Intentional Trespassers

[Remnar_Soady]

The last post brings up a very somber reminder. No need to act like a tool in there when every one is holding a gun....However, I firmly believe that 90% of reasons given are usually lies.

Heres how I would have handled it: No need to get worked up. Call them on their bluff and cathc them in their lie. Have them unload their guns and you can walk them through to where they wanted to go. you were trying to drive deer through your property anyways. Odds are they will then opt to turn around and walk off your land rather than have you walk them through. At that time, inform them the next time the CO will be called immediately. Then later on call the CO anyways. Pretty much avoid hostile confrontaion that way and the message gets through to them one way or another. But if it turns out they were lost and really want to get back to their land, they will let you walk them through with unloaded rifles.

[charliepete2]

I don't like trespassers, but I'd think twice about being confrontational with them. I'd be polite, and let the CO handle it. Jnelsons story about his dad reminded me of my Uncle who is also a tough guy. My Uncle bought a nice 120 that was full of big deer and also packed with guys who were used to being able hunt under the last absentee owner. My Uncle threw them off when ever he found them and let them have it while he did. Shortly after the gun season he came home to a burned down barn and kennel. He lost all his hounds that he loved like kids, and several thousand dollars in equipment and stock.

In my book the kind sneaky backbiters who trespass on other peoples land on purpose are also the kind that might do much worse when you're not around after you've riled them up. I'd keep it civil, and call the CO.

[Bassboy1645]

So how come up here in superior national forest guys have a house 100 yards back in the woods and own a 2 acre backyard wiht the only road accessinto public land yet the put up a gate at the road wiht no tresspassing?? And worse yet they yell and B**** and hollar at anybody who is hunting on the public land like the own the whole got dang woods?? Im a college kid and i cant afford my own land to hunt though i want to someday....many of my family members own land and i hear where u all are comign from. Any explanations on what to do when confronted by landowners who think they own more than what they really do?? what about the no tresspassing signs on public land??

[Remnar_Soady]

If you are truly on public land, make them call the CO on you. that will bring them out to settle the matter. However these people seem to be willing to go to great lengths to ruin your hunt, so it may mean that you have to go somewhere else. Public land is public land. it does not matter if you walk in from the road or out your back door to use it. but like I said, they will probably stop at nothing to kick you out.....

[Gordie]

Went up to the Grand Rapids area for the last weekend of zone one and when we get up there on friday after noon their was snow on the ground and thought great this should be awsome to see and get deer. we were disapointed later as we we to the stands that evening found out that someone already had paid a visit to both stands that we use. Their is 40 acres and we have two permenant stands on it and this past summer we posted the liven --it out of it,and as a matter of fact the guy walked off the road within ten feet of the posted sign this just $ucks. because this forty acres boarders the Chippewa National forest and their are plenty places to hunt, their is even places to park 250 yards from were the guy walked in at.

If the guys that do this are ever caught we will procecute to the fullest extent to the Law.

It seems that the 40 acres that is their is the only place that the deer are and the thousands of acres behind it have none , funny thing all the deer we shot this year except one witch was this past saturday were shot on forest land behind us and no even saw a deer on the 40 until this past weekend. just venting a little, thanks for this post.

[walerak]

we only have agricultural land and don't catch too many trespassers, but we don't turn them in. wait until they're far enough into the field or over a hill, then pull the valve stems on their tires and let them figure out what to do from there. its easy for someone to pay the system, 50$ for taking game on someone else's land. let them spend that kinda money on a towtruck to only realize they didnt have their valvestems.

[iffwalleyes]

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we only have agricultural land and don't catch too many trespassers, but we don't turn them in. wait until they're far enough into the field or over a hill, then pull the valve stems on their tires and let them figure out what to do from there. its easy for someone to pay the system, 50$ for taking game on someone else's land. let them spend that kinda money on a towtruck to only realize they didnt have their valvestems.

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I don't agree with this method at all. Call the CO if you have issues or the sheriff let them be the ones to deal with it.

[walleyes4me]

I own land along the minnesota river north of sleepy eye. Every year its the same thing. I get a couple guys sitting in deer stands overlooking my land. When I ask what they are doing they say oh we are hunting so and so's land. Technically the farmer owns the field they are supposedly hunting. This year after hearing a shot early Sunday morning of the first weekend I walked to the top of the hill to find the same thing. A hunter perched in a stand overlooking my land. When i asked him what he shot at he said a small deer. I asked where it was and of course it was in the middle of a clearing on my land. I informed him of this and even showed him the marker posts that I had spray painted this fall hoping to avoid and conflicts. To no avail. What does a person do? The farmer owns like 4 feet of land next to a field where this person puts his stand. Unfortunately he overlooks my woods and doesn't seem to mind shooting at deer on my property. I have done just about everything I can think of outside of involving the law. This is ridiculous. I even put stands up there to try and maybe convince him to move his stand. Know what happened? The morning I came to hunt out of my stand all the steps were tore off so I couldn't climb up into it. Nice huh? I just don't know what to do anymore. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks for letting me vent. LoL.

[Gordie]

I,m not the vendictive type person and would hope that the law (it probly wouldnt happen) would make an example of these guys. Like their starting to do with the guys that are baiting take their guns away and make them buy them back at auction or law keeps them. break the law pay the price!!

Recking something of theirs just makes me as bad as them and then when they figure out they could retailiate and then what? Again Break the law pay the price! bigger the fine the better. make them think about it I know it wont stop.

[MinnesotaMuskie]

We have 40 acres northwest of Grand Rapids. Posted it and had a heck of a time with the previous owner. He actually drove up the acess road(Forest road), slowed his pickup to a crawl and told the kids(ages 12-18) to "yell at those guys." We were on Federal Land and these kids yelled some interesting stuff at us.

I did take a photo of them in the truck, with license plate showing. I will be pursueing this tommorrow.

When we were gone during the week...it was obvious in the snow, that some group had driven our land...ethics.

[Tripleplay]

I have a lease of about 160 acres up in Itasca county and although I can't say I post it heavily I do get it posted. In previous years we have had an issue with folks walking in off of the state 4-wheeler trail that slides by the back corner of my lease.

Now I go out of my way to drop a no trespassing/no hunting sign on every large trail/deer run leading to my lease off of the 4 wheeler trail. Consistently I end up with somebody walking in on us (we are on a big hay field). In the past I've even moved people off of the field (of course they told me that they assumed the hay field was public??). Once even sent somebody packing off of the field----decided to get out and still hunt a small woods to the north and sure enough I see this same hunter 5-10 feet back in the woods against a tree still hunting my field! He darn near ran when he realized I saw him and was pulling out my cell phone. Also had hunters hunt the road into the property right past a no hunting sign and even a guy who swore he was looking for a deer he shot but not a single deer had come into the field from that direction in two days?

This year my hunting partner hit the corner of the woods to work back looking for some sign of a blood trail and sure enough somebody had been in one of my old stands. Cig butts everywhere on the ground around the stand and within 10 yards of one of my no hunting signs. That is intentional and probably explains why this corner was worthless for deer activity the entire first weekend.

I don't even own the land but go out of my way to work/support the landowners including loads of wood and paying for the hunting rights not counting all of the groceries that we provide these hermits and I get just as hosed by folks that refuse to honor a no hunting sign.

I will call the CO immediately like everybody else but it sure gets frustrating to listen to the bull-dump from the trespassers.