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Thread #86565   Message #1611122
Posted By: wysiwyg
22-Nov-05 - 09:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: Trespassing Hunters
Subject: RE: BS: Trespassing Hunters
As Michelle ALREADY WROTE, the game wardens here are few and far between. LF and about 40,000 other locals could be making that same phone call on Buck Day or indeed, during the rest of huntiong season. The chances of the game warden making it up her hill that day are slim to "are-you-out-of-your-mind?" Why else do you think our county is si popular with the flatlanders???? "Rural Beauty" = "I Can Do as I Please with Impunity."

Instead of giving her flatlander advice on how to deal with flatlanders that ignore posted signs, how about getting a little more creative?

Michelle, do they tend to come into the property from just one place? How many miles are the perimeter of the property-- how many miles are folks here suggesting you go out and patrol????

Can your house actually be seen through the trees, from the whole perimeter? Can you post a big red flag somewehere that would be visible from everywhere, thru a scope?

COULD your husband fire off a ground shot early every AM during hunting season, before he leaves for work, to let trespassers know someone is already hunting that area (and thus they might get accidentally shot themselves)? Or could you do it?

Which part of the land is the most likely place where a shot aimed at deer might be a shot toward your house in its invisible mode? Because if a local hunting friend (or your husband) could tell you that, maybe some pruning of the cover in that area would reduce the hunters (making it a less desirable spot for them) and increase the house's safety (by increasing visibility).

~Susan