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Feedy greedy deer food11/30/2023 ![]() There are some things to consider while posting signs to your property boundary. So every once in a while you’ll get obtuse offenders like these that are bold enough to violate your markers regardless, but that’s why it’s important to prosecute when you catch someone. These people walked directly by our signs. In fact, I was so livid after this last encounter that I walked our boundary to bolster our markings even further and now it’s so obvious it’s almost silly. It is plainly posted with signs every 50 yards along our borders, which are also fenced. There is absolutely no mistaking the fact that we DO NOT want people entering our property because it is clearly legally posted. No Trespassing Signs On Your Hunting Property So it’s important that you take measures to prevent trespassers from ever thinking about entering your turf. Word travels fast and usually, it only takes once or twice before people learn to stay off your property.Įven if you live on-site unless you have a 120-foot tall fire ranger observation tower that’s staffed 24/7, you’re not going to catch everyone. You need to prosecute every trespasser you encounter! Obviously, exceptions need to be taken for the occasional neighbor or two, but especially people like this who knew they were breaking the law need to be prosecuted every time you come in contact. Rather than thinking about evacuation, we should have been thinking about prosecution. Calling the DNR or police should have also been on our list, but the main thing was we should have never left the scene. We should have also gone to their vehicle and taken down the license plate and description. I should have videotaped the entire confrontation. I was more worried about verbally lambasting this crew than thinking ahead and what should have been done. I made several mistakes - I had a video camera in a case on the front seat of the vehicle within a few feet of me and my rage caused me not to reason clearly. By the time we got back out to the road, they peeled-out around the corner retreating as fast as possible and we never saw them again. There wasn’t a speck, drop, fleck or microscopic particle of blood anywhere to be found. ![]() When she heard it was “our land” she said, “But we’re tracking a wounded deer.” I replied, “If that’s true - OK, but for now you get your entire crew off of our property, pronto! We’ll go check the trail and come back to sort things out in a few minutes.” We opened our gate, cut their track in the fresh snow and tried to verify whether or not they were telling the truth. In a long comprehensive manner, I first told her she was a liar and then what I thought of unscrupulous types like her and her cronies and for her to get the “bleep” off of our property…NOW! It lasted several minutes and will go down in property owner history. She said “yes.” I couldn’t believe it! The little regulator in my brain that controls my demeanor “tripped the breaker” because I went off on this lady with a rant that that “word-smiths” Dennis Leary and Dennis Miller would be proud of. Then I asked if she had permission to be there. We pulled up to the closest hunter and in a very happy, nonchalant voice I asked, “Whatcha doing’?” She answered in a neighborly voice, “We’re making a push.” “Really,” I said, trying to keep my composure, “are you having any luck?” “We shot at a small buck,” she said. This past fall my brother-in-law and I rounded the corner on the road to our property and saw “blaze-orange” people posted along part of our west border. If I actually catch someone I’m usually so angry that the “intelligence center” in my brain just shuts off - I want to tell the trespassers what I think of their unethical actions and get them off the property as fast as possible! But once they’re exposed what should you do? Besides releasing the hounds, land-mines, booby-traps or mortars (which I must admit, sound appealing at times) what can we do that won’t also land us in prison? Protect yourself from this and prevent trespassing from ever happening in the first place. On the chance that they’re telling the truth the first step is to debunk the claim. The problem is that habitual trespassers have learned this defense and use it for an excuse to go wherever they please. ![]() ![]() When you catch someone on your property during hunting season who isn’t supposed to be there, what do they always tell you? “I’m tracking a wounded deer.” They say this because in most states it is legal to follow a wounded animal across a property border to try and recover it. The enticement to harvest a big, mature whitetail buck can trigger certain people to break the law, so the less people who know, the better. For some reason, “antlers” can make normally principled people do stupid things. Everyone likes to brag to their buddies about harvesting a nice buck or all the deer feeding in one of their food plots.
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