WWYD re: trespassers, probably neighbors

10 days Already?

Not sure what would have transpired here by now .... but pretty sure that I wouldn't be asking for guidance.

It's your land .... deal with it.

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Wow...sure hope you never have a robbery or a killer show up at your home while he is on vacation!!!

Seriously?

Most places the police/sheriff won't get there fast enough to save you from a killer even if they do know how to find it. That's why it's good to be able to take care of yourself.

Any updates? If the sheriff was back yesterday...... Would love to hear how he plans to proceed.

Dito!

Even if the Sheriff has asked you not to post anything more on the subject, could you at least stop by and say you can't post anymore, for now.. ???

When CT knows more, she will let us know.

Very interesting thread CT. Thank you for sharing.

One question that stays in my mind is why rely on the camp (which has ignored your requests previously) to warn their campers to stay off your trail?

If there is still a trail leading from the camp to your ranch why not make it less easily accessable by selective plantings or allowing natural growth to overtake the trail from your property to their property/etc.?

Post signs along the obvious trails with warnings like others have suggested until the natural barriers you create do their job. I bet not many people would fight through thorny berry patches/etc. would they?

I just don't understand keeping a trail from their place to yours? It almost seems like an invitation.

A single publicized conviction might do wonders. But yes natural barriers are worth doing where possible. Thorny bramble patches, tree brush piles, that kind of thing. Maybe even some selective excavations to make it more difficult.

And where that's not possible or practical, I still like the 10 - 12 (+) strand barbed wire idea. It's cheap and low tech.

I suspect apple season is pretty well over so this year's aggrivations probably are too. Lots of time to plan and prep for next year though.

Natural barriers work well. A few years back we had some local teens that were using some land behind me as their own. I ordered about 20 blackberry (?) plants from our extension office and now have a thick, thorny, wall that has completely stopped anyone from passing thru that area. Cheap and easy.

So then how to keep 'em from stealing berries...

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OK.. it's way past Monday... I wanna hear the rest of the story...

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Her last post on this whole site was number 173 on this topic.
Maybe she dropped her iPod in the creek heading out to check the trail cams.

hmm. perhaps a gag order is in effect?

updates???

If there is a gag order in place, the O.P. could just post a blank post so we know she's still out there.

Let em have the berries. They're not making a living from them.

Sent Tator a P.M. on the 28th, requesting that she come back

and let us know how things are going with the sheriff, et al.

No word received back. Saw that she was on site early this morning,

so at least she (or someone using her account) is still alive and kicking.

I'm sure she has her reasons and when she's ready, she'll be back to give us the latest.

I'm back. I apologize for being gone so long. First, I was waiting to hear back from the Sheriff. And then I got a terrible chest cold and bronchitis. I was too sick to spend a lot of time preparing long responses, made even longer because I type it out with one finger on an iPad.

The Sheriff is back. That is all I know from that end.

On my end, I was finally well enough to leave the house yesterday. I mailed the photos and the letter of demand to the doctor. It was sent return receipt requested. She has 30 days from receipt to pay up or I file a small claims action.

As for the question of why the trail, it is pretty inhospitable now. Remember, it was once the road into the ranch. It was pretty well maintained then. But in the '70's, the Forest Service gated the opposite end of it, and refused to give the owners of the ranch a copy of the key. The road fell into terrible disrepair. At one point, a Forest ranger, wanting to ensure it couldn't be used as a road again, made a huge mound of dirt on the road and planted an oak tree on it. Now it has logs and boulders across it, parts so badly eroded that you take your life in your hands crossing it. Barbed wire fence. No trespassing signs.


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CT, that to me does not sound like a trip worthy of picking a few apples! Those trespassers must be real apple lovers!

Sorry to hear you were sick, but happy to hear you are better!

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Now it gets interesting!

Wonder what kind of reply the letter will get??

Thanks for the update and glad you're on the road to recovery... maybe in more ways than one. ;-)

I hear ya about typing. I'm doing the one finger thing on a smartphone so I can relate!