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Message: <blockquote data-quote="HoLeChit" data-source="post: 4131048" data-attributes="member: 35036">I would take the approach of going and talking to the neighbors in a friendly fashion. It’s probably them. It might be someone who received authorization to hunt on the land years ago, and the landowner forgot. Who knows. But going and talking with the people, introducing yourself, and updating them on the situation will likely give you a better outcome than calling law enforcement, the land owner, or moving stuff that could be theirs.I remember as a kid there was a property caddy corner to our 1 acre lot that was a 20-30 acre piece of land. Had a nice farm pond on it with lots of fish. The house on the property was rented out occasionally, but not often or for very long. I think in the 10 years we lived there the rental house was occupied maybe 24 months. So when nobody lived there, I would go and fish that pond almost every day, assuming the water wasn’t frozen. I remember sneaking my shotgun out of the house and going dove hunting on that land when mom left me at home alone. I flew my kite there, and just wandered around with my dog. I never had permission. Technically I was trespassing and poaching.If I am being completely honest with myself, if I owned 20 acres at the end of a rough, secluded road, didn’t have many neighbors, and there was enough unfenced land for a lease next to me, I likely wouldn’t let it go to waste either. Landowner hasn’t been around in years, nobody visits or uses the land, yeah, I would probably go shoot a squirrel, bird, or deer in it, take the dog on a walk, or go fishing. That being said I would also be happy to revisit property lines and go back to staying off the property if someone showed up and said they were leasing it or owned it, as I have no right to be there.</blockquote>

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