I just had to run off two guys who were trespassing on my property. I hate trespassers! They said they were walking a lake looking for ducks. Bull****!!! They were walking hoping to jump a deer to shoot. One of them was home from the military for the holidays. The only reason I did not have them towed and arrested was because of respect for our soldiers. Had he asked I actually would have let him hunt any of my stands for the weekend gun hunt, only because of him being in military and the grandson of a decease neighbor. Why do people trespass and think they are going to get away with it?
A problem that I have been dealing with lately, with all the snow that has fallen, is the snowmobilers. These people literally think that every single field and piece of woods is now there own giant playground. It frustrates me to no other. This makes me want to employ some heavy fishing line in a few of the slow trails that they have been going down on our property. This probably wouldn't be the best way to go about things though, even though it is what I want to do. Any ideas anyone?????
I have had people coming on to the back of my land small game hunting or walking with there hunting dogs. Also have may share of people horse back riding. You try to be nice to these people but you can't because they will keep doing it. You really have to get the point across. I have had people walking many times on trail cam as well. People think just because its land with not houses on it, its free for them to go on it. I can't stand it.
I let a trespasser go once after i caught him in one of my stands. I let him have an earfull and let him go. The next day I came out and my stand was gone. Dirty rotten bastard stole my stand. I went to the gas station and talked to the lady there and it turned out it was his niece and she called him and told him that a guy found a deer he shot yesterday and he could come get it. The next morning the stand was back. Point of my little rant is don't let anyone off your property without finding out who they are and where they live.
Thanks for the advice, I will be sure to do this. The only problem is getting them to stop on there sled so I can give them an earfull and get their information. I would try to be nice like you were at first but then you have to remember that these people do this without even thinking about it. To say the least it is an uphill battle the whole way. I will keep fighting the good fight though. Thanks!!!
My FAVORITE topic. My friends and I have had it up to our eye-brows with trespassing thieves. I'm freaking demonic when it comes to trespassers. If they are knowingly and intentionally trespassing on land that is obviously private- they dont deserve to walk off under their own power, in my opinion. Especially if they've been warned, previously. We used to warn guys and let them go after a hand-shake and a "have a nice day"....Not anymore. Like you said, you just can't do that, anymore. If you approach in a kind manner, you'll be taken as a push-over. Come out like a ferocious Hells Angel, and you're going to be taken seriously.
Snowmobiles seriously piss me off..... generally when i find a tresspasser I am pretty fired up. People have no regard for boundary
Just start kicking their asses- word will get out, trust me. Sometimes, it is an honest mistake. In rural areas, most likely not as "farm boys" are brought up knowing the lay of the land, so to speak. However....... Where I live, a lot of city people have moved into the area. I had caught one young kid(probably 12 years old, at most) in woods that are owned by my family. I was nice. I told him it was private land, showed him our POSTED signs and described what other signs that mean no trespassing/mark private land, look like so that he could identify them. I walked him out of the woods, where we came across his friends(guess they were playing man hunt or something). I tell them all what I told him. I end up catching him back there again. When I asked why he was back, he said "my mom says that no one ones the woods"......I went to his mouth and gave his liberal, hyper sensitive, city slicking mother an education on "farmland" living. I never saw them back there again !!
Beating up tresspassers....nice. Just call the law. It's really all you can do. A beatdown isn't going to solve your problem and will lead to more down the road.
When seconds matter, the police are only minutes away !! In defense of my comment, the only tresppasers that I ever "beat down" exhibited signs of aggression towards me, sparking a violent reaction. I've called the COs, called the Cops, been nice, been mean, set up cameras to catch vehicle plate numbers, had evidence, etc, etc, etc...The ONLY way to keep out MOST trespassers is by instilling some degree of fear into them. Trespassing is a HUGE issue, where I live. With that trespassing comes theft...I dont want to rely on some fat, lazy cops stupid report when hundreds of dollars of gear goes missing...Cut the head off of the snake, or you'll just be chasing the tail.
You can only do so much and most of the trespassing laws are good people trespassing. The laws make it hard on the land owner, easy on the trespasser then they wonder why people have to resort to violence. The law does not work and people don't care about the law any way. ITs a never ending battle.
neither the cops or the local game warden will not come if i call about trespassers, they dont have time or the resource any more with all the cutbacks in there budgets. I have resorted to trail cams this year and i am going to go straight to the prosecuting attorney with my deals this year with my sd cards in hand.
You have to hit them where it hurts,,,THE POCKET BOOK. We have them towed to start with, then we have them either arrested or at least ticketed by game warden for trespassing. If they kill so much as an ant we get them for poaching! Of course they always have the option of coming back and stealing or destroying. At that point, down here anyway, they have reached a whole new status and we have a special place we put them. THE MORGUE! There is a time to be nice, and a time NOT to be nice. Everyone around here is running out of all patience with trespassers. BTW I have found out tonight that I need to go to my woods first thing in morning and pull all my camera because people who know this guy say he will go get my cameras. It is supposed to rain heavily here tonight through Friday so I am going out first thing in morning. I also found out that this same person came across another land owner about 10 miles away and got ran off from there.
The trespassing is not just about hunting on land without permission. I grow crops and trespassers destroy them with their atvs. There is, of course, the issue of liability. I have a huge insurance bill every year just because of some one who has no permission getting hurt on my land and sueing me. This fact is also the craziest to me! Then there is the fact that I work hard, went to school, got an education, stayed out of trouble, pay all my bills on time, therefore I can buy land to farm, hunt, and fish. I have no sympathy for them because they did none of the above but expect to get all the same priviledges that I have. If they want that, let them move to china, where communism still rules.
