A few years ago, I went out in my woods to cut firewood & found a hunter sitting about 100 ft inside my property line. He said he had followed a trail from the neighbors where he had permission. I gave him the benefit of doubt because he was on the trail, but he was sitting with his back against a posted sign! I politely asked him to not hunt our land. After that he started sitting on a pile of old hay on the property line...facing onto my property. So I had a buddy that traps mix up some skunk oil and melted wax, and we poured it all over where he sat. Never saw him again lol!
I've actually crossed a fence line before unknowingly once when I was younger while out hunting with my Dad. Someone else had cut the fence line so it was down under the brush. The farmer was great about it and we helped him restring the fence. He didn't know it was down.
This happened to my neighbour - someone cutting the fence to his property so they could go off-roading (and probably hunting as well as it was hunting season) His cattle found the gap, crossed the road and ended up on my property where someone had also taken down a part of my fence... A couple of good cow horses helped sort them out. Thankfully the cattle didn't head east, which would have landed them on a busy highway frequented by large rigs and gravel trucks.
Great levelheaded discussion on trespassing issues....no need to escalate without cause. I'm retired law enforcement and know where you're coming from.... Great video.... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Daniel, this is why I really enjoy a lot of your videos because you have and express clearly, common sense, you're down to earth and have an easy, calm way of explaining you points of view. Thank you.
We don't hunt on our neighbors property, but asked the neighbors if the deer runs on their property could we go get it. Everyone says yes because they don't want the deer to die & go to waste. We have 61+ acres. Always good to be a good neighbor.
Country living means you have to have those NO Tresspassing signs. You are so right about that and being reasonable and neighborly as we also need to protect our neighbors etc.. if we see something odd especially. Tresspassers may not realize their is a family living in a house close to where they are hunting - good protection for them as well as the homeowners.
Thank for covering this Daniel. We are also out in the sticks in OK. Several break ins and trespassers. It’s sad that people do it but all we can do is lock 🔒 down the hatches like you said. We only have 6 acres but already have hunters trying to find the deer 🦌 on it.
That police training has made you very understanding and tolerant.....I get irate with trespassers on my property.....but I got 10,000 dollars worth of stuff stolen that I couldn’t replace easily.
I've got 6 game camera's around my property. Since my backyard butts up against a wetland with a walking trail. we've had people come out through our yards. Game cameras keep em honest..Thanks Daniel...
We recently caught treaspassers watching our home. Thank God for my dogs. I was alone and my dogs ran them off. My property is posted but they ignored the signs. Since then I have posted more signs and used the purple no treaspassing paint. Lol I did lose my cool a bit.. yelled next time was I shooting.. don't think they will be back..
well done. I think if they are arrogant, a loud voice does wonders. Yes, make a LOT OF NOISE. They will be weary of you. We don't have dogs, but I have a loud voice when I want to
lots of good points and i like how you came at it from a more passive side. I get annoyed with people threatening everyone. I mean hey, it may get to that point, but i think it's best to start off like you said. Post signs, talk with the neighbors, tell the trespasser he/she is on private property, and then slowly escalate the situation.
We tried the signs on our driveway, but just about everyone that I caught Trespassing would say "I Didn't Know the Sign Was for Me" or "But I'm Looking For So and So, That Means the Sign Doesn't Apply To Me, Right?" We Had A Cattle Guard for a while and it didn't even slow them down. It Was So Bad We Had To Put An Automatic Gate and Fence Up Across Our Driveway. We put the gate up first and had people drive and walk around it and still try to say they didn't know they were trespassing. You just gotta do the best that you can, with what you have to work with, and in todays society there's not much to work with. Good Luck Guys and Gals.
I could not agree more with making friends with your neighbors. In WA, I post "no tresspassing signs and the year the sign was posted. I'm in the process of having a 4 stran barbwire fence installed alone a new road that runs along my 13 acres. We have issues of homeless individuals tresspassing, causing fires, trashing the area, dealing drugs and needles. Hunter have not been an issue for the last 7 years. When we first moved into the area we found a tree stand which was removed and a no hunting /tesspassing sign was posted. I still post signs every year and talk with all of my neighbors. Tanks for the great videos. Who is the big white dog!
in Missouri with a closed gate (even a cattle guard), crossing a legal fence is a class A trespass. as class A is a felony you cannot sue for damages you obtain
I have so much trouble with tresspassers, they mess with my stuff and are very good at evading cameras, I use metal signs, the plastic ones tear with winds.
A lot of good information, thanks. Around here, if it's not posted for No Trespassing, if someone gets hurt on your property, they can sue you, even if they aren't invited. It's crazy. God bless
We just brought a property in rural Alberta, Canada. We aren’t living there yet as we have to build but have been reclaiming the trails and working on it to get a feel for it. My husband found an entire cow that had been shot and 3 sets of hooves, skulls and skins. Someone had rustled some cattle and processed them on our property! We have installed some gates and put up signs and game cameras. We are also getting to know our neighbours. You’re correct, if people are going to do crimes, those things won’t stop them!
I remember hearing about that (or another case like it) - and also of another farm where someone shot and processed one of their pedigree heifers - in her own paddock.
@@TiffKeiller Sad indeed. And then there are those idiots who are shooting horses in their paddocks from the road, but that it a totally different thread.
Great video Daniel! I knew your opinion on this matter would be the same as mine, to many people jump to the "all trespassers will be shot" moto, treat others how you would like to be treated👍
once on my way home from work I stopped on a old back road and was watching a small piebald doe standing in a friends field a little old lady who must have been in her 80's stopped to see if I was broke down and when I told her I was ok ,that I was just looking at a half white deer along side the road when she saw the deer ,she asked me "young man! do you have your muskett?!" I told her yes,but I wasn't allowed by law to shoot from the public road,and I diddn't want that deer any how ,I just wanted to watch it because of how odd it looked ,lol but I have never forgot her .I think she got a touch of buck fever just seeing that deer standing so close to her car.lol but you are very right about getting to know your neighbors.I often take all my neighbors some of everything I catch or find while I am hunting or fishing each time I get a chance.one of my neighbors always tells me if I want to hunt his land to just go he always tells me just go.I always take him a mess of trout or Squirrels or a Backstrap and a ham from a Deer or a sack full of wild mushrooms .or help him split fire wood and if he is gone from home I keep watch over his house and out buildings each day I walk out to his house and check on him because they are getting along in years like me .one old set of my neighbors is gone now.and I really miss them.they usta keep me when I was just a kid.they always told me if I ever seen anything in the creek bottom on their farm that I wanted too hunt to go hunt,I have sat down there and bagged more deer than I can remember over the years.but most times I just pass thru and go off to the mountain on the far side of the creek and hunt over there its all National Forest over there thousands upon thousands of acers.its about 6 miles as a crow flys across that mountain to the far side and next valley.lots of game in there plenty of deer and Black Bears.there is plenty of Bears close by my home they like to visit my trash cans at night they know my bird dog is fenced in the yard so they don't pay him any mind .I keep my old Mossberg loaded with rubber 00 Buck shot .my neighbor wants me to eat the Bears so I have bought a bear tag this year he has lost about 300 pounds of chicken feed this fall to them.so far they ain't bothered his birds.one got killed last year when it broke into a house just down the creek from me the ladys son shot it and killed it on her indoor back porch it had broke in and was eating a big bag of dog food.her son shot it twice in the neck with 00 buck.we hauled it out of her house.lol he told us he diddn't want to kill it.lol I have had one in my backyard it stole 100 pounds of cracked corn from my building I don't really want to kill one either but if it starts hanging around too close I will strech his ol hide with my old musket.LOL
@@keithknechg3217 I am about 70 miles east of Bristol ,I bought a pump shotgun frame and finished it up with a barrel today.I am wondering if I will be considered a felon now.who knows what kind of crazy laws might get passed in this state now.and what you did yesterday could put you in prison tommrow with the crazy folks we have running things now.with the laws being talked about ,I guess if you was to put face paint on to go hunting you could be paramilitary,no telling anymore.I put my John Handcock on the petition to the Gov. in big letters that our county supervisors sent to Richmond,so he would not have any trouble reading my name .I don't think he will have to look very hard to find me ,I am a disabled Vet.and I am to old to start running now ,if they want me let them come ,I have smelled powder smoke before.I pray that we won't have to go to war. but it seems like nothing will change their minds.I reckon I am ready as I will ever be.I just wished I had a Barrett and plenty of ammo .
Thanks for the advice. I love to listen to your creek and waterfall. If I were to ever come across your place I’d sit at the creek and pray. Have fun hunting this season.
Great advice. Things do escalate fast. You sound a lot like my husband. He has had to calm people down about property lines. He deals with that a lot. Thanks for posting this video.
We have a similar situation at Contentment. Our property abuts BLM land and a national wildlife refuge. Our land has always had absentee landowners before us. Elk hunters are used to crossing and even camping on our land. We have posted signs and they come on anyway. They tear down our signs. One time, two guys came right up to our place and asked us what we were doing there! The local hunters are very unhappy that we are occupying and developing our land. To them, we are the trespassers! We are so remote that we don't have neighbors to help us. We really don't know what to do. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks
Nope watch this happened to me emily will be closest with her daddy as time goes by, Houston will go on to have a wife and kids and wife will take his time. Daughters are always always there for their daddies , especially daddies like Daniel, even when they aren't like daniel the girls still think their daddies hung the moon........ Daddies girls
LoL.. We are "I don't know my neighbor" kind... We just keep to ourselves and let them keep to themselves..especially now that our kids are older and don't play with all the neighborhood kids. It is great advice though...
I’m a Texas Landowner. I have signs and purple paint up. I have not seen trespassing on my land but it may happen. I agree about your approach on handling a Trespasser. The goal is to get them off your property and not get harmed in the process. There’s also another goal. One that most people don’t think about. If a Trespasser gets harmed on your property they can potentially sue YOU. So you really don’t want to become a potential target. Being calm and collected is the best way to go. Even though they’ve not shown you the respect...your endgame is more of a long game. Great video! 👍
That's right. Signs only keep honest people honest. You still need to stay vigilant and protect yourself from fools looking to get away with something or take advantage of somebody else.
You make perfect sense to me with your position on this, I also own a small piece of property an know people use it to retrieve game that's down or hunt on the line of it, an I and other family around there try an be amicable about it.
Hi Dan. I have read a lot on property rights across several states. 1. no state allows use of deadly force initially, caveat is fear for life or great harm. 2. can use any kind of recording device. 3 can use tricks, like the pull string snaps, caveat no damage, can scare. 4 many states have purple painted fence poles or lines as "marked no trespassing allowed" instead or in addition too signage.
I can relate to this topic we have the same issue especially on the farthest corners of our property, especially during hunting season. I HATE that they cut our fence lines to drive there atvs through. Signs or no signs, what has helped some is we posted under our no tresspassing signs is monitoring by cameras. Its just hard for me to understand the lack of consideration. Love your channel glad I found you.
I went out to check on some property that I owned about 20 years ago, and it had 25 five gallon buckets with 6ft tall marijuana plants growing. I destroyed all of it and got rid of all the buckets and I put up no trespassing signs all the way around my property. Come to find out it wasn't guy that I grew up with and he knew was my property. Of course he's not going to put that on his property! He got mad but he didn't want to fight me over it. Some people...?!
If only they knew ur a state trooper... Such valuable, & very sensible advice-as always Daniel!! (LOL! Bear crossed the fence too while u we’re talking, maybe u didn’t see!😂)
Arms family, your advice is always useful, I live in a rural area an only met my neighbor twice, they r the very rude type, an their property is their property, they have threatened my 15 yr old son cuz he was trapping minnows for his turtles to eat, they lost it on a 15yr then would not talk to me the parent, cant stand people like that! We tried being nice to them, it just dont work!
I so agree with you about the cold. We didn’t have any fall weather it just went right to cold/freezing. It is usually not this cold in October. I am already ready for it to be hot again in Oklahoma
I think it's really important to replace older signs with new ones. Where I used to go there were several abandoned places with very old signs (back when they were metal and lasted forever). So a nice fresh new sign will really help to keep the honest accidents out. I don't own land right now, but the neighbourhood FB thing is a great idea. Especially when some of them may really want their privacy. Doesn't replace knowing them for real, but I could really see it helping with the private ones.
Good neighbors are a blessing. Great video Daniel, thank you for sharing. Have a Blessed Week **HUGS & PRAYERS** from Kelly and critters at Piney Haven Homestead.
This is why carrying on your property is a must. You don't know who, what, or when they will be there. Also great for getting critters when they sneak into your garden.
It's been colder than a well diggers butt here in central Oklahoma. We know all our neighbors in our area. All good people and we look out for each other...more eyes looking than game camera's lol. ❤👍
So much common sense here. Thank you for posting. Often we just get to see videos about too trigger happy people, and that gives the idea that everybody in your country is like that. You are making way more sense, and I guess the negative videos and reports that cross over to Europe are only the ones that are the exception of the rule. Too bad we (still) don't have that much land that we need to put up those signs, but who knows... one day... We now own a little house and a very little garden, in the oldest city of Holland, but with trellis fences and one dog, we have a lot of protection going on ;) Blessings, Diana, from The Netherlands/Holland
If you put a light purple stripe on trees or a piece of board this is the old way and the ones who know this will not trespass. This is what we used and my property backed up to OK. I'ts still used. We had 8 miles of gravel till we hit hardtop and that was 15yrs new. Stay safe and once again Thank you for your SERVICE : 0 peace
100% correct about posting your property lines, but Daniel you also need to put an extra wire at the bottom of your fence to stop your pups from going under and someone shooting your pups.
Great video! Its the same living in the HOOD you have to know your neighbors. I got my hand caught in a lock on my kayak and the neighbor had to come save me lol!
Tresspassing is horrible here in Washington. So many homeless for many different reasons. Ya just can't let em' camp out or cross that line or ya end up with a horrible mess and many times dangerous. I even have a sheriff that lives a block up the road and they don't care. When their minds aren't right they have no boundaries. We can all try to do the best we can do. Post signs they tear down. Call law enforcement when nesseccary. Be proactive on your own if need be. Definitely be friends with your neighbors like you say. Help eachother out. God bless y'all.
Some of the best stories we have gotten are during our Illinois morel mushroom season, the last 40 years. I didn't know the woods was owned by someone !
I would say maybe putting a name and number on the sign would be an idea. A cheap way I found for driveway access was using a harbor freight small winch that comes with remote and string it across the driveway. I unwound the cable which is 50 feet and strung the cable inside a piece of pipe to weight it down, like you said just having a gate stops the looky loos.
Your calm and common sense approach is refreshing and informative. Do you confine the goats and Big Mac and company more during hunting season?? Spray paint them with flourescent orange marks?? Instruct the kids to keep away from the borders??
Great advice Daniel and that is where ever you live. The neighbors that I have we all look out for one another as one never knows in this day and time. Yes people need to learn the laws in there state especially if you move to another state as they might be different. Thanks!
Our issue was a custody battle. One of the parents kept crossing our line. Took 4 signs before anyone would come to help me. We didn’t have neighbors. Love your animals!
I only have 10 acres and I have goats and horses. I saw 3 kids out harassing my horses. The kids took off when they saw me, I don't know where they came from, but the kids in the neighborhood steel my not trespassing signs as soon as I put them up. All the property around me is private property, but the people here don't respect private property. My horses had been so abused when I got them that it took me years to get them to trust me, now they're getting headshy again. I plan on getting game cameras and will prosecute anyone who comes on my property without my permission. Here in Florida, if someone comes on my property and gets hurt by my livestock, they can sue me, even though my property is fenced and the only gates are near my house.
Here’s my take on things. We don’t live in the 1800’s & earlier when homesteaders could just go claim a piece of land of their own for free. ALL land is owned now. So if you aren’t standing on land you bought, then it belongs to someone else & you need permission before stepping on it. Simple as that. I can understand wanting to post signs around the edge of personal property to let others know where a property line is, especially if there are no fences. However states with laws about having to have your property marked with “no trespassing” signs is ridiculous since most of the time you still can’t prosecute a trespasser when you do catch them.
I think i,ll post the potentially publically acessible areas but adjoining neighbors land sidd.mmthats just rude cause i dont much care especially if theyre tracking a wounded deer.
Those signs make awesome targets apparently. At least the ones i put up always have wind up with bullet holes in them. The neighbors I have don't care about signs, gates, daylight or dark.
People trespass on our land. They dirt bike in our fields and take walks on our land. This was a helpful video cause it ticks me off when they do that. Awesome video!!!
In Idaho property owners used to have to post their property but this year that changed. Now it’s the responsibility of the hunter to know where the property boundaries are. It’s good to have a gps phone app like OnX maps that shows property boundaries. If someone is caught trespassing in Idaho they can lose hunting privileges and be fined as well. Thanks for sharing. Take care, see ya :)
Thank you. Most don't understand what a good neighbor is, really sad. When l lived in the Bush glad l knew my neighbors and most were older and learned a lot from them. Moving to or near towns was the same except drugs and alcohol use was not use to that abuse tried to be nice til l got broken into. They thought they would get my valuables and guns. I moved. No guns taken jewelry taken what was weird was return made a police report. After that report less than a week later came home door unlocked and got to looking around my jewelry return and someone else's property which l turned in. Since landlord didn't get new locks l moved to nicer place.
The trespass laws vary by state. In Ohio, any one on any property with out the owner's or renter's permission is guilty of criminal trespass. Not "knowing" it's private property is no excuse. You are not required to post any signs. I had used a trip wire alarm that shots 12 Ga blanks along with game cameras.
When go elk hunting in the Blue Mountains are favorite area was on private property we would stop at owners home down in the valley and get written permission and Sametime they tell what areas to not go into mostly because that is where their livestock were being contained
Thanks Daniel, that is good sage advice to know! Do you know how many lbs of meat you harvested from Emmalee's buck? I have watched her take down this buck at 5 times now to see the smile from ear to ear on her AND You! That IS A PROUD PAPA MOMENT! 🦌
Funny, I remember people griping about the heat about ohhhh 2 weeks ago...Hehehe, gotta love it, 92 to 28 in 3 days. Love it or leave it Nancy, it is a midwest thing for sure.
A few years ago, I went out in my woods to cut firewood & found a hunter sitting about 100 ft inside my property line. He said he had followed a trail from the neighbors where he had permission. I gave him the benefit of doubt because he was on the trail, but he was sitting with his back against a posted sign! I politely asked him to not hunt our land. After that he started sitting on a pile of old hay on the property line...facing onto my property. So I had a buddy that traps mix up some skunk oil and melted wax, and we poured it all over where he sat. Never saw him again lol!
that is the best lol
I've actually crossed a fence line before unknowingly once when I was younger while out hunting with my Dad. Someone else had cut the fence line so it was down under the brush. The farmer was great about it and we helped him restring the fence. He didn't know it was down.
This happened to my neighbour - someone cutting the fence to his property so they could go off-roading (and probably hunting as well as it was hunting season)
His cattle found the gap, crossed the road and ended up on my property where someone had also taken down a part of my fence...
A couple of good cow horses helped sort them out.
Thankfully the cattle didn't head east, which would have landed them on a busy highway frequented by large rigs and gravel trucks.
Great levelheaded discussion on trespassing issues....no need to escalate without cause. I'm retired law enforcement and know where you're coming from.... Great video.... 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great minds think alike.😉
Your 100% correct sir, an thank u for your service! Hope your enjoying your well deserved retirement!
I couldn't agree more. I was coming to the Comments to say this very thing. It is always best to have a calm, level head.
best way to keep your guns is to not wave em like idiots, and think before you act. not a gun owner, but i respect good people who use their brain.
More cops is a mixed bag. There’s a lot of racist skinhead cops.
Daniel, this is why I really enjoy a lot of your videos because you have and express clearly, common sense, you're down to earth and have an easy, calm way of explaining you points of view. Thank you.
We don't hunt on our neighbors property, but asked the neighbors if the deer runs on their property could we go get it. Everyone says yes because they don't want the deer to die & go to waste. We have 61+ acres. Always good to be a good neighbor.
Country living means you have to have those NO Tresspassing signs. You are so right about that and being reasonable and neighborly as we also need to protect our neighbors etc.. if we see something odd especially. Tresspassers may not realize their is a family living in a house close to where they are hunting - good protection for them as well as the homeowners.
Thank for covering this Daniel. We are also out in the sticks in OK. Several break ins and trespassers. It’s sad that people do it but all we can do is lock 🔒 down the hatches like you said. We only have 6 acres but already have hunters trying to find the deer 🦌 on it.
That police training has made you very understanding and tolerant.....I get irate with trespassers on my property.....but I got 10,000 dollars worth of stuff stolen that I couldn’t replace easily.
We need more officers like you around the world.
Great advise, where I grew up purple painted fence posts and trees are also a form of private property markers.
I've said it before, I'll say it again: This guy has got to be the most likable, nice and reasonable guy that every lived.
a little whinny for my cut, always complaining about something. him and his buddy "Dutch Boy". waaa waa
I've got 6 game camera's around my property. Since my backyard butts up against a wetland with a walking trail. we've had people come out through our yards. Game cameras keep em honest..Thanks Daniel...
We recently caught treaspassers watching our home. Thank God for my dogs. I was alone and my dogs ran them off. My property is posted but they ignored the signs. Since then I have posted more signs and used the purple no treaspassing paint. Lol I did lose my cool a bit.. yelled next time was I shooting.. don't think they will be back..
well done. I think if they are arrogant, a loud voice does wonders. Yes, make a LOT OF NOISE. They will be weary of you. We don't have dogs, but I have a loud voice when I want to
Thank for keeping it real and very good information on private property.
lots of good points and i like how you came at it from a more passive side. I get annoyed with people threatening everyone. I mean hey, it may get to that point, but i think it's best to start off like you said. Post signs, talk with the neighbors, tell the trespasser he/she is on private property, and then slowly escalate the situation.
We tried the signs on our driveway, but just about everyone that I caught Trespassing would say "I Didn't Know the Sign Was for Me" or "But I'm Looking For So and So, That Means the Sign Doesn't Apply To Me, Right?" We Had A Cattle Guard for a while and it didn't even slow them down. It Was So Bad We Had To Put An Automatic Gate and Fence Up Across Our Driveway. We put the gate up first and had people drive and walk around it and still try to say they didn't know they were trespassing. You just gotta do the best that you can, with what you have to work with, and in todays society there's not much to work with. Good Luck Guys and Gals.
Oh Daniel, if people would only listen to you, the voice of reason!👍🏼👍🏼🙂
I could not agree more with making friends with your neighbors. In WA, I post "no tresspassing signs and the year the sign was posted. I'm in the process of having a 4 stran barbwire fence installed alone a new road that runs along my 13 acres. We have issues of homeless individuals tresspassing, causing fires, trashing the area, dealing drugs and needles. Hunter have not been an issue for the last 7 years. When we first moved into the area we found a tree stand which was removed and a no hunting /tesspassing sign was posted. I still post signs every year and talk with all of my neighbors.
Tanks for the great videos. Who is the big white dog!
in Missouri with a closed gate (even a cattle guard), crossing a legal fence is a class A trespass. as class A is a felony you cannot sue for damages you obtain
I hope you have orange vests for Bear , Gemma and Bella they seem to like to wander while you talk lol
If your daughter shoots a deer, there is no tracking needed! And Dad gets more excited than she does😃😁
I have so much trouble with tresspassers, they mess with my stuff and are very good at evading cameras,
I use metal signs, the plastic ones tear with winds.
A lot of good information, thanks. Around here, if it's not posted for No Trespassing, if someone gets hurt on your property, they can sue you, even if they aren't invited. It's crazy.
God bless
Thank you for your service!! God bless and may you be safe!
Going back over old videos that I missed! I love your rambles and your "ANY WHO" !!! Thanks for the great info. on dealing with trespassers !
We just brought a property in rural Alberta, Canada. We aren’t living there yet as we have to build but have been reclaiming the trails and working on it to get a feel for it. My husband found an entire cow that had been shot and 3 sets of hooves, skulls and skins. Someone had rustled some cattle and processed them on our property! We have installed some gates and put up signs and game cameras. We are also getting to know our neighbours. You’re correct, if people are going to do crimes, those things won’t stop them!
I remember hearing about that (or another case like it) - and also of another farm where someone shot and processed one of their pedigree heifers - in her own paddock.
Mira Lea Tardiff People can be so bold. Our neighbours said he builds in loss of cattle to rustlers as it’s just a reality, which is a sad statement.
@@TiffKeiller Sad indeed.
And then there are those idiots who are shooting horses in their paddocks from the road, but that it a totally different thread.
Mira Lea Tardiff agreed.
Watch out for the neighbours lol
Excellent advise and you presented it very and understandable. Good job Daniel.
Great video Daniel! I knew your opinion on this matter would be the same as mine, to many people jump to the "all trespassers will be shot" moto, treat others how you would like to be treated👍
When I was a kid my parents made the mistake of thinking a farmers land was a rest stop to have a picnic.
once on my way home from work I stopped on a old back road and was watching a small piebald doe standing in a friends field a little old lady who must have been in her 80's stopped to see if I was broke down and when I told her I was ok ,that I was just looking at a half white deer along side the road when she saw the deer ,she asked me "young man! do you have your muskett?!" I told her yes,but I wasn't allowed by law to shoot from the public road,and I diddn't want that deer any how ,I just wanted to watch it because of how odd it looked ,lol but I have never forgot her .I think she got a touch of buck fever just seeing that deer standing so close to her car.lol but you are very right about getting to know your neighbors.I often take all my neighbors some of everything I catch or find while I am hunting or fishing each time I get a chance.one of my neighbors always tells me if I want to hunt his land to just go he always tells me just go.I always take him a mess of trout or Squirrels or a Backstrap and a ham from a Deer or a sack full of wild mushrooms .or help him split fire wood and if he is gone from home I keep watch over his house and out buildings each day I walk out to his house and check on him because they are getting along in years like me .one old set of my neighbors is gone now.and I really miss them.they usta keep me when I was just a kid.they always told me if I ever seen anything in the creek bottom on their farm that I wanted too hunt to go hunt,I have sat down there and bagged more deer than I can remember over the years.but most times I just pass thru and go off to the mountain on the far side of the creek and hunt over there its all National Forest over there thousands upon thousands of acers.its about 6 miles as a crow flys across that mountain to the far side and next valley.lots of game in there plenty of deer and Black Bears.there is plenty of Bears close by my home they like to visit my trash cans at night they know my bird dog is fenced in the yard so they don't pay him any mind .I keep my old Mossberg loaded with rubber 00 Buck shot .my neighbor wants me to eat the Bears so I have bought a bear tag this year he has lost about 300 pounds of chicken feed this fall to them.so far they ain't bothered his birds.one got killed last year when it broke into a house just down the creek from me the ladys son shot it and killed it on her indoor back porch it had broke in and was eating a big bag of dog food.her son shot it twice in the neck with 00 buck.we hauled it out of her house.lol he told us he diddn't want to kill it.lol I have had one in my backyard it stole 100 pounds of cracked corn from my building I don't really want to kill one either but if it starts hanging around too close I will strech his ol hide with my old musket.LOL
You coulx be my neighbor here in E Tn God bess ya.
@@keithknechg3217 I am about 70 miles east of Bristol ,I bought a pump shotgun frame and finished it up with a barrel today.I am wondering if I will be considered a felon now.who knows what kind of crazy laws might get passed in this state now.and what you did yesterday could put you in prison tommrow with the crazy folks we have running things now.with the laws being talked about ,I guess if you was to put face paint on to go hunting you could be paramilitary,no telling anymore.I put my John Handcock on the petition to the Gov. in big letters that our county supervisors sent to Richmond,so he would not have any trouble reading my name .I don't think he will have to look very hard to find me ,I am a disabled Vet.and I am to old to start running now ,if they want me let them come ,I have smelled powder smoke before.I pray that we won't have to go to war. but it seems like nothing will change their minds.I reckon I am ready as I will ever be.I just wished I had a Barrett and plenty of ammo .
Next time someone sets up picnic at the creek just sit down and eat a hotdog with them like you are part of family 😂see what they do 😂
Thanks for the advice.
I love to listen to your creek and waterfall. If I were to ever come across your place I’d sit at the creek and pray.
Have fun hunting this season.
Amen
Great advice. Things do escalate fast. You sound a lot like my husband. He has had to calm people down about property lines. He deals with that a lot. Thanks for posting this video.
Be it the boonies or the big city knowing one's neighbors is a blessing for both of you.
Daniel don’t some folks paint their trees a certain color to warn of no hunting or trespassing? I think you’ve given great advice.
Yes
Yep. Purple paint in our state of Missouri
We have a similar situation at Contentment. Our property abuts BLM land and a national wildlife refuge. Our land has always had absentee landowners before us. Elk hunters are used to crossing and even camping on our land. We have posted signs and they come on anyway. They tear down our signs. One time, two guys came right up to our place and asked us what we were doing there! The local hunters are very unhappy that we are occupying and developing our land. To them, we are the trespassers! We are so remote that we don't have neighbors to help us. We really don't know what to do. Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks
So we shouldn't chase them down with an AR15 like Dutch? lol
John Stilwell 😂
No violence. America has a problem with gun violence
HahhahahahahhahaahahHahahahah I died laughing when I seen this
Nope watch this happened to me emily will be closest with her daddy as time goes by, Houston will go on to have a wife and kids and wife will take his time. Daughters are always always there for their daddies , especially daddies like Daniel, even when they aren't like daniel the girls still think their daddies hung the moon........ Daddies girls
LoL.. We are "I don't know my neighbor" kind... We just keep to ourselves and let them keep to themselves..especially now that our kids are older and don't play with all the neighborhood kids. It is great advice though...
Great topic for this time of year, really anytime of year. Very sound sage advice, great video.
Jimmy
2:42 Bear WAYYYY on the other side of the fence. haha.
that was not bear
I’m a Texas Landowner. I have signs and purple paint up. I have not seen trespassing on my land but it may happen.
I agree about your approach on handling a Trespasser. The goal is to get them off your property and not get harmed in the process. There’s also another goal. One that most people don’t think about. If a Trespasser gets harmed on your property they can potentially sue YOU. So you really don’t want to become a potential target. Being calm and collected is the best way to go. Even though they’ve not shown you the respect...your endgame is more of a long game. Great video! 👍
That's right. Signs only keep honest people honest. You still need to stay vigilant and protect yourself from fools looking to get away with something or take advantage of somebody else.
awesome video :-) yes if someone jumps a fence,they know there trespassing :-) god bless you all :-)
You make perfect sense to me with your position on this, I also own a small piece of property an know people use it to retrieve game that's down or hunt on the line of it, an I and other family around there try an be amicable about it.
Hi Dan. I have read a lot on property rights across several states. 1. no state allows use of deadly force initially, caveat is fear for life or great harm. 2. can use any kind of recording device. 3 can use tricks, like the pull string snaps, caveat no damage, can scare. 4 many states have purple painted fence poles or lines as "marked no trespassing allowed" instead or in addition too signage.
I can relate to this topic we have the same issue especially on the farthest corners of our property, especially during hunting season. I HATE that they cut our fence lines to drive there atvs through. Signs or no signs, what has helped some is we posted under our no tresspassing signs is monitoring by cameras. Its just hard for me to understand the lack of consideration. Love your channel glad I found you.
I went out to check on some property that I owned about 20 years ago, and it had 25 five gallon buckets with 6ft tall marijuana plants growing. I destroyed all of it and got rid of all the buckets and I put up no trespassing signs all the way around my property. Come to find out it wasn't guy that I grew up with and he knew was my property. Of course he's not going to put that on his property! He got mad but he didn't want to fight me over it. Some people...?!
@The gardener omgosh some people are totally (NUTS). 🇺🇸 GOD BLESS 🇺🇸
Me, I would have called my good friend in DEA and got him out there to investigate.
Could have just dumped salt water in the buckets and he would think they died of natural causes 😂
Daniel it happens in West Virginia to I like your approach how you handle situations like that when they occur. The best thing to do is stay calm.
If only they knew ur a state trooper...
Such valuable, & very sensible advice-as always Daniel!! (LOL! Bear crossed the fence too while u we’re talking, maybe u didn’t see!😂)
Arms family, your advice is always useful, I live in a rural area an only met my neighbor twice, they r the very rude type, an their property is their property, they have threatened my 15 yr old son cuz he was trapping minnows for his turtles to eat, they lost it on a 15yr then would not talk to me the parent, cant stand people like that! We tried being nice to them, it just dont work!
You are not rambling thats good stuff to know my friends have property in P.A and they come across that all the time thanks for the insight
Great advice Daniel!!!! P.S. always better to know/get along with your neighbors
Well said Daniel, just wish more people would be honest hunters and be respectful of others property and hunting spots.
When it comes to trespassing call Dutch. Great video Daniel.
I so agree with you about the cold. We didn’t have any fall weather it just went right to cold/freezing. It is usually not this cold in October. I am already ready for it to be hot again in Oklahoma
I feel you man I don’t have trespassers but it’s very cold not just in Stillwater but Oklahoma I live in Stillwater
I think it's really important to replace older signs with new ones. Where I used to go there were several abandoned places with very old signs (back when they were metal and lasted forever). So a nice fresh new sign will really help to keep the honest accidents out.
I don't own land right now, but the neighbourhood FB thing is a great idea. Especially when some of them may really want their privacy. Doesn't replace knowing them for real, but I could really see it helping with the private ones.
I agree Daniel 100% Good neighbors are worth a lot not just when needed but all the time.
Very good information to have.
The Best way to try to keep those trespassing off your land, is by posting Signs and building and maintaining a fence! The work good together.
Great advice there! 👍 Hopefully you won’t have to deal with too many trespassers this season!
Excellent advice to get to know your neighbors and work together!
Good neighbors are a blessing. Great video Daniel, thank you for sharing. Have a Blessed Week **HUGS & PRAYERS** from Kelly and critters at Piney Haven Homestead.
This is why carrying on your property is a must. You don't know who, what, or when they will be there. Also great for getting critters when they sneak into your garden.
The problem is Common Sense is not as common as it once was!
Neither is common curtesy!
My buddy got galvanized tin/steel and made a no trespassing stencil. signs have been up for decades, just need a little repaint on occasion.
It's been colder than a well diggers butt here in central Oklahoma. We know all our neighbors in our area. All good people and we look out for each other...more eyes looking than game camera's lol. ❤👍
So much common sense here. Thank you for posting. Often we just get to see videos about too trigger happy people, and that gives the idea that everybody in your country is like that. You are making way more sense, and I guess the negative videos and reports that cross over to Europe are only the ones that are the exception of the rule.
Too bad we (still) don't have that much land that we need to put up those signs, but who knows... one day... We now own a little house and a very little garden, in the oldest city of Holland, but with trellis fences and one dog, we have a lot of protection going on ;)
Blessings,
Diana, from The Netherlands/Holland
If you put a light purple stripe on trees or a piece of board this is the old way and the ones who know this will not trespass. This is what we used and my property backed up to OK. I'ts still used. We had 8 miles of gravel till we hit hardtop and that was 15yrs new. Stay safe and once again Thank you for your SERVICE : 0 peace
100% correct about posting your property lines, but Daniel you also need to put an extra wire at the bottom of your fence to stop your pups from going under and someone shooting your pups.
Great video! Its the same living in the HOOD you have to know your neighbors. I got my hand caught in a lock on my kayak and the neighbor had to come save me lol!
Tresspassing is horrible here in Washington. So many homeless for many different reasons. Ya just can't let em' camp out or cross that line or ya end up with a horrible mess and many times dangerous. I even have a sheriff that lives a block up the road and they don't care. When their minds aren't right they have no boundaries.
We can all try to do the best we can do. Post signs they tear down. Call law enforcement when nesseccary. Be proactive on your own if need be. Definitely be friends with your neighbors like you say. Help eachother out.
God bless y'all.
Some of the best stories we have gotten are during our Illinois morel mushroom season, the last 40 years.
I didn't know the woods was owned by someone !
Along with those signs I also put up beware of dog signs closer to my house
I would say maybe putting a name and number on the sign would be an idea. A cheap way I found for driveway access was using a harbor freight small winch that comes with remote and string it across the driveway. I unwound the cable which is 50 feet and strung the cable inside a piece of pipe to weight it down, like you said just having a gate stops the looky loos.
Thanks for the tips.
I don't even have 1 acre in WA but these comments are very eye-opening!
Your calm and common sense approach is refreshing and informative. Do you confine the goats and Big Mac and company more during hunting season?? Spray paint them with flourescent orange marks?? Instruct the kids to keep away from the borders??
Great advice Daniel and that is where ever you live. The neighbors that I have we all look out for one another as one never knows in this day and time. Yes people need to learn the laws in there state especially if you move to another state as they might be different. Thanks!
We have an inch of snow for the 2nd day in a row in the Chicago area. Some areas had up to 3 inches. Be glad for only 35 degrees.
Our issue was a custody battle. One of the parents kept crossing our line. Took 4 signs before anyone would come to help me. We didn’t have neighbors. Love your animals!
Words of wisdom. Thanks for addressing the issue
I only have 10 acres and I have goats and horses. I saw 3 kids out harassing my horses. The kids took off when they saw me, I don't know where they came from, but the kids in the neighborhood steel my not trespassing signs as soon as I put them up. All the property around me is private property, but the people here don't respect private property. My horses had been so abused when I got them that it took me years to get them to trust me, now they're getting headshy again. I plan on getting game cameras and will prosecute anyone who comes on my property without my permission. Here in Florida, if someone comes on my property and gets hurt by my livestock, they can sue me, even though my property is fenced and the only gates are near my house.
Very good advice. Hope people listen and use the advice.
Here’s my take on things. We don’t live in the 1800’s & earlier when homesteaders could just go claim a piece of land of their own for free. ALL land is owned now. So if you aren’t standing on land you bought, then it belongs to someone else & you need permission before stepping on it. Simple as that.
I can understand wanting to post signs around the edge of personal property to let others know where a property line is, especially if there are no fences. However states with laws about having to have your property marked with “no trespassing” signs is ridiculous since most of the time you still can’t prosecute a trespasser when you do catch them.
I think i,ll post the potentially publically acessible areas but adjoining neighbors land sidd.mmthats just rude cause i dont much care especially if theyre tracking a wounded deer.
Hey! Bears trespassing right behind you!! Hehe
Those signs make awesome targets apparently. At least the ones i put up always have wind up with bullet holes in them. The neighbors I have don't care about signs, gates, daylight or dark.
It’s nice to be able to get along with your neighbors
People trespass on our land. They dirt bike in our fields and take walks on our land. This was a helpful video cause it ticks me off when they do that. Awesome video!!!
I feel ya for 2 days of fall to winter, we just got 6 in of snow at it got down to -3 last night. Beat the record from 30 years ago in Colorado.
Bella’s a rebel, she’s crossing the line.
Good points, well said....thank you.
2:35. I thought I saw Dutch's black creature running along your back fence-line, but then soon Bear came trotting up to you.
In Idaho property owners used to have to post their property but this year that changed. Now it’s the responsibility of the hunter to know where the property boundaries are. It’s good to have a gps phone app like OnX maps that shows property boundaries. If someone is caught trespassing in Idaho they can lose hunting privileges and be fined as well. Thanks for sharing. Take care, see ya :)
Old story but so true " good fences make good neighbours "
Thank you. Most don't understand what a good neighbor is, really sad. When l lived in the Bush glad l knew my neighbors and most were older and learned a lot from them. Moving to or near towns was the same except drugs and alcohol use was not use to that abuse tried to be nice til l got broken into. They thought they would get my valuables and guns. I moved. No guns taken jewelry taken what was weird was return made a police report. After that report less than a week later came home door unlocked and got to looking around my jewelry return and someone else's property which l turned in. Since landlord didn't get new locks l moved to nicer place.
The trespass laws vary by state. In Ohio, any one on any property with out the owner's or renter's permission is guilty of criminal trespass. Not "knowing" it's private property is no excuse. You are not required to post any signs. I had used a trip wire alarm that shots 12 Ga blanks along with game cameras.
When go elk hunting in the Blue Mountains are favorite area was on private property we would stop at owners home down in the valley and get written permission and Sametime they tell what areas to not go into mostly because that is where their livestock were being contained
Thanks Daniel, that is good sage advice to know! Do you know how many lbs of meat you harvested from Emmalee's buck? I have watched her take down this buck at 5 times now to see the smile from ear to ear on her AND You! That IS A PROUD PAPA MOMENT! 🦌
Funny, I remember people griping about the heat about ohhhh 2 weeks ago...Hehehe, gotta love it, 92 to 28 in 3 days. Love it or leave it Nancy, it is a midwest thing for sure.
You always give good advise. Blessings be with you all. Stay safe.