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Originally Posted by sixty
In my opinion, pressing charges on first offenders encourages retaliation. I think the best way would be to have the sheriff come out and give them a warning that if they return they will be cited, far less chance of retaliation.
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Dead wrong!
We have tried both ways. Being nice about it DOES NOT WORK.
Fenced property, signs, painted trees, and general knowledge are "warning" enough. Anyone too stupid or bold to ignore those gets taken to task FIRST TIME.
I live in basically the same part of Texas....and the good 'ol days of hunt and fish where ever you want to... are long gone. People need to grasp this....and I am more than willing to help them learn the lesson.
It doesn't take long for the word to get out, and we have suffered no retaliation.
Besides, just let one of those trespassing bastards get hurt on your property...and see what happens. Incredibly...they will try to sue you.
No Sir, we show them we mean business....and except for an occasional lost deer hunter...we don't have the problem any more.
Texas is not like a lot of other states where there is plenty of public land. Literally 90+ percent of the land is privately owned. It has been this way for generations....so it's not too damn hard for someone (who is not on their own land) to figure out that they are on someones else's and probably trespassing.
Trespassing is BS, and is not tolerated around here.