a couple things got me thinking about this. my property is well posted and have only had 1 incident several years ago. but on neighboring property ive been seeing people truck hunting. do you have to deal with trespassers during hunting season?
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a couple things got me thinking about this. my property is well posted and have only had 1 incident several years ago. but on neighboring property ive been seeing people truck hunting. do you have to deal with trespassers during hunting season?
You could talk to them but these days I don't know. Might be safer to just let the local police know about it. Since it's on the neighbors' property he should probably be the first to know.
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This here. If the neighbor doesn't care there's not much you can do except start thinking about what you'll do when they start it on your property. They'll get around to that sooner or later.Originally Posted by JSnover
Depending on what your local laws are, you could involve your local game warden.
My property is land locked with a 1.5 mile easement to get to my gate. I found signs of a poacher about 10 yrs ago. After talking to neighbors, I decided it must have been the contract crew for the electric co that were on my neighbor's place. Took their lock off my gate and didn't see any other signs of trespassers until last month. Gave the combination to my neighbor to let someone from the electric co change the meter. The next time I was there, I found a fresh beer bottle on the trail to one of my blinds. I changed the combination. My neighbor has been finding beer bottles and noticing other strange things. Maybe we'll get him on a game camera. Hunting on private property without permission in TX is a felony.
I confronted a trespasser once. He was sitting on the very corner of my neighbor’s property but his field of fire was across our land. I drove up to the fence with the tractor and just sat there, staring at him. The guy got the message pretty quickly and beat it - I never saw him again. With that said, I’ll call the game warden if we ever have another problem.
All good responses and great info. As a new resident on a small (4.3 acres) piece of family property (40 acres total), other family members have horses and a few cows with a long easement for gas transmission lines. We have a separate gate for the gas personnel which they can access as well as certain family members. It's too small a place for hunting but may be a good place for hiding and drinking. I'll have to ask for permission to paint the corner posts purple as regulated.
I partially moved in, still waiting on the shop and carport to be erected on the slab so my mess has a place to stay, but I'm already loving the move to outside the city limits.
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I have enough cameras on my place to find out if someone is coming in. Gates are posted with signs. In Texas, a fence is essentially a "notice" to an intruder, therefore by way of the fence the intruder is asked to leave or not enter at all. Texas penal code 30.05 criminal trespass. If trespassing with a gun .........severity escalates.
I too look for out of place things......trash, tracks, spent brass, lost or forgotten articles, etc. Ain't found none yet.
Contact the Game Warden.
I stopped and spoke to this guy yesterday. he was sitting in his truck with a binoculars and a scoped rifle right next to him. I approached and said oh I thought you was xxx the land owner, and didn't want to create conflict so I asked him if he knew xxx the land owner and told him how he could get in touch with him, land owner is a prominent professional with all kinds of google information about him and his phone numbers in the big city about an hour away. so , I let the guy know my property line is about 100 yards away to his left and he was on xxx's land. didn't want to piss him off, I'm a new comer here and these local's have been here for many generations.
Well hidden game cameras,, in odd places can get good info. Use that,, and call the game wardens. Let them deal with the legalities. Confronting a potentially armed person can become dangerous if the poacher or trespasser isn't the "best" type of person.
Properly posted land,, good gates, and such can help. It's much easier to prosecute an offender if they get caught.
Several years ago,, I had a home break-in. I had cameras,, and got several pictures of the thief. I had a 4'x8' billboard made of the thief & his car. I put the billboard up along the highway, (and yes,, it was also on my property,) On it,, it said; "Wanted; Questioning for theft. Contact the local Sheriff Dept." Along with that,, and the posting of signs on my property about cameras,, I am "known" in the community" for being able to "catch" trespassers because I have cameras,, and many LEO friends. The word went out in the community about this thief & my cameras etc.
As the saying goes; "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!"
You will discover the locals think they have access to any land they have used for decades. Especially true if the land owner is absent most of the time. I do not envy you.
Don Verna
I'm a lot less forgiving. I have my land well posted and it is crystal clear that it is private with no trespassing allowed. I personally enjoy catching folks driving their UTV's or fancy 4x4's in. I enjoy blocking their vehicles in while they are trying to evade me when I call the police. Pretty satisfying to see them trying to come back after dark to discover that they ain't leaving without the benefit of a sheriff's escort. Walkers are fun also, they tend to try and hide - find them with a thermal and greet them with a smile on their way to the deputy's car.
Doesn't take too many before the general public gets the message.
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The owner of one of the ranches I worked for was pretty lenient and generally let some motorcyclists ride on his land until they started cutting the fenceline to get in. We'd block them in and confiscate their equipment, then have them arrested. Never seen so many grown men and women cry. Been quiet for a couple of years years now!
Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway!
Men who don't understand women fall into two categories: bachelors and husbands!
Took me a few years to "persuade" the locals that I live here now. The property (81 acres) was bank owned on a foreclosure when I bought it. The former owner was a member of a family that is/was around forever. When they kept hearing shooting (no matter if mine or others) they assumed it was me. After a few "conversations " they got the hint. Finally had it out with the last of his family members earlier this year which should finally close that book after almost seven years. Good luck and make sure they know itis YOUR property and you will not tolerate trespassers.
not so much a problem as years ago. I was the first to "post" the property. We were swamped by city hunters. A couple years later my neighbor had a few heifers tied to a tree and shot. The next day everything and everybody was posted. Nowadays you can snap a cell phone pic and let the authorities deal with it. Back tag has a very traceable number, better pic than mug shot.
License? Hunting SEASON, posted signs, nah
We have people who eat venison year round. Nothing stopping them
States still use back tags?
We (Wis) got rid of those a few years ago
DO you still register at a registration station?
We call in to register from cell phone
you are rite if they are willing to trespass they are willing to poach and steal from us all
Hit em'hard
hit em'often
FL has a simple trespass law, you must have written permission to be on property. A fence is premafacia evidence of no trespass. Trespass on agricultural property with a firearm is a felony, the violator is subject to detainment by the owner or their representative.
I have 1 1/2 mile of 5 strand well maintained fence and sprayed fence line which I ride 3 times a week on a 48 volt electric cart, with a very visible 6mm AR-15 in a vertical rifle rack. I usually ride criss cross also after a tour around the perimeter. I have 16 cameras and signs every 100 yards, "Notice agricultural property under 24 hour camera surveillance". Cuts down on the confrontations about 99%.
Before we bought the place it had a burned to the ground 3,000 sq ft house on it and the entire place was used to dump construction debris and unwanted stuff. Plus it was used for clandestine night assignations, that all came to a screeching halt. Took the wife and me months, plus a D-8 and a track-hoe, to clean it all up. Today it is a tree farm that looks more lke a park than the dump it once was.
We found that if you leave land un-attended or not watched over, others will take advantage. Neighbor up the road 2 miles found 3 families of squatters living on his land, made themselves right to home.
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I only have a small hobby (with goats) farm and am surrounded by 6 property owners. All the surrounding property owners have permission that if they shoot a deer on their property and it makes it onto my property, they can come retrieve it. While I haven't hunted deer in years, I do enjoy squirrel hunting and eating. I have permission to hunt squirrels on all their properties, just have to let them know I'll be there. None of my neighbors hunt squirrels. One neighbor does limit my squirrel hunting to the first 2 weeks of squirrel season and a certain part of his property so the deer feel no human pressure a month prior to deer season starting. No problem, his property, his rules. Another neighbor keeps saying why don't I come take a doe during doe days.
Knowing I have goats, I have permission to shoot (if safe direction to do so) any coyotes on surrounding property. No advance notice needed to shoot coyotes (2 neighbors have chickens). I've killed six yotes.
Another neighbor 2 miles away has his own 200yd range, lets me hunt squirrels all season, and gave me 24/7/365 access to his range/property and the combination to the locked gate. Life is good for this retiree.
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