I appreciate all the feedback and thanks for posting the laws, copperkid.
When I said "hillbilly type neighbors" I was not trying to be derogatory to anyone on here who considers themselves a hillbilly. It is just a slang term I used for these people who are one fry short of a happy meal. These are not people who I tend to hang around with or even visit with, though I do smile and wave when i see them. If their horses or cows get out when they are not home, i put them back in. We have had city company come here in years past, get their vehicle stuck in the sand, and these "hillybillies" have come pulled them out with their tractor. So we basically get along.
But the are not the type to take care of the land. i would not trust them to hunt. As far as being "selfish" with the resources, well, that was a shocking statement to me. Those "hillbillies" have stripped their land bare of trees almost, they have tore it all to peices with 4 wheelers and let raw sewage run into the road. I could go on. I protect my resources, that is not being selfish. I have deer and doves on my land because I don't 4 wheel, I have trees and I don't have raw sewage. These are not the type you share with, and I am not the greedy type....not in my nature to be greedy...just protective.
On to other things. I had heard of the purple paint thing. I will check that out. As far as calling the law, we depend on the sheriffs department, and they could be anywhere in the county when you call, so no fast action there. I do have several big dogs, 3 great Pyrenees and 1 Aussie. But the back of the land is unprotected by dogs as they stay with the goats and by the house and by us.
I do fire my gun periodically, a 12G shotgun, I get their attention. They know I am armed. Also, when i first moved out here, i was single. So I subscribed to "Guns and Ammo" so gossip would spread via the small one-horse-town postal system.....they would all know that I had an interest in guns. I never even read those magazines.
