You are required by regulation to have written permission to deer hunt and turkey hunt, small game and waterfowl hunting only require verbal permission of the property owner.

Legal definition of hunting:
"Hunting" means pursuing, shooting, killing and capturing any bird, quadruped or reptile and attempting to pursue, shoot, kill and capture any bird, quadruped or reptile, whether such act results in taking or not, including any act of assistance to any other person in taking or attempting to take any such animal.

If you are simply walking across a piece of property, carrying your equipment and you are not stalking with a knocked arrow, you are not pursuing, shooting, killing, capturing or attempting to pursue, shoot, kill, capture, then you not actively engaged in hunting....you are simply trespassing if you don't have permission to be there.

If an officer comes across you walking on a piece of property as you describe they can simply call the landowner and see if you have permission to be on their property. If you do then you go on your way, if you don't...well, things would head in another direction.

Bottom line is that you cannot go on anyone else's property without their permission (verbal is sufficient unless you are deer/turkey hunting on their property). Other states allow you to access and hunt any land not specifically posted prohibiting trespassing or hunting. Connecticut law does not work that way, our law defaults back that private property is private property and you cannot gain access to it without the owner's permission.