Ideas to discourage trespassers

[FOXXNTROUT]

our farm 586 acres was heavily hunted one year when I was a kid. My father decided to re-post it,  barbwire it throughout, and went to the sheriffs office and the local wardens office to let them have privy to hunt it as long as they parked a marked vehicle or two around the property during the entire season. Seemed to work pretty well after that. a few years later we sold ten acres to a game warden so he could live in the county. That really seemed to help with him around.

[SteveB]

I expect LEO's to enforce the laws without having to invite them to hunt my land.

Steve

[Flinttim]

One thing that happens is the landowner wants the CO to be his "watchman" . Many times the CO gets a call from a landowner about a trespasser. CO shows up and tells the owner he needs to press charges. Owner, not wanting to appear as the bad guy, let's the trespasser off the hook. He wants the CO to be the "bad guy", not himself.I talked to our local CO about trespassers  if I found any, and he advised he'd show up but I HAD to press charges. No problem, said I.

[John Nail]

Asshats have discovered the "Deer drive" now. They will drive across your place and onto public ground or a place where they aren't prosecuted. They just keep making better thieves...

[BOFF]

Originally posted by Dave2old:
If they're on ATVs, piano wire stretched tight at neck level generally gets the message across.        (I did NOT say that. This is a forgery!)

I seriously hope this is a joke.   :eek:


Being a land owner of several thousands of acres I understand completely the frustration of trespassers. I agree completely with Ray, from past experiences, on the threats, burned land, and vandalism from prosecuting trespassing 'Good Ole Boys'.

But here in Alabama, and the current law suits, despite how backwards it is, if a trespasser gets hurt on your land, the landowner has a potential to lose a court case to the trespasser.

Setting up something to harm someone else is a totally different subject. Yes, I know some people are not worth much, and I wouldn't want to be associated with them, but to place land value or animal life above a human being is just totally wrong in my opinion. What if a child happens to ride into that piano wire? What if that child dies from it?

Dave, I know your a well respected man, but I gotta disagree with you here.