The law is toothless. I would handle it myself. And make damn sure they don't ever want to try it again.

If you aren’t local, and they are, you gotta consider the possibility they could burn down any trailers or other structures you have on the property. If you have troublesome locals you are in a tough spot once you drive back home after an encounter.

Xenophobic,anyone? You can go to your grave clutching what you think is yours and it never really was.

Xenophobic,anyone? You can go to your grave clutching what you think is yours and it never really was.

So you would be ok with someone you have never seen before sitting on your porch, swimming in your pool, camping in your yard, etc...? Its the same thing!

Not the same buddy. I do have other property and it would depend on if it was a one time hiker,arrowhead hunter,or a meth maker as to my reaction on that other property. I would not however go and act like some ass over someone walking through likely one time.

Life is just too short and we don't take anything with us. If you think that way,you are just enjoying everything for the time being. your time is so short that it isn't worth it to stress out trying to hold on to what you are just temporarily enjoying anyway. When you look like it that way,it makes a lot more sense to be a nice person, at least in the initial contact. I don't mean to be stupid and let someone take advantage of you. I'm just saying there's no reason to be an ass just because you can. personally,I don't want to be an ass,but from some of the posts,I suppose some people really enjoy it. LOl

I noticed you said Private Land. I'm not sure if your saying you own it or just have permission to hunt it . If you don't own it wouldn't the owner have to be the one to press charges?

I had to run off a couple picking up pecans today at my dad's house. Now I don't mind if anyone wants to pick up pecans, but at least come knocking on the door and ask. Then don't be belligerent when I confront you.

I pulled card out of one of my cams to discover to grown men walking through the food plot after I just seeded it (3 weeks ago). I can plainly see that they are searching for arrow heads, I've found tons of them myself. The vids show them heads to grown, picking up stuff putting in their pocket. As they walk toward the cam, I see one pull out of his pocket one of the heads to show the other (they have not spotted the cam at this point). Now if you don't know how I camo my cams, check out a post I put on here maybe 2 years ago, this cam done the same way. The cam is very difficult to spot until you get right up on it on this plot, in the woods, you may never spot it. So as he is about 10 ft from it, he spots the cam and walks out of the picture. Then as if rehearsed, the next vid has both standing in front of the camera talking to each other about what they've found, pulling the arrow heads out of their pocket so I can see what they have and are doing and he says to the other "this is a good place for finding stuff like this and we aren't hurting anyone or taking anything." Then I have no more vid of them, picks back up on deer movement. CLEARLY they are letting me know they are not there to steal my cams or anything else, just take arrow heads.
No am I upset, of course. Am I going to hunt them down in this small town, no. Will I say something if I see them at the local gas station, yes. This is what I don't understand, BIG BALLS !! Man, where they were at, is NO WHERE NEAR a road or house, they had to walk a LONG ways in the woods to get there. If I would have walked up on them you better know the pistol would be drawn, I ain't saying I'm pointing it at them or firing off rounds, just saying, its going to be in my hand, you're on my private land, in the middle of now where. This ain't lease butted up against another lease or a hunting club and yes its marked and yes there are no trespassing signs but not as many as I'd like at the borders.
My question is this, if I'm them, surely they got to know if I find them, there is going to be trouble. Or do people like this just think they are going to explain that they are not hurting anything, taking anything, I'm just simply looking for arrow heads, that land owners are going to be fine with that after I explain what I'm doing ? They knew they were on camera, they knew it was there, they planned the convo I'm certain of it.
And dont hand me this crap about "be happy they didnt take it" = I get that. I'm just trying to figure out peoples mind set. I wouldn't dare step on private land and ESPECIALLY this time of the year.
Big balls if you ask me.