My 10 year old son asked if we could go hunting this morning, so I woke him up at 5a and we headed down to try our luck. Got there before light and walked in carefully only to find someone has taken our two person ladder stand. Of course, I left the ground blind at home since we were going to hunt the ladder stand. It was pretty disheartening to have to explain to him that it was stolen, but we got some Chick-fil-A on the way home and he was better.
While he is better, I am pretty pissed. My company has owned the land for quite some time and recently purchased more. Many of the locals have just gotten used to no one caring that they were trespassing and hunting the land. I guess they figure it was theirs by proximity. We have had a lot of theft and dumping, so I am fencing in the entire 375 acres.
One grouchy old jackass in particular is pissed that my development is messing up his hunting. Even though, his stands all sit close to the property line facing our land. I have tried to be understanding and make sure I don’t cut people off from their access to areas they may hunt. I even left the road, that we own, in tact, and routed my new fence to leave access on parts of old power easements I have had removed.
After this morning, I am reconsidering my care for the community surrounding. We have tracts that are on the other side of the river I have left alone, most probably don’t even know we own it. I know they are hunting it, I have seen their stands on the power line. I obviously need a replacement…
While he is better, I am pretty pissed. My company has owned the land for quite some time and recently purchased more. Many of the locals have just gotten used to no one caring that they were trespassing and hunting the land. I guess they figure it was theirs by proximity. We have had a lot of theft and dumping, so I am fencing in the entire 375 acres.
One grouchy old jackass in particular is pissed that my development is messing up his hunting. Even though, his stands all sit close to the property line facing our land. I have tried to be understanding and make sure I don’t cut people off from their access to areas they may hunt. I even left the road, that we own, in tact, and routed my new fence to leave access on parts of old power easements I have had removed.
After this morning, I am reconsidering my care for the community surrounding. We have tracts that are on the other side of the river I have left alone, most probably don’t even know we own it. I know they are hunting it, I have seen their stands on the power line. I obviously need a replacement…