No it would seem that "private property" is what they call "private property" From the article:
A report written by one of the two conservation cops who encountered Vandermyde that day on private property described him as having a “very aggravated and disrespectful tone” toward the officer who questioned him about his crossbow and wrote him the ticket — a claim Vandermyde flatly denied.He was given a ticket for not having his crossbow in a case. Which to me is a BS reg. It would appear that the "conservation officers" were trespassing when they gave him the ticket.
Guess it's different in Illinois.
described him as having a “very aggravated and disrespectful tone” toward the officer who questioned him about his crossbow and wrote him the ticket
A mere peasant "takes a tone" with a King's Man? HORRORS!
Too bad peasant Vandermyde didn't have a dog the King's Men could shoot.
It would appear that the "conservation officers" were trespassing when they gave him the ticket.
Not in their little world. You'd get a chain-mailed gauntlet across the face for suggesting that in front of them...
We had the same type of law in Wis. firearms some bows and cross bows had to be unloaded and cased in or on vehicle.
Most of it that was done away with the rewriting of are CCW law.
A good thing.
More power to him if he can get a bad law changed.
...and there is the real issue; a bottom feeder bureaucrat got his panties in a knot because he was "disrespected". The ruling class demands you to bow before them!