Appears I may have a trespasser

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I'd call the local game warden as well. We have the same problem on our family land up in Wisconsin. Jerks killed(poached) all the Turkeys we had. On another note, DNR warden informed us that all of our signs now have to be multi lingual.
Current Oklahoma Law states that signs aren't even needed now. If you don't have written permission to be on the property your guilty of trespass. I'm on a first name basis with the GW's in my area for good reasons. LOL

Universal Citation: 29 OK Stat § 29-5-202 (2014)
A. Except as otherwise provided, no person may hunt or take by any means or method upon the land of another without the consent of the owner, lessee or occupant of such land.

B. For purposes of this section, consent shall be presumed to be valid for not more than one (1) year, unless the owner, lessee, or occupant specifically grants consent for a specified period of time.

C. Excluding land primarily devoted to farming, ranching, or forestry purposes as set forth in Section 1835.2 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, areas exempt from the provisions of subsection A of this section are lands belonging to this state which are not leased and occupied by a resident, excluding school land.

D. Any game warden investigating a hunter in the field has the duty to inform the hunter that it is necessary to obtain the consent of the landowner, lessee or occupant to hunt or take on the particular property. Prosecution for violations of the provisions of this section may be commenced only upon written complaint of such owner, lessee or occupant filed before any court authorized to punish such violation, or upon written complaint to any game warden or officer authorized to make arrest for such offenses.

E. No person shall operate a motor-driven conveyance on lands that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission of the landowner, lessee or occupant.

F. The consent of any owner, lessee or occupant of land authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any recreational activity upon the land of any such owner, lessee or occupant shall not be construed to create any additional duty of care or impose any additional liability other than specified by Sections 16-71.2 and 16-71.3 of Title 2 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

G. The obtaining of consent from any owner, lessee or occupant of land authorizing a person to hunt, take, fish or engage in any recreational activity shall not relieve the authorized person using the land from any obligation which the person may have in the absence of obtaining such consent to exercise care in the use of such land and in activities thereon, or from the legal consequences of failure to employ such care.

H. 1. It shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A of this section that the accused had express or implied permission or legal authority to be on the property.

2. If an accused reasonably believed he or she was upon property for which they had permission to be upon, it shall be an affirmative defense to prosecution under subsection A of this section that the accused had with him or her, on his or her person, written permission from the surface owner, surface lessee, hunting lessee, or lawful occupant to be upon such person's land while the accused was upon any adjoining property. This defense shall not be available to the accused if:

a.the accused has previously pled guilty, nolo contendere, or has been convicted of any act of trespass or has been found civilly liable of any act of trespass, or

b.the accused, while the accused was upon the adjoining property, does not have with him or her, on his or her person, the written permission specified in this paragraph.

I. Any person convicted for the first time of violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) nor more than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for thirty (30) days, or by both fine and imprisonment.

J. Any person convicted for the second or subsequent time of violating any provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by the imposition of a fine of not less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than six (6) months, or by both fine and imprisonment.
 

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I have another idea. Get one of those driveway alert things and make it so you can get a signal at home also put up a no parking sign. When it goes off call a tow company to remove the vehicle and let the person who is there try and figure out where the vehicle is then pay the tow fee and storage on it.
 
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I have another idea. Get one of those driveway alert things and make it so you can get a signal at home also put up a no parking sign. When it goes off call a tow company to remove the vehicle and let the person who is there try and figure out where the vehicle is then pay the tow fee and storage on it.

This is 45 miles away from home. The driveway alerts are limited to about 1000 feet unless one uses one of the cell game came units. It may come to that if the static cams keeps getting pics of folks that should not be there. Thanks for the thoughts.
 

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Ah yeah, that is a bit far then. If it does come to that talk to one of the local tow companies and work it out with them ahead of time so that if you get an alert you can give them a call and they can go grab it. The tow fee on a slow day will probably make them mighty happy and if it takes a week for the person to figure it all out the storage fees will definitely make them smile.
 
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Came over for an afternoon/evening hunt and pulled the card from the game cam.

This is the trespasser.
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Just a couple hours later, here I am spreading corn.
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I may have to do an early morning recon tomorrow.......
Looks like you in camo , same little short bowlegs ..........maybe the old-timers is kicking in and you don't remember you went hunting
 

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Interesting that this section mentions "fenced and posted".

E. No person shall operate a motor-driven conveyance on lands that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission of the landowner, lessee or occupant.
 
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Interesting that this section mentions "fenced and posted".

E. No person shall operate a motor-driven conveyance on lands that are fenced and posted or are in cultivation without permission of the landowner, lessee or occupant.
That provision is to give GW and LEO an option when the jackwagons are caught driving around your wheat field at night spotlighting deer. I've seen it on mine, and others in the area have seen tracks across the wheat as well.
 

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