This has nothing to do with the weapon these people choose to hunt with, and everything to do with the manner in which they choose to hunt with that weapon. Deer drives, rifle towers, etc are just as much a part of deer hunting as hang-on stands, food plots, and other techniques used by bowhunters and gun hunters alike. The problem here lays with people who were trespassing where they don't belong and not being safe while doing so, not the fact that they are part of the "orange army."
Amen, the title may have been a little misleading as I have no problem with rifle hunters, but was referring to the group of guys dressed in orange that were tresspassing on this property. I have no problem with rifle hunting, did it and wouldn't hesistate to do it again as well as deer drives, my whole problem lies with these guys ignorance.
Are there posted signs up?
Yep, not many though, we didn't want to draw alot of attention just in hopes of preventing this type of thing from happening. I would be willing to bet that these gaswell attendants saw the bucks I was watching all summer when tending and decided to cast the law and all their ethics aside just to try and tag one of them.
My major concern now is my game cameras that are set-up in the woods, we have 5 digital cameras including 2-Cuddebacks, and a custom made Swamp Ghost digital cam set up, my major concern is that these guys may have walked past the cameras and either tried to steal them or got their picture taken and smashed them. I will be going out in the morning and pulling all the cameras and taking the steps out of the trees that our stands our in and you better believe I will have my cell phone ready to go incase I see one of these guys in there!