So I just got back from a weekend of deer hunting here in KS. It was a good time. Saw a few young bucks and plenty of does, decided not to harvest a doe yet.
Now to the point: here is the situation, it is My second day hunting, between morning and afternoon hunts. I go to investigate a permanent tree stand that my dad and I built about 7 years ago to see what its condition was and if it was stable enough to hunt out of. The stand is about 260 yards from our southern property line. The first thing I notice when I get into the stand is 6 empty nickle .30-30 shells that are so damn shiny im suprised they were still hot. No one who has permission to hunt on our land has hunted this stand in years. Further more, none of us use .30-30 for deer. I collect the shells and investigate the area for footprints. Ground was too hard to show any prints I guess cuz there were none. I go to check out the fence on our southern property line and find out that the summers floods have knocked parts of it down and there is a well trodden path that leads straight into our fields. Aside from some jerk being a bad shot, he has been hunting on my land without permission and poaching deer or other game.
My plan: I already have an idea of who the culprits may be. However, just to be sure I am going to hold onto the spent cases and put up trail cameras on the southern property line next to this path and at our gate to catch a photo of a license plate or face. Turn them into the authorities.
Sorry, I had to rant somewhere! This kind of thing really makes me angry.
Anyone here had this problem? how did you deal with it?
BTW, This is not the first fishy happening on our land. I ran into a guy on our property during turkey season 2 years ago. there was a lack of communication between some of the other parties hunting on our property> I knew there was going to be a friend hunting on our western fields, but not exactly where. Anyway, I was walking to my stand and to my dismay, someone is in it. they wave to me, so i assume it is my friend and back off. I find out later that it was not any of our hunting party.
Also last month someone jacked around with one of our boats as well.
We do have quite a few no trespassing and no hunting signs posted on our property lines.
Now to the point: here is the situation, it is My second day hunting, between morning and afternoon hunts. I go to investigate a permanent tree stand that my dad and I built about 7 years ago to see what its condition was and if it was stable enough to hunt out of. The stand is about 260 yards from our southern property line. The first thing I notice when I get into the stand is 6 empty nickle .30-30 shells that are so damn shiny im suprised they were still hot. No one who has permission to hunt on our land has hunted this stand in years. Further more, none of us use .30-30 for deer. I collect the shells and investigate the area for footprints. Ground was too hard to show any prints I guess cuz there were none. I go to check out the fence on our southern property line and find out that the summers floods have knocked parts of it down and there is a well trodden path that leads straight into our fields. Aside from some jerk being a bad shot, he has been hunting on my land without permission and poaching deer or other game.
My plan: I already have an idea of who the culprits may be. However, just to be sure I am going to hold onto the spent cases and put up trail cameras on the southern property line next to this path and at our gate to catch a photo of a license plate or face. Turn them into the authorities.
Sorry, I had to rant somewhere! This kind of thing really makes me angry.
Anyone here had this problem? how did you deal with it?
BTW, This is not the first fishy happening on our land. I ran into a guy on our property during turkey season 2 years ago. there was a lack of communication between some of the other parties hunting on our property> I knew there was going to be a friend hunting on our western fields, but not exactly where. Anyway, I was walking to my stand and to my dismay, someone is in it. they wave to me, so i assume it is my friend and back off. I find out later that it was not any of our hunting party.
Also last month someone jacked around with one of our boats as well.
We do have quite a few no trespassing and no hunting signs posted on our property lines.
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