If it's the same persons stand they should have gotten the message the 1st time. Your land, your stand.

If i found a tresspassers stand on my side of the fence it would be gone.

I take them to the police station, and leave a note on the tree telling them where they can pick them up. If they are wooden, I burn them right there, or saw them to pieces. The worst thing i have ever done by far in my life, was 2 years ago. On opening day of youth season, I found Bubba and Bubba Jr. in their newly installed 2 man stand on my property. I made them climb down and watch me destroy their stand by bending the ladder portion around a tree with help from a buddy of mine, and then stomping the seat off of it. When I informed them the next step was the GW coming, they quickly picked up the pieces and went home, never to return again.

I have found over the years, as wrong as it may seem, that the harsher and meaner you are to trespassers the less recurrences there will be with them. If they believe you are insane, they will be afraid to come onto your property.

Thats pretty sorry to do to a kid.I know they were not allowed on the land but there was no reason to do that to a kid.Can't believe you would get on here and brag about it.

i don't think so. i hope it taught him a lesson.

Thats pretty sorry to do to a kid.I know they were not allowed on the land but there was no reason to do that to a kid.Can't believe you would get on here and brag about it.

It was not the kids fault it was the dads.He should have pulled the dad aside and done what ever he was going to do.The kid might not of known he was even doing anything wrong.Besides he should have called a GW to handle it instead of trying to act big and bad because they had the kid and father out numbered.Something tells me if he had been alone and walked up on two adults he would have handled it a little different.

The worst thing i have ever done by far in my life, was 2 years ago. On opening day of youth season, I found Bubba and Bubba Jr. in their newly installed 2 man stand on my property. I made them climb down and watch me destroy their stand by bending the ladder portion around a tree with help from a buddy of mine, and then stomping the seat off of it. When I informed them the next step was the GW coming, they quickly picked up the pieces and went home, never to return again.

What you did was illegal. Two wrongs do not make a right. You destroyed someones personal property. I have very little patience with trespassers also but I make sure I handle things in a responsible adult manner. If you have every turned around in someones private drive then you to are a trespasser. Does that mean you should have had your truck crushed?

If I was to find a tree stand now with season closed I would simply call the game warden explain it looks to have been left for a long time and ask what I can do with it.

What you did was illegal. Two wrongs do not make a right. You destroyed someones personal property. I have very little patience with trespassers also but I make sure I handle things in a responsible adult manner. If you have every turned around in someones private drive then you to are a trespasser. Does that mean you should have had your truck crushed?

If I was to find a tree stand now with season closed I would simply call the game warden explain it looks to have been left for a long time and ask what I can do with it.

Illegal? Not so sure about that, property used/left on my property. I think the armed trespassing charges trump anything related to destroying the treestand, BTW it wasn't totally destroyed, just unusable to hunt out of anymore.

Trying to compare turning around in someones drive way to poaching deer off of someone else property is hilarious. I would do it again tomorrow if the need arised, and never think twice about it. Would you rather me shoot them dead? After all I could have been afraid for my life and was just protecting myself since they pointed a rifle at me....

Zero tolerance is the only way to deal with trash hunters, and establishing a firm understanding that you don't screw around helps keep issues from reoccurring.

What you did was illegal. Two wrongs do not make a right. You destroyed someones personal property. I have very little patience with trespassers also but I make sure I handle things in a responsible adult manner. If you have every turned around in someones private drive then you to are a trespasser. Does that mean you should have had your truck crushed?

If I was to find a tree stand now with season closed I would simply call the game warden explain it looks to have been left for a long time and ask what I can do with it.

Illegal? Not so sure about that,

BTW it wasn't totally destroyed, just unusable to hunt out of anymore.

Trying to compare turning around in someones drive way to poaching deer off of someone else property is hilarious.

Would you rather me shoot them dead? After all I could have been afraid for my life and was just protecting myself since they pointed a rifle at me....

Zero tolerance is the only way to deal with trash hunters

When I informed them the next step was the GW coming, they quickly picked up the pieces and went home

The worst thing i have ever done by far in my life, was 2 years ago. On opening day of youth season, I found Bubba and Bubba Jr. in their newly installed 2 man stand on my property. I made them climb down and watch me destroy their stand by bending the ladder portion around a tree with help from a buddy of mine, and then stomping the seat off of it. When I informed them the next step was the GW coming, they quickly picked up the pieces and went home, never to return again.

I have found over the years, as wrong as it may seem, that the harsher and meaner you are to trespassers the less recurrences there will be with them. If they believe you are insane, they will be afraid to come onto your property.

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The problem with that approach as a first time response is that sooner or later you are bound to run into someone a little badder than you, and you will pay a heavy price for such a heavy-handed approach. Believe me, not everyone is afraid of having the 'law' called on them. Because of my job I deal with some baddest boys I've ever seen, and many of them carry shovels in their trucks... just to hide any problems that they might have to 'fix'.
I DO understand your frustration, but just know that there ARE people out there that will NOT tolerate that type of behaviour, even if they are in the wrong.
If you have family that depend on you for their living/existence, you also have to think about them when you approach a situation like this. Is it worth leaving kids without a father, or a wife without a husband? To me, the answer would be 'no'. It's not worth it to chase off a couple of trespaasers/hunters when there are far better ways to deal with that situation.
I'm just saying...

Here the last I am going to say on this subject and what I did in to a sorry no good piece of trash's treestand. My property is unbelievably posted that Stevie Wonder would know when he crossed the property line. It is ringed by a 2 strand 3 foot tall high tension wire fence, there is a posted and patrolled sign every 15 feet for the entire boundary as well and a road cut just inside the fence that is maintained as clean dirt so I can see boot prints.

So the piece of white trash, knew he was over the line, and knew I was serious. Yet, he still chose to push the envelope and teach his child how to be a slob hunter. Just what we need is more slob hunters.

I would do the same thing tomorrow if it came to it, and yes I carry a pistol at all times, when not at work. But it is in my truck during business. I would also, not even hesitate to put someone in their grave if they even remotely threatened me on property that I paid for, that I pay property taxes on each year, and that I pay to maintain annually. If that makes me a bad guy, then so be it, but I am not some cowering sissy who will back down one inch from some no good poacher, and certainly not when they are doing kids a disservice.

My name and number is clearly marked on my posted signs, and if the guy had the gumption to pick up the phone I would have gladly let him take his son during juvi days. However, he chose to poach, and it cost him a stand and his pride.

Maybe those who wish to cast stones at me, don't own any land, have never dealt with trash poachers, or are afraid to stand up to another man when necessary. Whatever the case may be, that is the way it is when it comes to my property. I don't work all week long to pay for something, so that others can sneak in and steal from me.

Here the last I am going to say on this subject and what I did in to a sorry no good piece of trash's treestand. My property is unbelievably posted that Stevie Wonder would know when he crossed the property line. It is ringed by a 2 strand 3 foot tall high tension wire fence, there is a posted and patrolled sign every 15 feet for the entire boundary as well and a road cut just inside the fence that is maintained as clean dirt so I can see boot prints.

So the piece of white trash, knew he was over the line, and knew I was serious. Yet, he still chose to push the envelope and teach his child how to be a slob hunter. Just what we need is more slob hunters.

Setterman,from what I am reading in your posts ,you are extremly paranoid,and confrontational,and hotheaded.That does not make a good combonation when dealing with a situation such as you had.
If I had been at the scene YOU would have gone to jail,plus pay for the damaged tree stand, and the tresspassers would have gotten a ticket or a warning.. Think about that Sir..

(I hope you are not pretending to be a law enforcement officer. Because you would have no grounds to take me to jail. Sure the guy could have sued me for destroying his treestand, but there was no jailable offense committed. Of course any crooked cop could take a person to jail for any reason at all, only for them to be released later. )

I dont pretend to be any body,I am not a crooked cop,and you seriously need to get a grip.Destruction of private property IS a jailable offense,Whether its a 50.00 treestand,or a 1000.00 treestand..
The guy who killed the people on the atvs that were tresspassing is now serving life in prison,and almost got the death penalty.
I have no interest in discussing this thing that happened to you, just trying to give you some real life facts to save you a lot of possable jail time if you injured these people ,not to count the lawsuitsyou would face.I am not taking up for any tresspassers,but thats all I will say on this..

to a certian extent, as a private property owner, a person has to develope a "Hitler" attitude, being nice just does not work anymore. been there done that, 3 years of being nice just got me more headaches, Hitler works better, after a short time span word of mouth will be a persons best asset

Setterman,from what I am reading in your posts ,you are extremly paranoid,and confrontational,and hotheaded.That does not make a good combonation when dealing with a situation such as you had.
If I had been at the scene YOU would have gone to jail,plus pay for the damaged tree stand, and the tresspassers would have gotten a ticket or a warning.. Think about that Sir..

This really funny from a guy who about went a-wall on trespassers last year.

I take them to the police station, and leave a note on the tree telling them where they can pick them up. If they are wooden, I burn them right there, or saw them to pieces. The worst thing i have ever done by far in my life, was 2 years ago. On opening day of youth season, I found Bubba and Bubba Jr. in their newly installed 2 man stand on my property. I made them climb down and watch me destroy their stand by bending the ladder portion around a tree with help from a buddy of mine, and then stomping the seat off of it. When I informed them the next step was the GW coming, they quickly picked up the pieces and went home, never to return again.

I have found over the years, as wrong as it may seem, that the harsher and meaner you are to trespassers the less recurrences there will be with them. If they believe you are insane, they will be afraid to come onto your property.