You will love this
12-29-2008 | 08:51 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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You will love this
A guy I know was out deer hunting a few weeks ago. He noticed that someone had torn loose one of the braces on his stand, then a game warden showed up (this is a long walk from the nearest road) and told the guy he was being arrested for trespassing. The hunter saidno, he had permission to be there. They had to contact the landowner (my cousin) who demonstrated it was his land and the guy had permission to be there. What happened? A few years ago, someone from out of town bought 20 acres of land bordering my cousins place and made it clear she didnt want people on her land. She is now in the process of building a house on the front end of it. This ditz was out walking, wandered off her own property without knowing it, and found the stand. She tore the brace loose and then called the game warden and filed a complaint. Anyway, this dumass ended up apologizing to the game warden, the hunter, and my cousin, and apparently all was forgiven. If it was me, i would have been inclined to file charges against her for vandalism, theft, trespassing, and filing a false report. I must come from a strange part of the country because there are more major problems stemming from landowners not knowing their own boundaries than anything else.
12-29-2008 | 10:37 AM
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RE: You will love this
It sounds like to me your cousin is going to hhave to keep an eye on his boundaries to make sure there is no one cutting his land for him. They used to have a problem up here with wood cutters moving in during the winter months when a lot of out of staters were away and cut the land for them. They would make money off the trees and if they got caught they only had to pay a fine for it. Now I think here they have to pay around $300 a tree. So this discourage them from cutting somebody elses land..
12-29-2008 | 10:42 AM
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RE: You will love this
Actually, my cousin had a lot of that general area logged a couple years ago. I think that he may have even had a few problems with another adjacent landowner who claimed that the loggers had crossed his boundary. But it is a heavily wooded area where several properties join and there has not been a standing fence in 30 years. So, it can get pretty confusing. However, there is a much more clear boundary in the spot where the incident occurred.
12-29-2008 | 10:58 AM
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May be a good thing to play it cool with the neighbor, if he can gain permission to hunt the rest of her 20 acres. If she won't give permission, I'd be getting a new stand at least. If needed, I'd get that CO to be my witness against her since she told him she damaged it.
12-29-2008 | 11:05 AM
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My understanding is that she does not want anyone hunting on her ground. My cousin is a very laid back guy who is quick to forgive and the hunter is a member of his church. So, I guess they decided to forgive and forget. I do a lot of small game hunting and trapping back in that area too, and I would be much less forgiving if she gives me any trouble.
12-29-2008 | 11:58 AM
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My understanding is that she does not want anyone hunting on her ground. My cousin is a very laid back guy who is quick to forgive and the hunter is a member of his church. So, I guess they decided to forgive and forget. I do a lot of small game hunting and trapping back in that area too, and I would be much less forgiving if she gives me any trouble.
My understanding is that she does not want anyone hunting on her ground. My cousin is a very laid back guy who is quick to forgive and the hunter is a member of his church. So, I guess they decided to forgive and forget. I do a lot of small game hunting and trapping back in that area too, and I would be much less forgiving if she gives me any trouble.
12-29-2008 | 01:38 PM
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ORIGINAL: Lanse couche couche
A guy I know was out deer hunting a few weeks ago. He noticed that someone had torn loose one of the braces on his stand, then a game warden showed up (this is a long walk from the nearest road) and told the guy he was being arrested for trespassing. The hunter saidno, he had permission to be there. They had to contact the landowner (my cousin) who demonstrated it was his land and the guy had permission to be there. What happened? A few years ago, someone from out of town bought 20 acres of land bordering my cousins place and made it clear she didnt want people on her land. She is now in the process of building a house on the front end of it. This ditz was out walking, wandered off her own property without knowing it, and found the stand. She tore the brace loose and then called the game warden and filed a complaint. Anyway, this dumass ended up apologizing to the game warden, the hunter, and my cousin, and apparently all was forgiven. If it was me, i would have been inclined to file charges against her for vandalism, theft, trespassing, and filing a false report. I must come from a strange part of the country because there are more major problems stemming from landowners not knowing their own boundaries than anything else.
A guy I know was out deer hunting a few weeks ago. He noticed that someone had torn loose one of the braces on his stand, then a game warden showed up (this is a long walk from the nearest road) and told the guy he was being arrested for trespassing. The hunter saidno, he had permission to be there. They had to contact the landowner (my cousin) who demonstrated it was his land and the guy had permission to be there. What happened? A few years ago, someone from out of town bought 20 acres of land bordering my cousins place and made it clear she didnt want people on her land. She is now in the process of building a house on the front end of it. This ditz was out walking, wandered off her own property without knowing it, and found the stand. She tore the brace loose and then called the game warden and filed a complaint. Anyway, this dumass ended up apologizing to the game warden, the hunter, and my cousin, and apparently all was forgiven. If it was me, i would have been inclined to file charges against her for vandalism, theft, trespassing, and filing a false report. I must come from a strange part of the country because there are more major problems stemming from landowners not knowing their own boundaries than anything else.
And wreckless indangerment to. Glad he didnt fall out of the stand.