01-04-2004, 03:17 AM
I would not be surprized if those guys did not open the door or have peep holes to open and check on their tipups. the point is being unatended. so if they were looking out the door every 10 15 minutes they would not have gotten a ticket.
I saw a guy who had a pop up tent with a window and got a ticket because his flag was up for more than half an hour with out him coming out to check on the tip up. he clearly showed that he was not paying attention to the tip up. clearly it was being used as a trout line. even if it was set up with a single treble hook and a shiner chub.
so ya, if the dnr guy sit there on the shore line and watches you and your tip up and sees you have left it unatended then you are going to get a ticket regardless to weather or not you have a window or a peep hole in your shanty.
I in the past have always built a new 8x12 shanty every year, never had a window in it, but did have peep holes I could open and close. the dnr did come over to check us out and asked us about the tipups and we showed them we were watching them from inside through the peep holes. our peep holes were no more than a half inch hole drilled through the wall with an oval peice of wood over the hole conected by a bold and wing nut.
what you pose about the beepers on the tipups dose present an interesting question, but lest think about it, if a man sets up a tip up and walks across the lake a hundred and fifty yards as some of the beepers ranges go. It could take as much as 10 minutes to fight back through the snow and some times slick ice. or how about if the flag goes off and the battery died so the beeper never goes off. the dnr guy is setting there watching your flag with bannoculars and sees it takes 1/2 hour before you realize or return to check your flag. then you are guilty of not attendint to your tip up. and that is simply what the law states. you may not leave a line unattended.
so if the flag never goes up you have nothing to worry about. but if that flag goes up you better be there with in 10-15 minutes max to take care of that tipup.
but I suspose if the dnr guy is given a hard time when they come out to check, they can write you a ticket for just about any thing. dosnt mean it will hold up in cort.
I once got a ticket for driving 35 milse per hour on a street that was posted maximum speed 50 miles per hour. I went to cort 3 times before I actualy got a cort date where the officer had to come in and tell the judge why I deserved a ticket for driving 15 miles under the speed limmit. needless to say I won that case.
so it sounds like the officer was sitting out side watching for a long time to conclude that the tipup was being unattended. other wise how dose he know your buddy did not just step in to the shanty just to worm up for 5 minutes? nothing illigal about that window or not...
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I saw a guy who had a pop up tent with a window and got a ticket because his flag was up for more than half an hour with out him coming out to check on the tip up. he clearly showed that he was not paying attention to the tip up. clearly it was being used as a trout line. even if it was set up with a single treble hook and a shiner chub.
so ya, if the dnr guy sit there on the shore line and watches you and your tip up and sees you have left it unatended then you are going to get a ticket regardless to weather or not you have a window or a peep hole in your shanty.
I in the past have always built a new 8x12 shanty every year, never had a window in it, but did have peep holes I could open and close. the dnr did come over to check us out and asked us about the tipups and we showed them we were watching them from inside through the peep holes. our peep holes were no more than a half inch hole drilled through the wall with an oval peice of wood over the hole conected by a bold and wing nut.
what you pose about the beepers on the tipups dose present an interesting question, but lest think about it, if a man sets up a tip up and walks across the lake a hundred and fifty yards as some of the beepers ranges go. It could take as much as 10 minutes to fight back through the snow and some times slick ice. or how about if the flag goes off and the battery died so the beeper never goes off. the dnr guy is setting there watching your flag with bannoculars and sees it takes 1/2 hour before you realize or return to check your flag. then you are guilty of not attendint to your tip up. and that is simply what the law states. you may not leave a line unattended.
so if the flag never goes up you have nothing to worry about. but if that flag goes up you better be there with in 10-15 minutes max to take care of that tipup.
but I suspose if the dnr guy is given a hard time when they come out to check, they can write you a ticket for just about any thing. dosnt mean it will hold up in cort.
I once got a ticket for driving 35 milse per hour on a street that was posted maximum speed 50 miles per hour. I went to cort 3 times before I actualy got a cort date where the officer had to come in and tell the judge why I deserved a ticket for driving 15 miles under the speed limmit. needless to say I won that case.
so it sounds like the officer was sitting out side watching for a long time to conclude that the tipup was being unattended. other wise how dose he know your buddy did not just step in to the shanty just to worm up for 5 minutes? nothing illigal about that window or not...
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