Trespassers- Any real way to prevent it ?

[Obi-wanShinobi]

Seems pretty hard to overcome the sense of entitlement.
They are 15 guys that hunt both weeks.
They actually stand with their backs against the property line and have the doggers push towards the guys on the line.

My greatest fear is in the heat of the moment; they will just keep shooting at the deer as it runs onto my land. That's when it gets scary and deadly.
We are all in tower stands to hopefully keep things safer.

We denied them permission to access our land; but cameras don't lie.
Guess we need to hide the cameras and target for face shots.
I will put a call into the local OPP and start the record keeping of complaints.

That's disgusting. I hope those guys don't mind when others do to them as they're doing to you. How can they even enjoy hunting when they act like that?

[Mr.Boiler]

I think I'm going to continue going waaaay north to crown land and hunt. Couple of weeks ago we were near Timmins. Found quite a few hunters but fortunately no idiots.

[Fenelon]

Up here, by Kinmount and Burnt River, occasionally we use what's called "circumstantial punishment" if someone is ignorant enough to disobey posted land, drive over seeded fields, etc. One of the better ones I remember is the farmer who caught the same group of dinks for the third time. The idiots had drove into a field laneway, and had rutted the laneway, and left their truck blocking his access to his own land. A 170hp Case tractor can do some pretty cool things. Like it can easily pick up the front end of a Silverado Crew cab truck with it's loader forks, then it can drag the truck 3/4km back to the concession road (with rear diff locked in park). The trespassers found what was left of their truck, out in the middle of the concession road. Scratched all to crap, dented, missing the front bumper moulding, and all the undercarriage trashed. I'm not sure if it went to court. I would have pissed myself to see the looks on their face when they saw the truck missing, and saw the evidence that a large machine had dragged it out.

[Hunter John]

Up here, by Kinmount and Burnt River, occasionally we use what's called "circumstantial punishment" if someone is ignorant enough to disobey posted land, drive over seeded fields, etc. One of the better ones I remember is the farmer who caught the same group of dinks for the third time. The idiots had drove into a field laneway, and had rutted the laneway, and left their truck blocking his access to his own land. A 170hp Case tractor can do some pretty cool things. Like it can easily pick up the front end of a Silverado Crew cab truck with it's loader forks, then it can drag the truck 3/4km back to the concession road (with rear diff locked in park). The trespassers found what was left of their truck, out in the middle of the concession road. Scratched all to crap, dented, missing the front bumper moulding, and all the undercarriage trashed. I'm not sure if it went to court. I would have pissed myself to see the looks on their face when they saw the truck missing, and saw the evidence that a large machine had dragged it out.

Worth the price of admission for sure.

[WHTLHNTR]

Was talking to one of the farmers that allow me to hunt there land this evening...he actually went out of his way to come out to see me as I was getting back to my truck...wanted to know if I had lost some items along the edge of one of his fields...about 4-5 hundred in optics...nope not mine ...lol... some unlucky trespasser has lost a decent pair of binoculars and a very nice bushnall range finder...hope I catch him trying to find them...lol

[Horridfiber101]

How much property do they have for the 15 guys? Our camp was 5000 acres for 12-20 shooters....

One parcel they blast is 400 acres;
A second area is 300 acres of crown, another 310 acres of private they push trespass; and then there is our 400 acres that they use to push.
Problem is the 400 acre parcel, of which we own 100 has a great lake area, and the other 300 acres that a friend owns is a giant cedar bush/swamp bedding area.

[Lakota Harrison]

Not recommended, especially when weapons are involved. Presence, attention, observation. Report your findings to police. Also, rent your land-if someone pays for access you can be sure they will want to keep all others off themselves.

[trimmer21]

Up here, by Kinmount and Burnt River, occasionally we use what's called "circumstantial punishment" if someone is ignorant enough to disobey posted land, drive over seeded fields, etc. One of the better ones I remember is the farmer who caught the same group of dinks for the third time. The idiots had drove into a field laneway, and had rutted the laneway, and left their truck blocking his access to his own land. A 170hp Case tractor can do some pretty cool things. Like it can easily pick up the front end of a Silverado Crew cab truck with it's loader forks, then it can drag the truck 3/4km back to the concession road (with rear diff locked in park). The trespassers found what was left of their truck, out in the middle of the concession road. Scratched all to crap, dented, missing the front bumper moulding, and all the undercarriage trashed. I'm not sure if it went to court. I would have pissed myself to see the looks on their face when they saw the truck missing, and saw the evidence that a large machine had dragged it out.

I was sent to an occurence where irate hunters had returned to their vehicle to find the roof sorta flattened down with a large log settled nicely into the caved in part. It turned out they were hunting illegally on private property. With no witnesses,it was impossible to know how this happened for sure and we all know that without witnesses,one can't just go around and make accusations,right? They got the message and a big,fat towing bill. I later asked the property owner if he knew how it happened and he said "Nope!No idea" with a big goofy grin on his face.

[Horridfiber101]

Not recommended, especially when weapons are involved. Presence, attention, observation. Report your findings to police. Also, rent your land-if someone pays for access you can be sure they will want to keep all others off themselves.

Good suggestion; but I want to use my own land.
And not have anyone else use while I am not there guarding it.
Something is a miss when other folks feel entitled to use your stuff.
That's how unrest starts.

[Marker]

I had a friend who owned a game farm and had a lot of trespassers, he dug ditches all around the property to prevent vehicles getting in.