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Post by Boilermaker on May 9, 2011 7:43:34 GMT -5
So I know we've discussed this several times on here already this year between mushroom hunters and turkey chasers...but why can't people read "NO TRESSPASSING" signs? My uncle and I went out Saturday morning in hopes of getting him on a turkey. We hunted the same spot I had gotten mine (Golf Course Gobbler) but didn't see anything. So we packed up, headed to the truck and drove down the road to my house. The field across from the house had been holding turkeys for a couple days now so we decided to drive on past the house to check the field out; sure enough 3 toms and 4 or 5 hens! We headed down the trail that separates my grandpa's 100 acres there and walked in the woods just 200 yards from the birds; never spooking them. As we were setting up we heard a hen just callin her head off no more then 50 feet away! (but never saw her...). Just as i sat down I hear a stick break, which i thought that was wierd since turkey's usually aren't big enough to make that much noise. Sure enough as i looked up, 2 young men (my age) were walking towards me; THE HEN THAT WAS MAKING SO MUCH NOISE! They looked angry as could be that I was interrupting their hunting, on my grandfather's property!!!! I angrily asked "Do you have any idea whose ground you're on?" They said YEAH! it's J.B.'s and we have permission to be here!" I said bull-$%!t! this is my grandpa's and I'm the only one with permission to be here! They actually tried to argue that they were right; then I told them they were over half a mile from his property line. THat's right, they crossed 2 (TWO) property lines to get on our ground (and walked by at least one No Tresspassing sign). I AM TIRED OF BEING POLITE! C/O's getting called next time. This is the 3rd time in 1 year I've run people off.
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Post by countrystyle56 on May 9, 2011 8:17:07 GMT -5
Oh, they can read just fine. It's just that they were never taught to care. Hunting ethics, or ethics in general, are unfortunately a thing of the past. The sport of hunting has boomed so much in the last 10 years that a lot was lost. People get so wrapped up in "the kill" that they will do almost anything to get it. Trespassing in these peoples eyes means nothing. Sad but true. Hunting will never be like it used to be!
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Post by HillBillyJeff on May 9, 2011 8:45:06 GMT -5
MY issue is with the city people that move out here and think their ATV and cycles are allowed to go anywhere they please. My worst experience was sitting in my tree stand and watching an ATV drive across MY field.
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Post by Boilermaker on May 9, 2011 9:55:17 GMT -5
MY issue is with the city people that move out here and think their ATV and cycles are allowed to go anywhere they please. My worst experience was sitting in my tree stand and watching an ATV drive across MY field. Same issue there too on our ground. The nieghbors kids ride their 4-wheelers on everyone's property around here. It's also a nightly occurence to see 3-4 kids on horses riding through the woods... |
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Post by tickman1961 on May 9, 2011 9:57:23 GMT -5
Most know exactly what they are doing.....
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Post by huntinfool on May 10, 2011 17:55:31 GMT -5
Most know exactly what they are doing..... You are exactly right, they just don't have any regard or respect for anyone else's property. |
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Post by throbak on May 10, 2011 18:13:44 GMT -5
If you would have had them arrested the first time there would be no problem now
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Post by turk2di on May 11, 2011 8:11:42 GMT -5
3rd time?? Your too lenient!
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Post by omegahunter on May 11, 2011 12:29:18 GMT -5
I was told many years ago that the only trespassers worse than deer hunters were turkey hunters and the only ones worse than turkey hunters were mushroom hunters. That seems about right from all the stories I have heard.
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Post by Boilermaker on May 11, 2011 13:34:13 GMT -5
If you would have had them arrested the first time there would be no problem now This is the first time for these hunters...never seen these 2 anywhere in the area. Last deer season was 3 other guys and a young boy. Time before that? Another set of 2 guys during "youth" turkey season 2 years ago. The "youth" they had with them wasn't even in camo and was about 5 years old (looked like a scam for old dad to shoot 2 birds and tag one as the boy's) The horses are about every other night now. Problem is the guy who owns the golf course lets ANYONE hunt because the deer tear up his trees. Needless to say when 200+ golfers a week come through and half of them are hunters and see a nice scrape on a 6" pine tree; that ends up being a LOT of unwelcomed weekend warriors and fence-line crossing punks. |
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