Land Owners ( or so they thiink)

truckman · #1 10-30-2009, 04:36 PM

Why do some people think that they can treat land as their own if they live adjacent to it? My mother in law has about 40 acres in the country. She has been land locked for years and the property has been hard to access. I hunted there in the mid 90's and took a nice buck. I have not hunted there much since. Now there are houses between her property and the road. She finally got a road cut in for access. I have found deer stands on trees and PVC pipe tied to trees where someone has baited with corn a few times.
The point is, I decide to go there this morning to hunt. As soon as I get inside the gate and get out of my truck, a truck comes flying down the hill and stops at the drive entrance. They do not come all the way in. They pulled part of the way in, and before I could walk back to the gate they turned around and sped off back up the hill. I guess since I was inside the gate they decided I had a key so they would leave. Just irritates me that people think just because they don't see anyone there much that they can do whatever they want on the land.

duckdawgdixie · #2 10-30-2009, 04:41 PM

are the stands on her property or on the road going to her property? and the guy who drove down may have just been tryin to help keep people off the property, maybe that explains why he left when he saw you had a key

truckman · #3 10-30-2009, 05:08 PM

No, the stands that I have found over the years have been well into her property. You are a little more optimistic about the reason they were there than I am. I tried to think that, but then thought why would they take off spinning tires and slinging mud when they turned around? If I were just watching the land, I would have pulled on up and talked to whoever was inside the gate to let them know that. The plan is to split the land between my wife and her siblings.

swamp hunter · #4 10-30-2009, 06:36 PM

Sounds to me like the locals have used it as their little honey hole for a long time. Can,t blame them , It,s not being hunted , It,s right down the road , nobody ever comes by. Just sittin there between the corn field and the swamp. Yep , You,ll get it , it,ll be split up between the heirs , But somebody better move there , not show up a few times a year , Cause your Posted signs and nobody around ain,t gonna matter too much. Good Luck and start looking for a nice house to put there.

fishinbub · #5 10-30-2009, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by truckman

No, the stands that I have found over the years have been well into her property. You are a little more optimistic about the reason they were there than I am. I tried to think that, but then thought why would they take off spinning tires and slinging mud when they turned around? If I were just watching the land, I would have pulled on up and talked to whoever was inside the gate to let them know that. The plan is to split the land between my wife and her siblings.

If they are on her land, then she can take them down and keep em right? That's what I would do.

truckman · #6 10-30-2009, 08:39 PM

Yeah, that is what I think. Hard to keep people out when they know you hardly ever come down to the land.

dertiedawg · #7 10-31-2009, 01:09 AM

Why not try to get to know them first, they may be very cool people and if you talk to them and let them know you will be hunting on the land and don't want anyone on it, they might give you a call and let you know if someone else enters your property. Sometimes neighbors can be a real pain but sometimes you just need to get to know them.

truckman · #8 10-31-2009, 09:00 AM

We did talk to the surrounding land owners when we were trying to get the road cut in. Let them know it was private land and that nobody would be given permission to hunt.

Rich Kaminski · #9 10-31-2009, 10:38 AM

Take the stands down and sell them. Post the property as private. Tell the game warden the land is private and ask if he would like to catch trespassers. take a few friends along when you go down there and use your vehicles to block in their vehicles and then call the LEO to arrest the trespassers.
They just might take the hint.

tanteaux · #10 10-31-2009, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by swamp hunter

Sounds to me like the locals have used it as their little honey hole for a long time. Can,t blame them , It,s not being hunted , It,s right down the road , nobody ever comes by. Just sittin there between the corn field and the swamp. Yep , You,ll get it , it,ll be split up between the heirs , But somebody better move there , not show up a few times a year , Cause your Posted signs and nobody around ain,t gonna matter too much. Good Luck and start looking for a nice house to put there.

Typical FLA hunter response....forget the law and trespass on a man's(or woman's in this case) land just because he isn't there. And folks wonder why we don't like yall coming around. I know a lot of the FLA guys aren't bad but this poor excuse for a hunter is typical of my experiences with them...

Take their stands, leave a card. If they call you, let them know they are trespassing and if they come back they will go to jail.

Throwback · #11 11-01-2009, 10:29 PM

we bought a piece of land beside ours and soon found out that people had been coming from all over to hunt it till we bought it.

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Barryrod · #12 11-02-2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tanteaux

Typical FLA hunter response....forget the law and trespass on a man's(or woman's in this case) land just because he isn't there. And folks wonder why we don't like yall coming around. I know a lot of the FLA guys aren't bad but this poor excuse for a hunter is typical of my experiences with them...

Take their stands, leave a card. If they call you, let them know they are trespassing and if they come back they will go to jail.

Why you have to lump us all together

We aint all bad

I personally feel it should be a land owner's right to shoot trespassers on sight if land is posted. A person works hard to get their piece of dirt, or it's passed down among family members, and no one else has the right to enter their piece of land

albridges · #13 11-03-2009, 07:55 AM

Posted or not posted if someone is tresspassing they know they are. Shoot em in the rear and they won't come back. I hunt land that a gentleman allows me to hunt. I take friends with me and they are only there when I am. I let everyone I take know if they get caught without me they will be prosecuted. I wish it was my own land and I could say hey buddy why dont you go down there and hunt my big field stand. But I can't and respect anyone elses rules about being on thier property. Its common law and common sense.

But I think you should meet a local, and let him hunt, to look out after your property while your not there. This is the same connection I got. I watch the land for the owners and they let me hunt. If your family has lived there for a long time they should know someone they can trust.

Good Luck and remember cooler heads always previal.

BrotherBadger · #14 11-03-2009, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by albridges

But I think you should meet a local, and let him hunt, to look out after your property while your not there. This is the same connection I got. I watch the land for the owners and they let me hunt. If your family has lived there for a long time they should know someone they can trust.

Good Luck and remember cooler heads always previal.

That's what we do with our land. We have about 3-4 local guys hunt/watch the land. Over the years they have all basically become family to us. So it's a win-win. Not only do you get someone to watch over the land, but you make lifelong friends too.

FLdeerHunter25 · #15 11-03-2009, 10:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tanteaux

Typical FLA hunter response....forget the law and trespass on a man's(or woman's in this case) land just because he isn't there. And folks wonder why we don't like yall coming around. I know a lot of the FLA guys aren't bad but this poor excuse for a hunter is typical of my experiences with them...

Take their stands, leave a card. If they call you, let them know they are trespassing and if they come back they will go to jail.

Lets be a little easy with the judgement there buddy! Im from Florida and have plenty of family all over GA and go up there and hunt pretty regular. Tresspassers and poachers are all over, if you dont believe me just read the forum, on a daily baisis people are posting about people poaching, tresspassing, stealing, etc. So before you start throwin stones just think you have plenty of your own trouble makers right in yoru backyard!

***elfiii*** · #16 11-03-2009, 05:15 PM

Well truckman, not to attempt to re-rail your thread or anything, but if you don't want people hunting on the land, I would take the stands and feeders down and report the tresspassing to the Sheriff.

warden127 · #17 11-03-2009, 05:29 PM

Contact region dnr law enforcement office and ask them for land owners affidavit and for county ranger to contact you. Best way to keep someone off your prop. Is to let someone hunt it.

QUAD500 · #18 11-04-2009, 11:28 AM

If you dont' own it, or have permission to be on it, then you're trespassing sign or no signs.

Hut2 · #19 11-04-2009, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by QUAD500

If you dont' own it, or have permission to be on it, then you're trespassing sign or no signs.

EXACTLY! No right to be there ,Period.......

olhippie · #20 11-04-2009, 03:46 PM

....Now if deer would honor deeds, and property rights,a fellow could keep his deer all to himself. One things for sure, it ain't the indian's land no more!

snookdoctor · #21 11-05-2009, 12:21 PM

Put a high fence around it to keep people out.

shortround1 · #22 11-05-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Hut2

EXACTLY! No right to be there ,Period.......

you got that right, all the locals think because they live across or down the street, they have the right to trespass and hunt . when deer season is over they just pull up and let their rabbit dogs out. dogs can't read!