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<blockquote data-quote="Sticky Stokes" data-source="post: 2311520" data-attributes="member: 24533"><p>I posted this in the General Forum several days ago in response to a post there. This was several years ago but was my worst experience with trespassers.</p><p></p><p>I had a similar thing happen to me 5-6 years ago at our farm. Someone was cutting a corner of our fence and driving in to a locked 2nd gate to then walk in to swim and fish in our 5 acre pond. One weekday afternoon my wife and I drove out and arrived at the second gate where there was a pickup and 2 cars parked. I had my wife call the County Sheriffs office and I grabbed a 12 gauge and walked around to the pond, I figured it was some high school kids, just swimming and fishing, when I snuck around some thick cover I saw 5 guys and 2 girls....and they were not kids, this was a rough and tough looking crowd if you know what I mean. I stepped out and lowered the shotgun on them and trying to sound mad said "you guys are on private property, catching private fish" or something stupid like that. Well I scared the crap out of them initially but they recovered nicely, a guy with a mohawk said "My uncle so and so owns this land and has for years, I've been fishing this pond and hunting here since I was little, another bigger guy says yea me to, you better get the hell out of here" I calmly assured them that Uncle so and so did not own the land and they were trespassing and that the County Sheriff was on his way, I also assured them that I was a little nervous and jumpy and I would not hesitate to unload this 12 gauge. I lined them up single file and walked them out to the 2nd gate where my wife was in the middle of a panic attack as she sees me bringing these folks out. I have them sit on the ground in a circle until the sheriff shows up. The guys were not happy and continued to say things like "well you'll be seeing me again you can count on it" and "you better be careful when you come out here next time" I just told them to "shut up, and come on back, I'm always armed" The sheriff and game warden showed up and wrote them all tickets and confiscated the fishing gear. But I have to admit I was nervous and jumpy everytime I went hunting that year. Never did see them again but I have found 3 ground blinds and 2 ladder stands out there in the past 5 years or so. Expect the best but plan for the worst, I would be armed and careful everytime you are out on your land for awhile, and I would make sure a report was made to local law enforcement. </p><p></p><p>I posted the property again as required by law but most of the signs have either blown down or been torn down by people, I am actually planning to repost my property this weekend. We have had a seismic/exploration crew on our land off and on for the past couple of months, they just added a lock to our lock, they come and go as needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sticky Stokes, post: 2311520, member: 24533"] I posted this in the General Forum several days ago in response to a post there. This was several years ago but was my worst experience with trespassers. I had a similar thing happen to me 5-6 years ago at our farm. Someone was cutting a corner of our fence and driving in to a locked 2nd gate to then walk in to swim and fish in our 5 acre pond. One weekday afternoon my wife and I drove out and arrived at the second gate where there was a pickup and 2 cars parked. I had my wife call the County Sheriffs office and I grabbed a 12 gauge and walked around to the pond, I figured it was some high school kids, just swimming and fishing, when I snuck around some thick cover I saw 5 guys and 2 girls....and they were not kids, this was a rough and tough looking crowd if you know what I mean. I stepped out and lowered the shotgun on them and trying to sound mad said "you guys are on private property, catching private fish" or something stupid like that. Well I scared the crap out of them initially but they recovered nicely, a guy with a mohawk said "My uncle so and so owns this land and has for years, I've been fishing this pond and hunting here since I was little, another bigger guy says yea me to, you better get the hell out of here" I calmly assured them that Uncle so and so did not own the land and they were trespassing and that the County Sheriff was on his way, I also assured them that I was a little nervous and jumpy and I would not hesitate to unload this 12 gauge. I lined them up single file and walked them out to the 2nd gate where my wife was in the middle of a panic attack as she sees me bringing these folks out. I have them sit on the ground in a circle until the sheriff shows up. The guys were not happy and continued to say things like "well you'll be seeing me again you can count on it" and "you better be careful when you come out here next time" I just told them to "shut up, and come on back, I'm always armed" The sheriff and game warden showed up and wrote them all tickets and confiscated the fishing gear. But I have to admit I was nervous and jumpy everytime I went hunting that year. Never did see them again but I have found 3 ground blinds and 2 ladder stands out there in the past 5 years or so. Expect the best but plan for the worst, I would be armed and careful everytime you are out on your land for awhile, and I would make sure a report was made to local law enforcement. I posted the property again as required by law but most of the signs have either blown down or been torn down by people, I am actually planning to repost my property this weekend. We have had a seismic/exploration crew on our land off and on for the past couple of months, they just added a lock to our lock, they come and go as needed. [/QUOTE]
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