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Hope the cops get him.

If the Sheriff posted it, they are trying to ID the guy for charges. I hope they throw the book at the SOB!

Some people think if a power line is running thru your property that it's public land. Not the case at all.

We have a power line out front and only have issues with snowmobiles, so we pile the snow high on both sides of the driveway. These idiots don't watch for cars pulling out and there have been a number of close calls. The silly thing is, it is legal to drive a snowmobile on the road up here, but they still run the power line.

I've said it before. Utility right of ways, streams, rivers....all bad news for private property owners. Hope they catch that guy, they surely will with his face all over the internet. Would love to be there when he's made to realize that right of ways are not open to the public.

That's right I have a electrical right of way right between my property and my neighbor he owns half of it and I own the other half. It's even all surveyed out on my paperwork.... Just because the state used it for their electrical lines doesn't mean it's public land, it just means you have to be able to give the state or county access if they need on it. Dang people need to get there crap right before they go running around wherever they please!!

RC

Sparks...not all bad....I actually like some aspects of mine and I have two that pass through my property.


Me too....the guy just had that arrogance about him didn't he?
If he tries that attitude with the wrong judge.....look out!

Asking permission to access someone else's property is the way to go. I recently asked a neighbor, after they had combined their beans, if I could walk across their field to the creek to throw a minnow trap. Field is owned by two brothers. I asked Bro 1 and he told me to ask Bro 2. I tried to both call and message Bro 2 but got no reply. After a couple weeks I asked Bro 1 if I should assume Bro 2 not answering as "stay off our land?" He said Yes, that is correct. So I will stay off their land.

Afraid that my reaction to a trespasser trying to run me over isn't going to be as restrained as the fellow in the video.

If the guy tried to run me over on purpose, he might have been dragging the four wheeler out be hand. the motor would not have run with it all shot up.. I would think self defense or stand your ground laws might come into play after he tried to run over me. I am not trying to sound like I am a tough guy here but it could have gotten out of hand if that was to happen at my place.

Tracy

I just listened to that video again. FWIW Sounds to me like the guy might have been trying to drive away and the land owner grabbed the keys while the ATV was moving, getting knocked down in the process. Also sounds like there is somebody else there at the end telling the landowner to give the guy his keys back, so maybe the cops arrived.

Bill D you did the right thing! Just because people want something on the other side does NOT give them the right to trample all over your land to get there! Most folks if asked like you did would probably say yeah that's fine just be careful and respect my land.

RC

Yeah that was not real smart on the guy that was video taping! He had the guy dead to right on video. Even if he left they would find him or he wouldn't be back I bet!! Once he reached in to grab his keys things got stupid! Not saying the guy on the 4 wheeler is in the right at all but just a dumb move on the property owners part!

RC

I am not defending the ATV guy at all...he seems like a real jerk.

But in most situations I always try the "super nice approach" first
just to see if it works.

It appears from the start this was confrontational.

But of course I don't know the history or how much prior
abuse the property owner has been through.

When you have too many humans running around, that 1% a-hole factor starts to become a meaningful number, and the frequency of these a-hole incidents necessarily increases exponentially. Sucks.

I'd have loved to see d-bag try this on some of my TX bros land...outcome would have been swift and decisive - probably resulting in some holes in tires.

Can't wait to see justice served.

JT,

Tires are in the three ring, Just saying.

Will we find out the outcome?

I used to run into self centered ahole lake residents like that all the time on some of the bigger lakes around here. People mindlessly racing up and down the lake. Not tresspassing but coming within 10 feet of my boat with a personal warercraft or going wide open with speedboats laughing as I bob up and down like I'm anchored in a hurricane.

Problem is there is lake security, but he's on the payroll of the lake residents. Bet you'll never guess who gets the scrunity and who gets a pass.

One of the reasons why I put in a pond, and if I fish a public lake, it's one of the smaller quieter lakes in my area.

People say to go on the weekdays. Why should I? And the one weekday I did go on one he biggest natural lakes in Indiana (ten minutes from the house) I sat in the boat ramp parking lot for 35 minutes while a bass fishing tournament members launched their boats.

+1 Cecil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

At first I thought it was Grant Township, MI by me in my county, but that's one county west of me and the township is close to the lakeshore.

It's kinda like one of those places you pass thru while going some place else, or only stop to get gas. It's fairly a MI redneck area.

Another problem is, people move to these areas from the city and expect a tranquil life away from the rat race, but fail to understand that rat's live all over the place, and you just moved into their territory

Very good point Phil!

I think I posted this before, but John Nelski of Crystal Springs Trout Farm up your way, says he approached some tresspassing deer hunters that threatened him with bodily harm, when he informed them they were tresspassing. He said he told them he was a 'Nam vet, never got over his PTSD, was going back to his truck to get his gun and they were going to have a good ol' fashioned "firefight." That got them moving. LOL

Of course as you probably know John embellishes a little for effect... He is a Vietnam vet though.

I just received a text that made me circle back to this post - it's the middle of the Rut here in IL and for a bowhunter this is the time to be in a tree...a great buddy of mine checked his trail cam card on the way to his stand this morning and had a pic of a coon hunter and about 5 coon dogs going all around the stand he was hunting in - they came through about 4 hours before he did.

It's inconsiderate jerks like the folks described in this post that make most private landowners post their ground. It's why mine has 'no trespassing' signs all around it.

I gave up deer hunting because of trespassers and poachers. Last straw was a tresspasser standing below my treestand opening morning. He didn't even know I was above him.

Deer check in is on the Internet now. I wonder how accurate that is?

Cecil...I've told this story before, but a good friend of mine bought some land north of Dallas and was out there deer hunting the first year and ran across some guy and asked him what he was doing....the guy replied something like "chasing a wounded deer". My friend told him "well somebody recently purchased this land"...and the guy replied "I been out here all my life and these rich city slickers buy these properties out here and think they own them". It's unbelievable but some of these guys really think like that.

Cecil,

I would have had the irresistible urge to relieve myself if I had been in that tree.

Zep, there's all kinds of "people" who do not recognize private property and what it stands for. In fact, they begrudge those with it including the money the owner may have. They believe that money needs to be shared with all around. It's no surprise that they want to share your land too.

The trespasser has been found and may be looking at assault charges. Multiple people turned him in.


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