07-19-2008, 08:21 PM
I understand your concerns 100%. I am here to tell you that i for one hate the ignorant bastards that feel they have to cut fences, shoot cattle, leave garbage everywhere and destroy property and landowner relations.
For what it's worth, i have all law enforcement agencies phone #'s in my cell phone and i will call them on the first sign of crap like that. I hunted ducks on a stretch of the weber that was private for many years. It was the best mallard shooting i ever had until some idiots did the very things i mentioned above. Now NOBODY can get on the property. I always walked out of there with garbage, empty shells including my own and everyone elses that couldn't pick them up. I fixed fences on said property to prevent cattle from getting out on 3 occasions. I called the sheriff numerous times on tresspassers, litterers, vandals, and the like. Like i said, i don't hesitate. Rest assured that if i am ever on your property or anyone elses for that matter, i will always leave with more than i walked in with(trash etc.) and i will always protect the resource and property the best i can. There are others like me around, but there are also some real pieces of work. If enough people were like me and stood up for these kinds of things, it would be a different game altogether. I don't keep trout very often, and have caught my big fish for mounting so i have no need to keep any more.
So, my advice to you would be to put up a sign listing the pertinent law enforcement phone #'s, ask people to pick up trash and junk, and watch out for illegal activity. You might also do something like they do on the public access waters in wanship and have a sign in box for people who access your property. If you want to do something like this shoot me a pm and i will front the money for the wood and equipment needed to do it. I am sure there are others on here that would volunteer time and money to help out. Let me know.[cool]
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For what it's worth, i have all law enforcement agencies phone #'s in my cell phone and i will call them on the first sign of crap like that. I hunted ducks on a stretch of the weber that was private for many years. It was the best mallard shooting i ever had until some idiots did the very things i mentioned above. Now NOBODY can get on the property. I always walked out of there with garbage, empty shells including my own and everyone elses that couldn't pick them up. I fixed fences on said property to prevent cattle from getting out on 3 occasions. I called the sheriff numerous times on tresspassers, litterers, vandals, and the like. Like i said, i don't hesitate. Rest assured that if i am ever on your property or anyone elses for that matter, i will always leave with more than i walked in with(trash etc.) and i will always protect the resource and property the best i can. There are others like me around, but there are also some real pieces of work. If enough people were like me and stood up for these kinds of things, it would be a different game altogether. I don't keep trout very often, and have caught my big fish for mounting so i have no need to keep any more.
So, my advice to you would be to put up a sign listing the pertinent law enforcement phone #'s, ask people to pick up trash and junk, and watch out for illegal activity. You might also do something like they do on the public access waters in wanship and have a sign in box for people who access your property. If you want to do something like this shoot me a pm and i will front the money for the wood and equipment needed to do it. I am sure there are others on here that would volunteer time and money to help out. Let me know.[cool]
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