my best friend just bought 30 acres, i scouted it,, wow,,, its awesome,,,,, 300 yards of pines between 1000 acres of corn! anyways i found a nice built in roofed stand and a ladder type portable, the port has been there since last year, i can tell by the rust and leaves on it,,,, im gonna post the land asap, so this guy will atleast trespass to get it, what would you do?? im thinking his land his stand! and the built in, i mean if i sit in it opening day and a trespasser walks up then what?? i mean there his trees!

My opinion would be that your friend now owns the wooden stand because it is a permanent structure. He does not own the portable stand, and the owner has a reasonable amout of time to retrieve it. After a certain amount of time is over, then your friend would then become the owner. I' m not a lawyer, just guessing, and I don' t know what the time frame would be.

I' d say hunt them both if you want. The owner of the portable stand does not have the right to hunt there anymore. He probably does have the right to retrieve his property.

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as far as the portable goes, i would put a note on the stand telling the owner{stand} that there are new owners of the land and he will have to remove it. i would at least give him a chance to retrieve it.

While you post the land leave a note for the guy who left the stand. If within reasonable time I would take it down and keep it for the owner to come and get. There is a good chance the hunter does not know as yet of your best friend buying this property. To me, if you keep that portable stand without giving the stand owner a chance to explain or get it, its stealing!

Sounds like you and 5 Shot need to get together...

Wooden structure came with the property upon transfer of ownership---unless the old owners are going to move the trees and all

The portable one is a little more dicey. First, your friend should check with the old landowners---that' s probably the easiest and safest. If they put it up (or more than likely at least know who did), then the proper owners can be notified.

As for retrieval, in CT & NY, both of which I' m familar, you legally have 30 days to remove your belongings after moving. The key word is moving, not closing. So if the property closed on August 1, but the old owners did not move (for whatever reasons) until September 1, they have until October 1 to remove all of their belongings.

After the 30 day period, legally the stand would be considered abandoned and becomes your property.

I' m not a lawyer, but I' ve moved enough that I looked into the legality of the property laws.

Hope this helps.

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