I was at a very nice camp in Warren county years ago. It was super well equipped and had the best of everything. I asked one of the members how in the world they escaped getting everything stolen when they weren't there. He laughed and said well sheriff Barrett is an honorary member. Nuff said.
We had a deputy tell family that game cam images were not enough evidence as we had caught some a while back. I guess the argument would be that can you conclusively prove it was on your property. I'm not sure.
Buy better game cameras. We were able to prosecute two dbag trespassers using pictures and video from our cameras.
Get law enforcement involved as you have and hope the offenders aren’t relatives of local LEO.
find where they're entering and exiting and put out some bear traps..........
Ha. My friend in Wisconsin found a place where trespassers cut his fence and were driving in and out on 4 wheelers. He bought a case of long roofing tacks and dumped them out on his side of the fence. The offenders tried to file charges against my friend for all the ruined tires but they didn’t get very far.
But it's enough evidence to administer an a s s whoopin **
Highjack here. Guy I knew from the shipyard told this to me. His family owned a lot of rural land. They lived on and hunted on a portion, but an ancestor had leased out a portion that was hunted by the lease holders, family and friends. A lawyer was working some issue for my friend and family and came across the lease. Told him the lease was faulty and could be cancelled if they wanted to. So they did. Notified the past leaseholders and put up No Hunting and No Trespassing signs, which were ignored. Signs were torn down, locked gates were smashed. Put up one very sturdy gate made out of big pipes. It was smashed and "Fxxx You" was burned into a pipe with torch. Unfortunately for the smashers, one of them dropped his checkbook in the mud. Friend strapped on his .45 and took the checkbook to the local general store where the bad bunch hid out. Threw the checkbook on the table and told them he was going to hide out and shoot the first trespasser he saw. At the time of this telling the problem had gone away.
I do this daily in my subdivision.
If not already get a AR15, in case a similar situation happens again. A scary situation no mater what. I'm not suggesting a shoot out, but your adversaries knowing you can get off 30 rounds in a few seconds may help your bluff.
Sounds harsh, but I’m here. Talked to a Deputy about my issue, he turned his camera off and said don’t leave witnesses, less paperwork.
We’ve done that for years, turns out the suspects snd the former game wardens families were friends.
"They?" I thought referring to people from Illinois as FIBs was pretty much universal.
Anyone else think this thread was gonna be about opposing coaches poaching our players?
