Tresspassing
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4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
There are several, but nothing for the general public. DMV, or sheriffs office. I would just let the local sheriff handle it. Tell him you want to press charges.
S.T.Fanatic
5 year old buck +
Make sure when you find out who it was you post the pic with his name everywhere you can.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
I would stop in at the sheriffs office with a copy of the pic and hand it to them and voice your grievance in person. I think they have to make a report on it if you do it that way and it would be harder for them to dismiss than an email.
In Ohio it's a $500 fine first time if landowner wants to press charges.
In Ohio it's a $500 fine first time if landowner wants to press charges.
mtholton
5 year old buck +
Thanks all. I'll have to see what they say first. I purchased the property in May and hope it was just someone not checking to see if they had permission (assuming they did in the past). Here are a few of the pics... It looks like he's holding a trap in one of the pics. Frustrating to have someone in your food plot when you've stayed out of there for weeks to set things up for late oct...
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trampledbyturtles
5 year old buck +
That's enough to get the blood boiling, I didn't see any sign of a trap which could help prosecute.
But I get ya, spend all the time an effort to build an maintain the plot/property. Then show the patience to stay out of it early season, only to have some schmuck take his dog for walk through all of your hard work/enjoyment.
Hope u get him.
But I get ya, spend all the time an effort to build an maintain the plot/property. Then show the patience to stay out of it early season, only to have some schmuck take his dog for walk through all of your hard work/enjoyment.
Hope u get him.
H20fwler
5 year old buck +
It's a multiple dog lead that he is holding, I think he was working bird dogs or hounds on your place besides driving wherever he pleased. You need to post the heck out of the property ASAP, put a cable gate up across your turn ins with a sign on it and a couple cinder blocks end of drive to discourage even nosing in.
NWWI
5 year old buck +
Have the sheriff follow up. If the guy is a deadbeat prosecute. If the sheriff reports the guy is genuinely remorseful give him a break.
A lot of people don't understand why we do certain things and might just be clueless. But if you don't nip these things out right away you could be in for years of problems.
It's a tough spot but ultimately your the owner and others need to respect that. I have met a few of my "neighbors" (I use the term loosely because it seems like everyone in the township and the townships next to it who gets caught trespassing introduce themselves as my "neighbor") trying to hunt my property. If your a decent "neighbor", you should introduce yourself long before then and not assume you can do what ever, whenever.
Just my 2 cents!
A lot of people don't understand why we do certain things and might just be clueless. But if you don't nip these things out right away you could be in for years of problems.
It's a tough spot but ultimately your the owner and others need to respect that. I have met a few of my "neighbors" (I use the term loosely because it seems like everyone in the township and the townships next to it who gets caught trespassing introduce themselves as my "neighbor") trying to hunt my property. If your a decent "neighbor", you should introduce yourself long before then and not assume you can do what ever, whenever.
Just my 2 cents!
Boll Weevil
5 year old buck +
Zero tolerance. Don't know the law in your state but in TN if your ground is properly posted, the accountability is on the trespasser not the landowner.
Turn'em in. Word gets around the neighborhood real quick you don't play.
Turn'em in. Word gets around the neighborhood real quick you don't play.
I have locked gates at all three vehicular access points to my land. The first year I bought it I found out high school kids were using it as a "parking spot". So damn dumb that they were leaving garbage and in one case a mud guard at the spot. I put up gates immediately and that stopped them from being able to drive into my property. You need to limit persons being able to drive directly onto your land.
The next issue I had was actual neighbors who seemed to think that what ever permission they had in the past carried over when I was the new owner. I actually had to prosecute one guy and send Law enforcement to pay another a visit to explain I did not want them on my land.
The local group that cross country skied on my land was the best about accepting the fact that their skiing loop now had to move off my land.
Prosecute the guilty party to the full extent of the law. I got over being Mister Nice Guy in a heartbeat.
The next issue I had was actual neighbors who seemed to think that what ever permission they had in the past carried over when I was the new owner. I actually had to prosecute one guy and send Law enforcement to pay another a visit to explain I did not want them on my land.
The local group that cross country skied on my land was the best about accepting the fact that their skiing loop now had to move off my land.
Prosecute the guilty party to the full extent of the law. I got over being Mister Nice Guy in a heartbeat.
Boll Weevil
5 year old buck +
When it comes to trespassing, no truer words have ever been spoken. Give'em an inch and they'll take a mile. Shut it down from day 1.
Bill
Administrator
Yep I'm I the 0 tolerance crowd. 1st one I caught was headed to a neighbors right smack through my place loaded gun in hand. The neighbor asked me not to prosecute because he was lost and he was a good guy.
My response was he grew up down the road so he wasn't lost. Maybe he is a good guy but if I give nice guys a warning I have to give bad guys a warning to be fair. Since that isn't happening everyone gets prosecuted the first time......
My response was he grew up down the road so he wasn't lost. Maybe he is a good guy but if I give nice guys a warning I have to give bad guys a warning to be fair. Since that isn't happening everyone gets prosecuted the first time......
4wanderingeyes
5 year old buck +
I have made the mistake and have gotten lost while tracking a deer after dark. No cell reception, it is a 2 mile square with no roads in between. And the deer trail led me in circles. All I could do is use the moon as a reference. I had no hope of returning on the way I came in. I ended up walking into someone’s back yard as he was outside drinking a beer, I had my rifle in hand. He was very understanding, and even offered me a beer, but being I had to walk down a road, with a rifle, in the dark, I wasn’t about to do it while drinking. I would have hated to be charged for that. I was honestly glad after being lost in the big for a couple hours.
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Bill
Administrator
I might be a bit more understanding in the dark. That's a whole new picture.
Now if it's dark and you're running hounds. I go back to zero tolerance :).
Bill
Administrator
Man I shouldn't admit this. When I bought my place it was early October.
I put up a stand and was sure I could get to in the dark AM. opening day rifle I got so turned around that I walked into a fence. I was sweating and hot and just decided I would sit there until the sun broke.
When the sun rose I actually argued with it in my head. Eventually I admitted the sun rises in the East and I was screwed up.
When I finally got where I was going and settled in, everything was blurry. I took my glasses off at that fence and set them down to wipe off the sweat. Haven't seen those glasses since.
Knehrke
5 year old buck +
That's for certain. I ended up turned around in a swamp at the back of a property we've leased for ten years. I knew it wasn't where I wanted to be, but when I saw a field I headed for it just to get my bearings. The neighbors came over to ask what I was doing and when I explained, they kindly directed me back to where I should be. We have a zero tolerance policy for trespassers and an agreement with the neighbors that we won't shoot over the property line, even from stands hung along "rock walls". I was relieved that they were decent sports about my mistake. Of course, we'd known each other for several years at that point and had each other's phone # in case we needed to track, so that probably made a difference. Flooded low-land is tough to navigate.
