I have a copy of the deed and the easement simply states it’s for ingress and egress. That’s why I’m seeing what other peoples experiences are with easements or if I am out of line wondering if I have to let others randomly walk around on it for purposes other than that. To me I see it as a way for the people to get from the road to their property not walk halfway down have a beer and stand around.
I haven’t caught them taking a dump yet but many times they can’t wait the extra minute to get to their property to get out of the vehicle to take a leak. They did it one time in front of my daughter. The cigarette butts and beer cans are endless. I always thought if it was me I would treat others property like it was my own.
I will give you my experience with having an easement on land I controlled/managed
we honestly let them use the ease meant any time they wanted, as the fight to stop them at certain hours or from using atv's and foot traffic for us was not worth the hassle or time,and costs to even ry to curb it
legally they had access to there land, if they wanted to CLAIM, they FORGOT something and only walked half way and came back out
it would be impossible to prove they didn't
if you follow
I doubt you will have much luck stopping there hiking in out, walking a short distance in and leaving or likes
too many ways they can explain WHY they didnl;t go all the way in to land/
so proving they just are walking back and forth , will be hard, when a excuse will be hard to prove away IMO!
littering, will be easier to prove
but again you have to have things determined legally before you can do anything if anything!
as for the remark
" I always thought if it was me I would treat others property like it was my own."
the reality of this, is sadly, you are NOT them, and they are NOT you
what they view as OK< you don't
as what there doping to them is FINE< littering and such
but ist NOT to you
so, reality is, they are treating your land like they would there's
Not saying its right, just saying!
we all view things differently!
and many times it how they were raised as to you!
I caught many father son, grand son's trespassing and got the same BS from them all, duue to they werre all raised it was OK to do!
and just in general, far to many folks trespassing is not a problem, they almost feel entitled to do sol when they live next door to land,,or lands they USED to have access or. a ton of excuses they come up with
trust me, I spent more hours and time, chasing trespassers than I care to recall and heard it all!! even had folks tell me they owned MY land, and wanted to throw me off my own land!
worse yet, most cops don;t give a crap about rural trespassing, or not in my state in the several counties I have managed lands in!
so, what you or me might feel or how we would treat OUR land
doesn;'t mean everyone else feels the same way
I know some land owners that have never throw trash any where but on the ground, and dont; care if it blows away onto someone else's land
they refuse to pay for trash pick up
have piles all over there property
to them, this is FINE and NORMAL, which is where issue's happen between neighbors!
I also believe in being neighborly, but I learned a long time ago
Don't let them do something on day 1, you DON"T want a yr or 5 later
the longer you allow someone to do something the more entitled they feel to be able to KEEP doing it!
I DON"T let folks ATV on my lands, nor ask to do so on there's unless its mutual !
I DO allow them, to recover game, IF they let me know there coming onto my land, if not, NO, access, and so on
its NOT being a BAD neighbor, IMO< its being a GOOD neighbor and being honest from day one on HOW I feel
so they know what there getting
and not having some nutty neighbor that say OK today BAD tomorrow or a few months, weeks yrs later!
which is how a lot of folks view things when you suddenly STOP them from doing what you once allowed!
they DON"T get it, even if its there fault from litter or abuse other wise
they will always blame YOU, or IMO, 99% of the time they will turn things on you being the bad guy!
being honest from day one, always worked out better from my experience, with new neighbors, or future neighbors
been able to talk to several potential buyers, and some moved on due to my ways, which I think helped both of us save some stress and exaggeration!