My uncle owned about 2500 river bottom acres, and he doesnt hunt. He has a couple other nephews that would gun hunt it every once in awhile, but more like 1 day out of 5 years. Anyhow I asked him if I could bow hunt it, and he said sure, and I asked him if anyone else has permission, and he said no one has asked him in the last 15 years. He told me he knows a few neighbors are hunting it, but have never asked him, so if I see them, to kick them out, or send them to him, and he will kick them out. Well I found a nice area, a small 10 acre old apple orchard in between 2 ravines, it was way off the road, and back into the property a ways from any direction. I was bow hunting it, and 1 of the neighbors came walking through, I walked over and talked to him, and said my uncle owns this land, and I am the only one with permission, but if he wanted to hunt, to find a different area, because I have posted this area, and planted a food plot. I told him if he had a problem with that to see my uncle. He never talked to him, and I bow hunted during gun season, and there he was. This was the 1st year. After about 5 years of the same thing, I called the game warden, and he wrote him a ticket. The second weekend of gun season, there he was again. I called the warden again. He got another ticket. The next year he had cut down my treestand with a chainsaw, so I called my uncle, and we went to his house, my uncle told him he was also going to press charges, and I was going to charge him for destruction of property. I had pictures of him walking through with a chainsaw. Guess who tresspassed again during the gun season? This time I was gun hunting. I walked over to his stand, which he set up about 50 yards from mine, and asked him if it bothered him that I can see him in my scope, I told him, because it should! Well, he called the warden on me, and the warden wrote him another ticket, not me.
After 10 years of me hunting it, and posting it, and him getting at least 5 trespassing tickets, I gave up. Of the 2500 acres my uncle owned, I was trying to hunt 10 of them, and I didnt bother kicking anyone else off, or even going into the rest of the land. I even offered this trespasser to find a spot somewhere other then this little 10 acre area, and he wouldnt. I stopped hunting my uncles land, and a couple years later, my uncle died. The land got sold in an auction, and a guy I know bought it, and I told him about the neighbor, and asked if he was still having issues with him, he never knew about the small orchard, and went and checked it out, and there he was during gun season again. My friend had called 2 times and charded him with trespassing, and he gave up, and said it isnt worth wrecking his gun hunt, to go mess with this dumbass. So I guess the moral of the story, if you are a criminal, be persistent, you will get your way!
Sorry, kinda started off, as I was going to say, if I can see you, you are to close. But vented and kept venting.
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