How to keep out trespassers?
 

My grandpa and I have 86 acres of unmanaged, unhunted land, except this year I took a doe. But our neighbors on two sides put their stands within a few yards of our treeline, and my grandpa is strictly against anyone hunting on our land, I think more of his issue is with the trespassing because he busted his ass his whole life to have that sort of thing. But they defy him every year and shoot into our woods and then stroll on in there to get em. We have our land posted about every couple hundred feet and they know damn well what they're doin, I even had a gun pulled on me when i was 12 for trying to get em off. So my question is, what should we do in a situation like this to keep them off our land without putting up a fence, because that defeats the purpose I think. I bowhunt the land but only for 1 doe a year, and won't shoot any bucks under 10, but we want no one else on there. So, any suggestions would be wonderful. Thanks a ton guys. Oh, and the forums here are awesome, lots of knowledge. Thanks

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Uh, call the gamewardern and prosecute them for trespassing. Grandpa may have to appear in court to make the charges stick but if you really want to keep them out I don't know what else you could do. I would have had them locked up when they pulled a gun on me, that's a far more serious charge than trespassing or poaching....I'm just sayin'

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Prosecute, get some proof..photos, video, etc. If that fails, minefield.

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We had this very same problem on my Grandfathers 150 acres...For years there were a bunch of local idiots that would put drives on, sit in our treestands when we weren't there and yes I've had guns pointed at me while hunting...Then one day I'd had enough when I caught them putting on a drive...I gathered them all togetherand got their hunting license numbers from all 5 of them and turned them in...Unfortunately one of them was a local cop so they were never prosecuted but they have never been on our land again...When you catch someone tresspassing they are at your mercy and 9 times out of 10 they don't want to make matters worse for themselves so they will cooperate...BUT there is that 1% out there that feel they can do nothing wrong and will chalenge you so be careful when confronting tresspassers.

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the only thing you "CAN" do is get the law after them.in Fla. it is a felony to trasspass with a fire arm; they don't want that on there record.
pictures and records are good for court.

I know how you feel about taking only a few deer from your place."BUT" that is what they want. that means they get to take all the good bucks that cross the line.if they are not scard of you and the law, then you got a big job ahead of ya.

go to the local judge and ask him the next step.sometimes you get a judge that hunts and doesn't like trasspassers.he may be you best friend.

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Unless you put up a huge fence it will not effect the deer any. They hop over them like they are nothing. Then again it may not keep the hunters out either;). But it will define the boundries better and make it easier to prove they were on your land.

Fences are kind of pricey though.

I know what I would have done had someone pointed a gun at my 12 year old kid or grandkid. But I will not suggest it on the internet. All I will say is bullets and shovels are cheap, if you have a back hoe it's even better.

Your best bet is to talk to the local DNR or local police and see what advice they can give you.

Paul

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Pulled a gun on you i woulnt put up with that crap. put them in jail then they cant hunt the land. Suckers!

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i like the minefield idea...just kidding. i think what is posted above should work.if not,u could play there game or get a camera and watch,or buy those hidden ones and the next time u confront them,u can have the hidden camera and get them in the act(especiallyif they hold a gun on u.

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I had the same problem trying to keep people off my 400 acre farm there is only one place for them to park 2 years ago they STOP trespassing and I have not seen anybody sence. come to find out there was 2 trucks park there and somone shot both of them full of holes. They had 4 tree stands hung and somone took a 12 gauge and shot them up so no one can use them they call the law they came out to talk to me all I said was it was posted and NO one was to be there so as far I care they got what they needed for being there the cop just smile and told them that the police can towed and keep there trucks for hunting on posted land and they should be glad they still had there trucks at all. problem solved

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Yes, shooting into your property ans walking in to get the deer is ILLEGAL. Call a warden ASAP

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Samething just happened to us at our lease.

We killed a hog and dumped all the guts inside his box.

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twelch, if we were on a Team I would not mention about the Avartar, but it's not nice to use someone elses Avatar.:eek:

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go over on there side of the fence, go sit in their stands

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Well useually I take the first trespasser of the season, and stick a 12ft pole up his a$$. Then i walk into the open field and stick the pole in the ground with him still on top. That works pretty well for me. If that doesn't work i would say talk to the law...and if that doesnt work for ya an old fasioned a$$ whoopin might be in order...good luck

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hey all. I'd like to thank everyone for such fast responses. We've had the wardens and the cops down there a few times but it doesn't seem to do much good. One of them has been busted numerous times for poaching and such, but just keeps on it. The camera idea is good, I completely overlooked that. My brother in law has some land in buffalo county and has some game cameras on it, I think I'll give that a try. I'm in marshfield wisconsin too just for an idea of where I am. THanks again everyone, it's much appreciated

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just my two cents maybe set some trail cameras up to get photos and use them as evidence and just keep reporting them to the game warden cuz eventually he will get tired of hearing and he will have to do something

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Stae laws may vary,but in Texas that would be a a class "A" misdeameanor punishable by up to 1 year in jail and $4000 fine,crimanel tresspassing with a deadly weapon! We have problems on family land in Oklahoma also...everyone has atv's and they chase deer at night in a pasture where they can see us but they are unseen.Nothing personel guys but if you aren't hunting large tracts of land then learn to walk your lazy ass to hunt! Up there there's 2 types people on atv's...lazy or meth freaks running backroads stealing from empty deer camps! Dear old bro stings 1/4" cable about waist high so it will catch handle bars not person,he catches someone being stealthy and trying to hide in thicket during daylight,well they better like acorns cause he will fire for effect into tree very close!It's best to surrender and take his reprimand cause if he hits the tree it was intenional,he does not miss! We have found places beyond his cables that looked like tractor pulls with dirt tore up...guess that one worked!:D

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Razor wire instead of barbed...the deer can cross the hunters cant...;)

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Or post guard skunks every ten feet around your property.

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The problem with trespassers, or anyone bent on doing something illegal, is that they only get caught 1 out of a hundred times. See what I mean, there is no lesson learned, so the risk is worth the reward for them. The ends justifies the means if you will.

The only way to legally put a curb on these guys is to give them grief with the law - no let up! They won't quit, they will just be more careful, and you will probably never see them again. The problem with God fearing, law abiding citizens, is they don't think like a criminal, so spending your time spanking criminals seems like a waste of your time. Most guys won't ever put out the effort to stop the problem, so it will continue.

We had a lot of trespassing problems back in Illinois on one of our places. My grandfather refused to prosecute guys that I caught, so why should I spend my time catching them. I finally decided that the best defense against illegal interlopers was to have a presence there more often. I couldn't do the job alone, so I shared my hunting rights with someone who was willing to hunt the days I couldn't, and would also hunt only where I specified.

He was happy as a clam because he had a new premium place to go, and all he had to do to keep it was run off people who didn't have permission. I have been gone from Illinois for almost 14 years, but this guy is still hunting our place, and is loved by my relatives for his low profile and the security he adds.

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yup what he said

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Call the DNR and prosecute them *******s.