Platform Policies

Location privacy policy

The load-bearing one. It is enforced at the API layer rather than being a setting anyone has to remember.

• Public surfaces — listings, search, social creative, and anything a crawler can reach — show an approximate region only.
• Exact coordinates, boundaries, parking, gate codes, and access notes are released to a specific approved hunter for specific dates.
• Recipients may not publish, share, or republish that data. Doing so is grounds for immediate and permanent removal.
• Access to precise data is recorded and visible to the landowner.

Verification policy

Verification happens once, at the platform, and is honoured across every club and property on the network. It covers:

• Government identity, matched to the account holder
• A current hunting license for the state being hunted
• Hunter-education certification where the state requires it
• Species tags and stamps relevant to the booking
• Standing on the network, including prior incidents

Falsifying any element of verification results in immediate removal and, where a landowner has been put at risk, referral to the relevant authority.

Conduct policy

The property’s own rules always govern. On top of those, these apply everywhere on the network:

• Hunt only the dates, hours, areas, and species approved.
• Respect boundaries, gates, livestock, crops, and equipment.
• Follow the state’s season, method, unit, and bag limit rules, and the property’s legal-take criteria where they are stricter.
• No guests who are not themselves verified and approved.
• Report harvests as the state and the property require.
• Leave the ground as you found it, or better.

Incident policy

Incidents are reported against the specific booking, which means the person, the date, the area, and the signed agreement are already attached — nothing has to be reconstructed. Depending on severity, the outcome is a deposit deduction, a suspension from that property, or removal from the network. Safety incidents are escalated immediately and are never handled as a billing dispute.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation, refund, and forfeiture terms are set by the landowner, club, or outfitter for their own offering and are shown before you book. HunterPass enforces the terms as written and does not override them. Where a landowner closes access for safety, fire risk, weather, or agricultural need, affected bookings are refunded in full.

Harvest reporting

Most states require harvest reporting for deer and turkey, and many clubs require it independently. Reporting through the platform does not discharge a state obligation — it records the harvest for the club and landowner, and gives you the details you need to file. The state filing remains yours.

Data ownership

• Property, club, harvest, and habitat records belong to the landowner or club that produced them.
• Invited wildlife managers and foresters have access because the owner granted it, and that access ends when the owner revokes it.
• HunterPass does not pool client harvest data into a product and does not sell it. Contributing anonymised data to a state agency or research program is an explicit decision by the owner.
• Anything visible is exportable, in a usable format.

Messaging policy

Email about a booking you made is transactional and continues while the booking stands. Everything else is opt-in and carries an unsubscribe link. SMS is opt-in and TCPA-compliant; reply STOP to end it. We do not share or sell contact details.

Reporting a problem

Safety concerns, suspected violations, or misuse of location data: hello@hunter-pass.com. If someone is in danger, contact emergency services first.