I am not dismissing your signs at all! They are actually needed. I like the metal signs, but so do idiots around here. We went to plastic coated cardboard signs based on local law enforcement recommendations. They are dirt cheap if you buy them at the Sheriffs Office.
JKB....I am sure some of the locals may take a shot at my signs eventually. Sad isnt it? But such is life. I may take your advice and see if the Sheriffs here in Texas have anything like the signs you speak of. Heck it couldn't hurt.
It's also nice if you have at least one good neighbor you can trust. Of course that's not a given, but if you have at least one that likes to play "cop" and keep an eye on the place, maybe run people off while you're not there. My brother will probably be living out there 3-4 days a week in the next couple of years so that will help.
I had a friend tell me this morning that he bought some land for deer hunting several years ago and caught some guy hunting on it once and the trespasser got pissed off and told the land owner "
hell all you city slickers come out here and buy these places and think you own it when we've lived out here all our lives".
My brother in law is not a city slicker. He bought 50 or so acres of heavily wooded property.
He was walking out one day, and Dumb and Dumber both had shotguns pointing at him asking why he was trespassing. My Bil, who ain't a chicken, turned things around really quick, and escorted D&D off the property with specific instructions never to return.
I posted a story about D&D a few years ago when they blew up their garage playing with gun powder. Took a chunk off the mobile home as well.
Place is abandoned, and D&D might be in jail.
My Mom worked with the gal that claimed D1 as husband, and D2 as son. Mom really tried to help her out.
