WELL said Dave. Somehow i missed Sunil's comment or would have commented myself...(DITTOS SUNIL). These comments are close to home. I've had the same conversations here over and over again with "neighbors" having come down w/ dogs and kids for years.....kids that grew up here, riding dirt bikes and ATVs in muddy pond bottom areas......leaving cig. butts, trash, cans, rutholes in road....especially in the first couple years we lived here.
At first I felt bad, wanted to be nice, tried a few times to nicely say this is private property now, lets try the telephone number thing if you want to fish or hike through.......but it didnt take long before I was telling everyone hey...It was no secret this place was for sale, now it is private property, it is my front yard, you had yer chance.....
A while back I set up a small (25 to 100 yd) and somewhat primitive gun and archery range on one side of the pond. I use them about once a month ....I believe its served as an added deterrent while increasing the recreational use of our prop.
