ORIGINAL: GMMAT
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THE LAST THING they want.....is to have "hunting" bring controversy into their lives. if they don't know it......they don't have to deal with it (which is likely what's been going on for years. These guys have probably been hunting my landowner's land without their knowledge).
I lose.....either way.
Jeff, not that I am a supporter of this method, but you might consider a hunting lease. Approach the landowner and offer to pay a sum of money as a lease for say 1-5 years. In return, you have sole hunting privileges on this land with the ability to enforce this lease from tresspassers.
You may be opening a can of worms here in that other people may offer a greater sum of money in the future and you could be out of a place to hunt.
It might be a solution to your problem.