Hunterjones
Well-Known Member
I wish you the best of luck with your situation. It takes a lot of fun out of owning land and hunting.....
Just the box minus the spikes would wreck his day. Only problem with it is the trespasser would more than likely sue the land owner.
It doesn't matter what he was hunting if he is not allowed to be on your property call the game warden prosecute him for trespassing at the very least put him on the radar with the game wardenHi all,
So if you followed any of my recent posts, you know that we're trying to start buck management on our property of 600 acres in central WV. Well one of the main issues is that we have poachers moving onto our property and killing bucks while we aren't there (property is around 1.5 hrs from where I reside). Well over the past few nights we have pictures of some guy at 3:55 am on our property with a rifle and a night vision scope. We know exactly who it is, confronted him, and he claims he was "hunting coyotes". My question is: is there anything that can be done? Is a picture from a game cam enough to give to a game warden?
Thanks!
Do what they do around here post picture around town say please so and so don't be on my land the law has your name and number done that here come find out it was county attorney. DavidIf he is carrying a rifle, and admitted to hunting coyotes, then the fish and game can definitely site him for trespassing while hunting. You most likely wouldn't have to go through the county legal process at all. If he wasn't carrying a rifle, then the fish and game might have to refer you to the county police because they wouldn't have jurisdiction on a normal trespassing case.
Either way though, I would definitely turn it in because at the very least it might scare him enough not to do it again, and word will get out to others and may prevent others from trying to do this.
That is the trouble in alot of places. A fellow I knew in Western VA, pillar of the community, would actually go out with the C/Os on stings. He knew great spots to set the decoy to get late night "out the window" poachers. After a successful sting one night he shot 2 out the window on the way home!!! You never know who is tied to what out there.Do what they do around here post picture around town say please so and so don't be on my land the law has your name and number done that here come find out it was county attorney. David
Hi all,
So if you followed any of my recent posts, you know that we're trying to start buck management on our property of 600 acres in central WV. Well one of the main issues is that we have poachers moving onto our property and killing bucks while we aren't there (property is around 1.5 hrs from where I reside). Well over the past few nights we have pictures of some guy at 3:55 am on our property with a rifle and a night vision scope. We know exactly who it is, confronted him, and he claims he was "hunting coyotes". My question is: is there anything that can be done? Is a picture from a game cam enough to give to a game warden?
Thanks!