LetOff - thanks for the info. I think some hidden trail cams, as he suggested, plus having the phone numbers handy would be my approach.

Unless I missed it, do you live close enough to frequent the property? A truck parked at a gate regularly is a good deterrent.

Good info here. Though and I ain't scolding or analyzing it's none of my business but safety should be numero uno and having a guy on edge where he's not supposed to be is dangerous as hell for you. Not to mention not seeing him because I guarantee he ain't wearing orange while he's piddling could create a very dangerous situation for him.

My poachers hunt all the way till march. Just FYI

I called the 1 800 number twice over the years.

Really wasted my time.

Had spot lighters inside a gate, only way in or out one night. Talked to a lady. Told me they'd call me in a few minutes. Im still waiting for that call.

Had to call for work once. Finally gave up. Made a few calls and got Warden cell number. Called him myself.

Thankfully I know Warden here now. Good guy and good officer. Same for other county I hunt.

I like the tn wardens to. They come quick usually and always return calls.

If I were you and your property was in a good cell service area I'd invest in me some cell cameras ASAP that will email/text you real time photos. They will be a very valuable tool in helping you catch your trespasser with quickness. It took me about 4 days to catch the little turds trespassing on my lease. Myself and the county sheriff was waiting on them when they crawled under fence. I had real time photos being sent to me from the time they put foot on my property until we had them loaded in the cruiser. It's money well spent in my opinion. I haven't had one minutes trouble since the word has got out in the area I mean business.

Well I found someone's corn pile and camera on my property today!!

Been there done that. Look for cameras

If the Warden thinks it's the adjoining club ask him to stop by and check license.... Mention tresspassing complaints and tell them to keep an eye out that will probably keep them off for awhile. Just got to decide if you want the deer or the poacher the most.

Friendly advice, get some thicker skin. You asked for opinions. This place is full of them. Some you'll like. Some you won't. Good luck resolving your issue. I hope you catch them.

If your 100% its on you id have pulled the card hoping it had their picture on it.

I really like the GW where i hunt but it really seems they are more interested in writing corn tickets than catching poachers.
You catch someone on your land call the sheriff first then the GW. That was the GW exact quote.

I dont know how well they work but wally world has Bresser game cams on sale for $30. I bought 2 to try for poacher cams since they are small and cheap. If they get stolen im not out $100 as with most cams.

Move the camera and use it to catch their azz.

soooo...ya'll didn't like my technique for catching poachers????

In my experience calling the 1-800 number was a waste. All 3 times the warden was not able to come. Yet that sumbum ran off a gobbler seconds before I was about to shoot, just to check if I was legal. I ended up with Joe's personal number if I ever needed him. Not enough wardens. If these guys are tracking around your land, good luck trying to get one of those deer. Regardless hope you catch them and kill you a biggun

Why even call the GW if you don't want them on your property?
And, I do not understand the whole concept of the line of thought on this......you had rather the trespassers be there and hunting and MAYBE you run up on them as you hunt these 3 bucks. BUT, you are worried that the GW's presence might spook the bucks off the property.
Really??

The GW probably thinks like I do. "What is this guy hiding?" LOL
He does not need your permission to enter the property. And, I fully suspect that he will.

I hope you catch him, keep us posted. You remember what happened to me a few years back. Scouted an area and stayed out of it all year waiting on the rut. I had to cross a creek, walk over 1.5 miles to get there, then eased up the tree I had picked out when scouting. Was fortunate to kill a nice buck, but when retrieving the deer found a stand and an area where someone had been corning within 80 yards of where I was sitting. I called the local GW who did actually come out and scout that whole area. He said he found several stands and a bone pile along the property line but was unable to catch them since there were less than two weeks left in the season. This part of our lease was isolated by a pretty large creek and some wetlands, so the neighbors thought we didn't have access and figure they would keep it hunted for us. The next year I visited a couple of camps that bordered that side of the lease "to introduce myself". I let them know that I was hunting that side of our lease and found evidence of trespassers and asked them if they had any issues on their land. I also let them know I had got the GW involved at the end of the season the year before and he was going to be trying to catch whoever it was. Come to find out one of these camps was a group of guys that only had 80 acres. They were just down the road from the missile plant north of Troy and one of them had been caught hunting in there the year before as well.

I remember that Robert.

Yelp, good advice and you're absolutely, positively correct. I've been on here a long time before posting and I have seen some with an itchy trigger finger who unload their "verbal automatic."

There is another thread on the other forum. Maybe you could put the tresspasser in there?

Link to aldeer

Kind of off topic BUT if I ever accidentally cross a property line and get caught by someone holding me at gun point, I will immediately strip naked! Who wants to be in the woods with a naked man? Try explaining your way out of why YOU disarmed this man and forced him to disrobe, what were YOU about to do to him?

Good thing I'm not a poacher.