One More, Land Posted Thread

EDDIE BUCK · #1 10/21/09, 12:54 AM

This thread is in the opposite direction,lol........What do you think about folks that posts their own land real tight,an then want to hunt on other folks land.
Down the road from my place a couple bought 25 acres of land a couple years ago and posted it from the git go.
Yesterday this couples son stopped me at my drive and asked to hunt a small track of land on the right of my path that leads to my house.I told him I didn't own that track of land,but I told him who did own it and how to contact the land owner.
Do any of you folks see anything wrong with that picture? eb

copperkid3 · #2 10/21/09, 01:16 AM

Sorry Eddie......your post makes little sense. The "kid" (however old he might be) doesn't own the land that his parents posted. It's quite possible that they won't even let him hunt on "their" property......hence the reason that he is asking permission to hunt on a neighbor's land. Can't really see anything wrong with that either.......at least he's asking; most poachers don't.

EDDIE BUCK · #3 10/21/09, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by copperkid3

Sorry Eddie......your post makes little sense. The "kid" (however old he might be) doesn't own the land that his parents posted. It's quite possible that they won't even let him hunt on "their" property......hence the reason that he is asking permission to hunt on a neighbor's land. Can't really see anything wrong with that either.......at least he's asking; most poachers don't.

He is about twenty,and yes he does hunt their land.The track of land he wants to hunt,borders their land.

||Downhome|| · #4 10/21/09, 01:45 AM

sounds like the deer are skirting thier property, and he's been seeing them there.

cowcreekgeeks · #5 10/21/09, 05:32 AM

I don't see anything wrong with that.

MELOC · #6 10/21/09, 05:59 AM

make him real happy and ask the owners if you can hunt the land with him.

caroline00 · #7 10/21/09, 06:18 AM

we post and then give permission to a few friends to hunt. We do that because we want to know who is on our land. We have both chldren and animals using the land too.

MN Gardener · #8 10/21/09, 07:58 AM

We post, but it is mostly for safety issues. We do give permission to some neighbors and friends to hunt, but they must come to the house and let us know they are back there and to make sure no one else is back there. I would hate to have them go back there and get shot by stray bullet. I am sure that anyone we give permission to would allow us to hunt their land too (if they have some). We do have an over abundance of deer around here and in order to avoid problems like CWD the herds need to be thinned and I can not think of any better way to do that then to allow a hunter and her / his child to hunt together.

wy_white_wolf · #9 10/21/09, 08:10 AM

My land is posted not because I don't want hunters on it. I just want to know who is on it and when they are on it.

I have lifetime permission to hunt on a neighbors place. But I still do not go hunting there without contacting them each and every time I am there. Just common courtesy to show to a landowner.

**Cabin Fever** · #10 10/21/09, 08:12 AM

Not exactly on topic but.....There is nothing that turns the long time "locals" off like "new neighbors" who post their property with No Tresspassing signs every few feet.

TurnerHill · #11 10/21/09, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

Not exactly on topic but.....There is nothing that turns the long time "locals" off like "new neighbors" who post their property with No Tresspassing signs every few feet.

Exactly right. We have seen that here with the Free Staters.

caroline00 · #12 10/21/09, 08:33 AM

we use purple paint every 12 or so feet and most people do

Nette · #13 10/21/09, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by EDDIE BUCK

...Do any of you folks see anything wrong with that picture? eb

Eddie, I agree. That's not right.

7thswan · #14 10/21/09, 08:46 AM

I don't hunt other peoples land and expect people to stay off mine. This is pretty much how it is arround here. I did once have a person come up to me and yell at me while sitting in My tree stand on My property. That was amusing.

NostalgicGranny · #15 10/21/09, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by caroline00

we use purple paint every 12 or so feet and most people do

That's interesting - last year I read that is legal in Texas. No one I know of has seen purple post tops though.

EDDIE BUCK · #16 10/21/09, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Cabin Fever

Not exactly on topic but.....There is nothing that turns the long time "locals" off like "new neighbors" who post their property with No Tresspassing signs every few feet.

Bingo,That pretty much is whats happening.Its the only posted land around,but I have no problem with them posting their land,its theirs.Its not that I would like to hunt their land, I don't.I don't even hunt mine that much.
The way I look at it is,if you want to get permission to hunt my land,those signs that tell everybody including me,to stay off your land, better be down when you ask.Now, if you had to post your land because of some nut tresspassing or shooting all around where they shouldn't,go ahead and post it.
Then go out of your way and call and tell the land owners around you,those signs don't include them and they are still welcome.
I guess I'm living in the past.I was raised to respect others and their property and never give anyone reason for them to post their property from me.I expect the same in reguard to me and my property.Should something happen that would cause a problem?If we could not settle our differences,our land would be off limits to each other,but no posted sign would be nailed up,we wouldn't need one,we know where we are not wanted with out a sign to mark the way.
Perhaps its like a city or country thing,the city folks turn country,but don't know the country ways and the country folks say,look them gol darn city slickers have done posted their land,better not ketchum on mine,lol.
I got to tell this then I'll hush. (TRUE Story) About twenty years ago,a few of us old rednecks were deer hunting.Back then we hunted with pickup trucks,dogs and cb radios.In the area that we were hunting a farm had been sold and the owner had posted the land.None of us knew about it.
Anyway as the day was going by,the only one of us that saw the land was posted,couldn't read,and was the one who discovered the land being posted.Well he got on the cb and let it be known.Then one of us

asked just what all was wrote on it?
He said,he won't all that good at reading(couldn't read a lick)but he was pretty sure them big letters said "STAY OFF" lol eb

MN Gardener · #17 10/21/09, 10:19 AM

Another reason we post our land is for liability reasons. I don't wants some yahoo hurt themselves and then suing me because it happened on my land. 20 years ago that wouldn't be the case, but these days you can get sued for anything.

Mike in Ohio · #18 10/21/09, 11:46 AM

It's amazing what folks spout.

As to the city vs country thing and posting, The Farm Bureau has offered no tresspassing signs since I was a kid and I went to a one room school house. Posting might have been less aggressive when I was young but there were less problems with folks abusing other people. Locals knew who was welcome where and where they weren't welcome.

The fact that someone posts their land doesn't mean they don't allow anyone to hunt. It means that if you don't have permission you shouldn't be there. What's so hard about that to understand.

Just because someone bought their acre in the country doesn't mean I have some sort of obligation to let them hunt on my place. If that were the case I'd be looking at a treestand every foot or so.

I don't feel a need to hunt other peoples places because we can each bag the limit (3 deer) the first morning of gun season on our place if we choose. We invite family and friends (that includes some neighbors) to hunt on our place as long as the follow the rules (basically, don't act stupid, don't leave a mess and don't trespass onto the neighbors land).

What exactly is the problem with the guy asking the neighbor for permission to hunt? Neighbor says yes, great. Neighbor says no, no harm no foul. Neighbor says "great, we can each hunt across both properties and maybe even be sociable". Maybe the guy says yes and maybe the guy says no.

In Ohio, even if the person being asked says yes, the hunter would still need to be carrying a written permission form to be legal. If the game warden catches you on someone elses property without that slip you face some potential penalties and jail time.

I guess my question is where you fit into it? You aren't the person asking to hunt and you aren't the person being asked. Perhaps you are peeved because you weren't invited to the party.

Mike

fantasymaker · #19 10/21/09, 12:14 PM

It seems EXACTLY right to me. They EXPECT you to ask their permission to use their land and they ask to use others. Seems outright neighborly to me.

Nette · #20 10/21/09, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by EDDIE BUCK

I guess I'm living in the past.I was raised to respect others and their property and never give anyone reason for them to post their property from me.I expect the same in reguard to me and my property.

Well said. That's exactly why DH refuses to post our land.