central - east central Minnesota - | DrJ - 11/26/2012 14:25 Good afternoon, folks. Am a long-time reader but infrequent questioner; however, I would like the opinion of anyone who may have one to offer. The quick story: Mrs Dr and I live on 20 acres in northeastern Kansas. Had a new neighbor move in next door (or what passes for next door) about a week ago. Neighbor is an active hunter; I’m not, though I don’t have anything against it. Gun season starts here in a couple days, so I spent part of this last weekend putting up ‘no hunt/no trespass’ signs. Reason being, a hunter could easily walk across a back corner of our property (where we’ve seen 10-12 pointers) and shoot toward the house without realizing there’s actually a house there. Mrs Dr is concerned that we have or will offend the new neighbors, that they’ll think the signs are directed at them. We plan on living here for a good while, we presume the neighbors do as well, and we don’t want to start off on the wrong foot. We just don’t want anyone (except us) shooting on our property. Is Mrs Dr over-reacting? Am I under-reacting? TIA…
Mrs Dr is over reacting and likely, you will have problems with tresspassing and hunting, if your neighbors are bad sportsmen and have used your property for hunting in the past.
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With like concerns, shooting toward homes and new people in those homes around the area - an offender here, now knows his bounds, this year.
You must have the no trespassing signs up and posted legally, per your state law. Game cameria's help catch the trespassers and call the county sherrif and game wardens to voice your concerns and ask for pointers. If you have unsportsmen trespass on your property, call the sherrif and game warden right away. They can give them a written warning (that way you are not a bad guy/neighbor) and the next time they can be fined to the full extent of the law, which will cost them $$$.
Other option is to let another party you trust, hunt your land - they will keep other hunters out. It then becomes their battle.
Here in Mn, all 4 corners of the property must be posted - legally (signed, date and contact number -each yr). Taking pic's of the posted signs with time stamp on the cameria helps also, if the signs get ripped down.
If it's concerning to you, then do it right so it can be stopped as quickly as possible. Take the action now, as later, maybe too late. |
Property posting etiquette
