New Land Question
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Fork Horn
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Location: Upstate NY
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New Land Question
My fiancee and I are purchasing some land. This will be our home (once we build) and hunting land. The land is heavily posted by the current owners. However, walking the property it appears that the neighbors are taking full advantage of the owners not living on the property. There are treestands everywhere. Some wooden built and some metal portable. If you were purchasing this land what would you do about the stands?
#3
RE: New Land Question
If they are there when you buy the land then they are your property as far as I am concerned. I would just remove all of them and see who comes to try to get them back. Then you can be nice and say you thought they were the old land owners and hopefully start a good relationship with your new neighbors.
That is all assuming that they are not the current land owners' stands of course.
That is all assuming that they are not the current land owners' stands of course.
#4
Fork Horn
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RE: New Land Question
The current land owners don't hunt that I know of. I am pretty sure its the neighbors taking advantage of the land. Its a nice chunk 45.5 acres that is in the middle of some houses. Very easy for people to sneak on, especially when the owners are never there checking on it.
#5
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: New Land Question
Put up new posted signs about every 30 yards and go knocking on some neighbor doors. Introduce yourself as the new owner who would like stands gone or you'll take them down. Some neighbor knows who they belong to. Heck, the owner of the property might know who's they are. Set the ground rules early..... long before the season starts. I'd have them out of there by the end of spring. I'd do some snooping and patrolling and politely ask people to please not traspass. It's a small place and you bought it for your hunting pleasure.
#6
RE: New Land Question
Congrats to you! Where in upstate NY? Just curious if I've met you before?
I ran into the same problem in PA on my property. I posted the property line every 30 yards or so, and in addition to this Iattached signs to the trees that the trespassers stands were in. Went back in 3 months with intentions of removing the stands and attaching notes with my contact info if they wanted them back, butall but the permanentstands were gone after that. I still have trespassers on the property, but not frequently at all and only in gun season. I'm probably going to have to prosecute a few of them to really get all trespassing stopped, hopefully by next year.
I ran into the same problem in PA on my property. I posted the property line every 30 yards or so, and in addition to this Iattached signs to the trees that the trespassers stands were in. Went back in 3 months with intentions of removing the stands and attaching notes with my contact info if they wanted them back, butall but the permanentstands were gone after that. I still have trespassers on the property, but not frequently at all and only in gun season. I'm probably going to have to prosecute a few of them to really get all trespassing stopped, hopefully by next year.
#7
Giant Nontypical
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RE: New Land Question
ORIGINAL: davidmil
Put up new posted signs about every 30 yards and go knocking on some neighbor doors. Introduce yourself as the new owner who would like stands gone or you'll take them down. Some neighbor knows who they belong to. Heck, the owner of the property might know who's they are. Set the ground rules early..... long before the season starts. I'd have them out of there by the end of spring. I'd do some snooping and patrolling and politely ask people to please not traspass. It's a small place and you bought it for your hunting pleasure.
Put up new posted signs about every 30 yards and go knocking on some neighbor doors. Introduce yourself as the new owner who would like stands gone or you'll take them down. Some neighbor knows who they belong to. Heck, the owner of the property might know who's they are. Set the ground rules early..... long before the season starts. I'd have them out of there by the end of spring. I'd do some snooping and patrolling and politely ask people to please not traspass. It's a small place and you bought it for your hunting pleasure.
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Fork Horn
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RE: New Land Question
Rick James, I don't think I've ever met you but I am from just south of Albany about 10 miles or so. My hopefully to be property is out in Warners Lake. With the snow there is a ton of deer activity and I'm hoping to put a stop to the tresspassing as soon as we close. Nodog and Davidmil have a good idea. I want to stop the tresspassing without pissing people off.
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RE: New Land Question
ORIGINAL: Duramax05
Rick James, I don't think I've ever met you but I am from just south of Albany about 10 miles or so. My hopefully to be property is out in Warners Lake. With the snow there is a ton of deer activity and I'm hoping to put a stop to the tresspassing as soon as we close. Nodog and Davidmil have a good idea. I want to stop the tresspassing without pissing people off.
Rick James, I don't think I've ever met you but I am from just south of Albany about 10 miles or so. My hopefully to be property is out in Warners Lake. With the snow there is a ton of deer activity and I'm hoping to put a stop to the tresspassing as soon as we close. Nodog and Davidmil have a good idea. I want to stop the tresspassing without pissing people off.