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Was out at my property this morning and notices that some hunters had driven their truck around my land. This spring I had taken the time to plant 720 trees and bushes to start establishing a sheltered area where I plan to build my new home in a couple years. I had allowed wild growth up around the tress to provide them shelter for the winter. Apparently they thought this would be a great place to hunt from being a natural blind. When driving though the field they followed the cleared path I had next to a row of trees and ended up running over a number of the young trees. I would estimate they killed or damaged 50 - 100 trees.

Knew it was hunters because they missed picking up a couple of their spent shells. Not sure what pissed me off more, the fact they killed a bunch of my trees or the used pile of toilet paper I found.

I am seriously considering posting my land as no hunting without landowner permission and a note stating no permission currently granted.
 
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Yup sucks

have had that same problem

Just dropped 5 or 6 mature trees on a trail that somebody decide to make on my families property without permission
 
Those are not hunters bud. They are trespassers, poachers, f'n road hunters...whatever you want to call them. I hope we dont' get all painted with the same brush. Post it man, and watch it....good luck to you :)
 
They ARE hunters - because this is how the non-hunting community and lots of landowners, in particular, see them.

From our point of view, they are disrespectful slob hunters who do a tremendous disservice to all of the ethical folks who obey the laws and play by the rules.

A$$holes.
 
John Y Cannuck said:
Trespassers, are not hunters.
I think all hunters will agree that this kind of crap gives us all a bad name, and ends up with more posted lands.
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I am surprised at how many landowners on this site have there land posted.....land access is a huge problem for new hunters....just another way the Canadian gun community will collapse on itself
 
Post your land no hunting without permission and phone # If they don't have the decency to ask boot them out or charge them. I was out today pheasant hunting on land I had permission on the owner saw me and came over to check. I try to establish a good relation with the land owner most have asked me after a season or two to keep an eye on other hunters and tell them if someone is up to no good IE. driving where they shouldn't be etc. as a result I get to hunt and use my old big red trike to pic up dead game . Where others don't get to go. it's there land and in alot of cases there money is made off of the cattle etc. that they raise on the land so you need to respect that.
 
Don't really consider them hunters, should have worded it differently.

senior said:
I agree with the rest, signs would make no diff :(
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The land is within 2 miles of a managed hunting area and only a mile away from a large marsh so conservation does dive buy it on a regular bases. Had a chat with once on the local officers and let him know the only individual I have givin permission to hunt on the land, he siad if he see anyone out there when he passes buy he'll check them out for me :)

Will be going out and putting up the signs tommorow noting land owner permission required.

Only problem is I live an hour away from the property right now so it makes it difficult to regularly check on the land. :(
 
coltfan said:
I am surprised at how many landowners on this site have there land posted.....land access is a huge problem for new hunters....just another way the Canadian gun community will collapse on itself
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It doesn't surprise me in the least. Talk to just about any landowner particularly if they are located adjacent to an urban area.

All it takes is one or two encounters with tresspassers or some guy in blaze orange pounding on your door at dawn on opening day to ask permission or the discovery of a gut pile that a tresspasser left to put those signs up and enforce them.
 
Claybuster said:
It doesn't surprise me in the least. Talk to just about any landowner particularly if they are located adjacent to an urban area.

All it takes is one or two encounters with tresspassers or some guy in blaze orange pounding on your door at dawn on opening day to ask permission or the discovery of a gut pile that a tresspasser left to put those signs up and enforce them.
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Agreed...There is an art to obtaining permission. Knocking at someone's door the dawn of opening day is DEFINITELY NOT IT. Some ranchers here in Alberta have set up a "sign up" day. It is the same day every year, you put your name in on the calendar, and of course there is a maximum number allowed. You also record your vehicle description and plate number, etc. This system works very well, you usually meet the same people every year and get to know when someone is "not" supposed to be there. It promotes self discipline and policing.
 
We had pemission on land that got a lot of abuse, so the owner started giving pemission cards, and the wardens were told about it. All the wardens had to do was ask to see the permission card, if you didn't have one you got charged. I still have some old cards around.
 
I posted my land. If someone wants to hunt it, they can call. If they don't and we catch them, we lay charges.

It is quite simple: Ask. The answer will usually be Yes.

Guys that don't ask deserve their day in court.

Personally SIsfeld, I think you need to "customize" your access road a bit.
 
Yeah, well I own 160 acres of the other 5% that borders on crown land on two sides. So-called hunters roar around with ATVs, cut fences and generally act like #######s. My neighbour owns about a 1000 acres and he really has problems. He locks all his gates but it doesn't do much good. We're now living through the free fire zone called open season for moose. I heard gunfire all day around me yesterday.
 
SIsfeld said:
Was out at my property this morning and notices that some hunters had driven their truck around my land. This spring I had taken the time to plant 720 trees and bushes to start establishing a sheltered area where I plan to build my new home in a couple years. I had allowed wild growth up around the tress to provide them shelter for the winter. Apparently they thought this would be a great place to hunt from being a natural blind. When driving though the field they followed the cleared path I had next to a row of trees and ended up running over a number of the young trees. I would estimate they killed or damaged 50 - 100 trees.

Knew it was hunters because they missed picking up a couple of their spent shells. Not sure what pissed me off more, the fact they killed a bunch of my trees or the used pile of toilet paper I found.

I am seriously considering posting my land as no hunting without landowner permission and a note stating no permission currently granted.
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As you're in MB, and I have a lot of relatives there (mostly farmers), I was told that if you post your land "No Hunting", that includes you. "No trespassing without landowner's permission" would probably be more what you're trying to accomplish. Just a thought. - dan
 
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