana is FULL! No electricity, -60 in the winter...
I hear Wyoming Is Nice.
Not sure what Montana is like now days, but all the history that I have read says that is tough country. Blackfoot country in the histories I’ve read. I would side with the finders keepers rule on public land. I don’t have access to public land for harvest. I’m sure I’m wrong, but I thought the OP’s original start of the thread was funny. I think if your gonna harvest, make sure you take all what you harvest.What have you stored on public land, and for how long?
Any what we call "crown land" in these parts requires a firewood permit to cut (a very small fee).
i would almost put money on it that a permit is required on your government-owned land too?
It has nothing to do with surveillance, or laws, or permits, or rules, or anything but respect and manners. Anyway, I guess Montana is a free-for-all and damn the manners.
that was quite likely someone else's wood. You could have given it a day or two...but wait, that means the next opportunist that happened along would get it. I see...local rules.
****** rules
PS, that wee bit of wood wouldn't even register on anybodies radar in these parts.
unbelievable
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