Illegal hunters

[powdernut]

Anyone ever catch someone hunting on there property illegally?If so what did you do ? Ran into this problem on Tuesday Nov 28. I am wondering if I handled it correctly.

[cduke69]

We have this problem all the time, if we walk your property and find stand sites; we will post a note on the tree, stating that you are trespasing and please remove your stand. I will ussually check a couple days later and see if they have removed there stands, if not then i would take there stands down and let them know where they can pick up there equipment. with all the new construction in our area (LaPlata) i think people just cant find places to hunt. I think most Hunters are pretty respectfull people and would respect (POSTED) property. A couple years ago i had a hunter in the woods that i could see from my house, the hunter was standing up on a ridge. I drove my truck to the end of the field and glassed him, I could see him mount his gun at me. I dont know if he was just using his scope to see me or what, in that situation i would not go rushing into the wood with an armed person and get into a pissing contest with him or her! the best thing you can do is call the police or the game warden and try to get them over to your property as soon as possible without letting the trespasser know he or she has been spotted. After the awful sutiation that happened a couple years ago with that guy killing all those hunters it just isnt worth getting shot.

[nybuckstalker]

I agree, rushing over to an armed unknown hunter and telling him to get off your property, in some not so nice words, could turn an already embarrassing situation for the trespasser into physical confrontation. Last year I hunted a property with written permission. One night, a guy on his ATV came barreling across the field right up to my stand right about the time the deer normally stepped out into the field. He was the nephew of the landowner who banned him from hunting the property a few years prior, only the landowner told him that nobody could hunt the property. Well, the landowner allowed me to hunt to “police” the property to make sure he didn’t hunt it! After several minutes of trying to explain this to the irrational nephew my hunt was over. He gained nothing from the encounter I my one night to hunt for the week was ruined. He could have just as easily waited at my truck and talked to me at the end of the hunt.

[Hardcorehunter]

I agree. For stands I will go through the same note process. If I find someone on the edges of my property, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are not familiar with the propery lines. I myself have got turned around in the dark and ended up slightly farther then i had planned. After explaining they are tresspasing it usually solves the problem. If it doesn't that is what DNR is for. Give them a tag number or if you see them on the property, then call them. The simplist way is to post your property with no tresspasing signs, use lots of them, and then there is no excuse to be on your land.

[powdernut]

Hey thanks for the replies,when this happened I called DNR they got to my house quickly my daughter directed them where they could find my treestand. The game warden approached my stand I then showed him where the guy was he approached him after a few minutes he called me over the guy had a permission slip from the property owner next to me and warden asked if I wanted to press charges ,I didn't because the poor guy was scared to death and apoligized plus it was a honest mistake .However if he didn"t have that slip I would have had him arrested.I later spoke with the landowner and he had indeed given the guy permission.
Glad I had my cell phone with me. just liked cduke69 said it"s not worth getting shot over.

[BIG FOX]

that is a problem in any area, but your worst action could be to go out there and confront a person, you know is armed and get in a pissing contest. If the person is just honestly makign a mistake it is one thing, but if they know they are wrong and just on your property then who is to say they don't have a gun, handgun, whatever and are willing to use it to stay out of trouble. it is a scary thing to try and figure out, but i can assure you if Bill Crutchfeild was to post on a website where his monster was shot there would be a jackass in every tree within 50 miles of that place.

A guy i used to work with wa sout walking his land one night and came up on a guy CAMPING on his property 2 days before deer season. When he asked him what he was doing the guy said he was from out of town and just waiting for the season to start. my friend explained to him that he was on private property and the guy told him, "So What, i have been here for two days scouting this area and i don't care if it is yoru property, i am not leaving till i get the deer i have been seeing.." so with out further confrontation he went home phoned the police and they went out there. the guy was flipping out on the police tellign them he had been there scouting for days and just wanted to harvest the deer he has been seeing. well needless to say they threw him to the ground, cuffed him up threw water on the fire and all his crap in his tent and dragged his dumb ass out.. found his truck the next day park on the side of the side road and towed it.. talk about a butt head.. he told me and i had to laugh

[THE DEER HUNTER]

That guy must have been an escapee from the looney bin!

[6969]

::)with all houses going up around charles county if it backs up to the woods and they hunt there in