hunting on private land?

[spqrzilla]

There is a grey area in the law of private property:
A hunter must try and recover a wounded animal. A hunter must try and contact a land owner to get permission still to recover said animal if it crosses onto private property.

If permission is not given to the hunter, the hunter can call the DOW. The DOW can/will charge the landowner criminally for not letting a hunter retrieve his game. They will try to persuade the land owner to grant permission first. If no permission is given, the DOW will retrieve the animal for the hunter and press charges on the land owner.

This is not correct. There is no requirement for a land owner to allow retrieval of game, either for a hunter or for DOW.