Last year I had two guys walk under my stand while I' m sitting there in blaze orange. They weren' t even going to say anything until I asked them if they had permission from the owner to be there. Of course they said they did, funny thing is I own the land and didn' t give anyone permission and it' s posted. I know several guys that think they can hunt an area because they grew up there and hunted it all their lives. It doesn' t matter to them who buys it or how many posted signs are there. In NY you can sign paperwork to " arrest" someone for trespassing. The police don' t have to see them there as long as you did. If you have people with you the more witnesses the better.

Couple of years ago hunting on game lands that I access through private land with permission (landowner even requires parking passes or he' ll tow away!) I' m taking down my stand in the dark, and saw a light walking toward me. This seemingly courious hunter starts questioning me on how I got there. As I explained my story, he became enraged and started yelling at me and telling me I had permission from the wrong person. After speaking with the landowner again, he told me that particular hunter was giving alot of people a hard time and he revoked his hunting pass!!!! Now that' s justice!!!

Hey Wrongway, if you know there are 8 guys ther hunting now, then wait til the middle of the week and go back to the property and take your pick of the litter of stands that are surely there now.
Sometimes you just have to say " Just let it go" other times you just have to say " An Eye For An Eye!" [&:][8D]

I own a small acreage and have had trespassers on it several times. I live on the property also. I usually just run them off. Had a couple guys on 4 wheelers start running around the house after I ran them off. I decided it would be a good time to set up some cans and do some target practice with my 44 magnum. Another time I was eating lunch and a couple bowhunters came walking right through my yard. I went down to meet them and ask if they knew who' s property they were on? They said, probably yours? Good guess, now get! They did.

And finally, I would never hunt unposted land without the owner' s permission. In Iowa, the land does not have to be posted. Its still trespassing even if it isn' t posted. Please Obtain Permission. This comes from a frustrated land owner.

We actually had some trespassers putting out corn on our property. They had a homemade feeder, made out of a 5 gallon bucket and stuck in the ground with a spike. Luckily we found it before the season began and disgarded their feeder and put a nice little posted sign where the bucket was and stuck it in the ground with their spike.

One year we found where some gyus had climbed trees with foot spikes. Tracked out to their camp which was on some other property and gladly let them know they had been trespassing.

My dad had a guy shoot a deer on our property about 100 yards away from him and shot in his direction with a rifle. He confiscated the young 8 pointer in exchange for not calling the DNR.

Our biggest problem is guys setting their stands up on the property lines, with only one way to shoot and that is on our property. We gladly do all we can to make their hunting trips inconvenient by walking by them and making lots of noise.

Oh well, so far no problems this year but gun season is just beginning and that is when we get most of the problems.

Good luck to all this year!

I hunt about 900 ac in southern Il a few weeks ago i set my game camera up on a trail, it rained that night and the next morning when i returned it was gone i followed the 2, 4 wheeler tracks down the road and since it was a monday i knew it was' nt kidds. long story short I know who did it i trailed the tracks back to his house. He was a little supprised when i pulled in the drive way and asked him if he had seen any 2 guys with 4 wheeler' s running around, he said that there ae some people down the road with one but haddent seen anyone. Dose he think that I;m stupid!! next time i find them there I am thinking about chaining there 4wheeler' s to a tree and calling the game warden" these guys are notoruois for poaching at night" and have a slew of antlers on a board around the driveway and after checking the local county map they only have 11ac.

[:@]I look at it this way, if you do not have permission from the land owner keep out " Your not paying the taxes on that land the owner is"

As for as taking someone' s stand in retaliation, I had the chance to, but I couldn' t take revenge without being positive I got the right person. I ran into 3 other stands that didn' t have locks, but I did not want to take the wrong persons stand.
The last thing that I heard about the property, was that it was tied up in the courts and waiting to be sold. I would love to buy it, but property there goes for top dollar. My inlaws sold their 3 acres with a small 2 bedroom house, small old barn, and tiny pond for $92,000. I think that there is 80 acres of timber and 100 tillable acres.

dont take anyone' s stand because then you are just as wrong as they are... and if something did come up with you being able to hunt the land then there goes your shot... as for the stolen camera.. someone suggested that everytime you load a new roll of film do the first pic.. with you infront of the camera holding asign with your phone number saying " If i did not turn in this film please call this number because this camera is stolen." which I think isnt a bad idea.. also for trespassers.. put up cameras like mentioned and turn them in to the appropriate authorities

Last year on Opening morning, I encountered 3 different guys all claiming to have permission to hunt land only I have permission for. This year, it was 3 DIFFERENT guys. I saw a ladder stand on the way in on opening day afternoon, but no one was in it. At around 6pm I watched a small 6 point walk by and someone was now in the stand. He shot it and it died directly under me! I called him and showed him where the deer was and he claimed to have permission, but was wrong about the property lines.