treat the person how you would want to be treated if you were in his shoes.
I agree but then again people probably won’t respect your wishes if they have been hunting it.treat the person how you would want to be treated if you were in his shoes.
I’m with this ending. Leave a note, your phone number and keep the owner out of it. Work it out without creating bad feelings.I like the note idea.
You might even get to talk with the person and may find out he had permission and could be an old man in his 80's and you two end up being friends .
You just never know.
Do not treat the ordeal like something illegal until you hear the rest of the story.
Put the stuff at what you think is the property line..leave your note put up some no trespassing signs..even if you have to post on trees. That way they don’t show up opening morning thinking they are going to hunt! No need to be ugly but people will walk all over you. We had a spot in mcalester 350 acres. And never fail every year someone would come walking through and the closest house was probably a mile.I’m with this ending. Leave a note, your phone number and keep the owner out of it. Work it out without creating bad feelings.
But....he's not the landowner.The approach I have taken as a land-owner is to take the property and leave a note explaining that I have it, and if they want it back, how to contact me.
I state that if they do not contact me by a date in the distant future, it will be considered abandon and be disposed of as I see fit.
I also point out that their equipment on my property demonstrates trespassing, and intent to hunt/trap/fish whatever the equipment indicates, and they do not have permission from the landowner to do that.
Photograph what you found and the condition you found it in before moving it.
Photograph where you left the note relative to their property.
Chances are they will never call, and if they do, it was probably an honest mistake regarding property lines by another hunter leasing property.
My brother and I are inheriting multiple farms and parcels of land. While searching for an old pickup, I ran across a very nice setup on one of the properties. I'll put a note on it tomorrow or sunday asking them to contact me. Im not hunting it. And unsure if they had previous permission or not. But will explain the new ground rules. starting now on. This guy has two elevated stands one for morning sun and evening. with a feeder and trail cam in the middle.Got a new lease this year and after setting up my second stand near the back of the property I found another stand and feeder laying down. Prob 50 yards from mine. There are no fences to the east of me and this is near the NE corner of the property. The previous land owner passed away and I am leasing it now from his daughter who is the new owner. I suspect it is the neighbor to the east who lives on 20 acres, but only guessing based on stand and his house location.
I’m tempted to be nice and leave a note asking to “please take your stuff next time, this land is leased etc”.
I don’t think I want to take it down and keep it.
Unsure if this land has ever been leased before.
What would y’all do?
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