CAN WE ALL AGREE THAT TRESPASSERS SUCK? HOW TO KEEP THEM OFF!
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Ever since we bought the property we've been battling trespassers. This land sat vacant for a long time, so people probably got used to coming here for walks, dog walks, and whatever things people get up to on property that isn't theres. Well we're nipping that in the bud, and we'll tell you all the tactics we're taking and look forward to hearing what you've done to prevent trespassing on your property!
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I bought a cattle electric fence for powering 15 miles of fence.
The electric fence put a stop to trespassers.
One jackass who came on my land to trespass and commit theft got shocked then call the cops on me for having the electric fence .
This electric fence system is so much power it not only freaking hurts it jolts the nerve system real bad .
Just one touch of this fence people won't ever want to touch it ever again .
Put two roles of Electric wire fence then just watch the clown show of shocked assholes get what they deserve.
Put up the warning signs ELECRIC FENCE to be legal !
Get u a solar charger from tractor supply to power them longer.
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Michigan has the purple paint law, and a few cans of paint and a long hike don't cost much. The states that have that law, probably have different requirements, for how far apart the markings can be, the height above the ground, and the size of the markings. I truly enjoy the perimeter walk each Fall, when I refresh the paint.
@@throngcleaver hmm, I know they've tried to pass it, but never fully passed into law. A quick search doesn't turn up anything different unless its buried in the results? Though I wouldn't be surprised if our state government has just done a poor job getting the word out.
I’ve found that “severe tire damage will occur” signs tend to work good
When we first bought our farm, we had to deal with this very same thing. I put in a new hay field. Winter wheat cover crop. Just as the wheat was coming up, three of the neighbor kids were out on that field with dirt bikes, tearing it up. I tried to corral them, and did catch one, when his bike stalled. The kid got away. Two days later, this brat showed up with his dad and a State Cop. They were saying that I stole his motorcycle. I told the cop what was going on. And that I was holding the bike till restitution was made for the damages to my field. The cop said I could not hold the bike. And they took it. He informed me that I had to make a claim in court for restitution. Well I never got a penny, but that motorcycle that died in the get away attempt, must have blown up the motor at that time. It never ran again. Hummm! Imagine that!
As "useless" as the NO TRESPASSING signs might seem, they do satisfy a requirement many states require to at least post ones property from trespassers. With your gated entry and monitoring by camera I think you've achieved most of what is possible to thwart nefarious activity.
Thanks for your video. We live on 128 acres, mostly wooded with a 9/10th mile driveway thru the woods up reasonably steep hills to our house. The "no trespassing' signs have been useless. The curious just want to 'check things out'. What has helped the most is obvious cameras with signage stating "images loaded to the cloud" to help prevent the cameras being destroyed or stolen. However what has worked the best is 2 aggressive German Shepherds that roam around our home. I'm in my 60's and our biggest fear is home invasion from druggies. Since we've had the dogs, we've had no more "visitors". This is not practical in your situation, but the sense of security and deterrence the dogs have provided has been enormous. Kind regards, Craig
Yes, there's nothing better than a paw patrol. Keep a pump shotgun kept close by just in case they get by the dogs though.
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
Sometimes just the "beware of dogs" type signage is more effective than no trespassing signs
I have a Mile long driveway. I got finally tired with it.. People were dumping couches air conditioners what kinds of crazy crap Is on our property so I put electric gate in the remote clickers like a garage door opener kind of thing. It wasn't cheap but it certainly does give you peace of mind because there's only select few people who have the clickers or the code to let themselves in let themselves in period I have a camera in the driveway it picked up a truck that was gonna dump stuff here.. I had a plate and make a mile with a truck gave it to the cops to the cops ran the plate The plate was stolen and so was the truck And the plate didn't go to that truck either. Definitely has some good ideas I like brush wetlands etc is wetland a Is mulberry and barberry work really good they grow wild hair unfortunately multi flower rose too Russian olives also but they take over the property as do barbarian Multiple rose Bushes.
Dogs are the best security system you can "install." Period.
I had a similar situation. I had 45 acres that had belonged to a gentleman that passed away and was pretty much abandoned for 30 years. It was well known locally that this property was not being managed. When I bought it, like you, I put up hundreds of signs all of which were ignored. I lived 2 hours away and installed 9 game cameras on the property, all hidden as best I could. I finally got video of a guy driving a commercial vehicle, gut two does at 1:00am right in front of one of my cameras. He had no idea it was there. He then took the back straps and hind quarters and left the rest of the meat to rot.
I turned the video over to my county game warden and said that I wanted to prosecute. The guy lost his work truck, his rifles and went to jail. The whole town heard about it and the trespassing stopped.
That didn't work for me. The culprits had the state police on their side. Apparently they were involved with turning states evidence on a drug ring operating in the area. So they had a get out of jail free card. And they played it to the max! Poaching too!.
@@charlesfoleysr6610 That is such a shame.
If trespassers are caught they should be sentenced to pay for your property taxes. That would stop all the nonsense and BS.
Stay safe out there.
Or shot would be an adequate punishment also.
@@johnclark8631 in Ohio you can legally fire warning shots. If they are threatening you or if you are in danger you can also shoot them.
@@Zanderthelab nice.
@Nicholas Tthe guy in the white house said so, "fire a couple of shotgun rounds into the air "
Adverse possession laws allow a non-tax paying trespasser to acquire your land by simply visiting it and claiming to have made improvements.
We had some of the same issues. But an upsidedown old piece of harrow in the field road curbed alot of the drive thru traffic. A few flat tires and neighbors getting the word out has done wonders.
I live in rural NW Georgia and for the most part....People around here are extremely respectful of the simple concept of ''DO NOT TRESPASS'' But I digress to the simple concept of those that ''DO NOT RESPECT'' land owners wishes. 12 gauge shotgun shell tripwire alarms are VERY effective and the video footage is hilarious!! If you do not know how to make them, they can be bought for 15 - 30 bucks.
I have a neighbor on the backside of my property who’s is awesome. With that developed relationship we have added a gate on our property line and both of us has a key. He uses it to up keep his fence by using my road and I can use it if a deer I kill crosses onto his property. A great neighbor is the most undervalued thing you can have.
Great video. We had new neighbors buy the house at the edge of the farm. They have 4 young kids that think their side by side and dirt bike are fun to drive/ride wherever they want....regardless of whose property they want to play on. I explained to the parents twice about the issue and their kids were allowed to continue. Their excuse was "this is the country so it doesn't matter". Finally had to explain to them that the next visit would be from the sheriff if they did not recognize private property adjacent to them.
You are a lot nicer than I am though. My ideal place would be 100,000 acres with the house in the center, a 4-wheel drive road leading to it, and a minefield on the perimeter.
Nice
Three most important words, FRONT TOWARDS ENEMY.”
As a landowner in MI I understand that successfully prosecuting a trespasser is difficult not necessarily because of the law but more so law enforcements lack of desire to prosecute. Keep the posted signs up and legible around your entire perimeter. Use multiple cameras both visible and hidden as this will be the evidence you need and will have to continuously send to the police department notifying them of the trespasser. Catching a trespasser multiple times will hopefully gain some traction. Grease the skids by making a sizable donation to a local police charity. Love the gate however I believe the mounds are more of an invite to the ATV/ORV crowd. Put up a fence in lieu of the berm to deter entry by those types of vehicles. You are doing great. Good Luck!
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
Where I grew up, farmers and other large land owners ran people off with rock salt. No one calling the police about getting shot with rock salt ever got the response they thought they would get: a free ride to the county motel, and treatment by the ambulance people lols.
Your not alone , I’m pretty easy going and try to work with my neighbors but I have a neighbor who cut down 15 trees on my property for firewood, I have the pictures of the wood stacked by his house , I filed paperwork with the police, magistrate and caught him and his girlfriend walking on my place , she yelled at me and said she has the right to walk through my woods, I’m like no you don’t , leave, all my other neighbors are good people but there’s always one that ruins it
I bought 92 Acres in a very remote town in Canada. There are only 80 people in the town. My land is a mile outside of town and I was still getting trespassers regularly. Some were locals but most were people from the city. I tried cameras, signs, and postings. Only thing that worked was putting a gate over the driveway. However I still get hunters walking onto the land after walking right by my signs. Today I'm buying a few rolls of Barb wire.
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
@@claytonwhitman2611 yeah.... In Canada I'd get more charges for doing that than the guy trespassing.
@@mitchadey you can carry a shotgun on your own property as long as your hunting or looking for a nuisance coyote or rabid fox. Or if your in bear country gun could be considered bear deterent. Just don't point the gun at anyone, often just having it around is enough of a deterant. Barb wire is a pain in the ass, try some 12.5 gauge high tensile wire and put some juice on it. Another tip if you are living on the property is some maremma or pyrenese sheep dogs that you can teach to guard your property. Also handy to let one local hunter hunt your land if you live off site, they will often keep the others off the property.
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Did you miss the part of Mitch living in Canada? Gun laws are lots different than here, south of our northern border.
@@greglewis8752 you're right but, being a Canadian, I get my small game permit for $20 each year. Gives me the right to hunt vermin almost year round with my shotgun... not for self defense, mind you, but just in case I spot a coyote. Also gives me an excuse to put up "live shooter/hunter" signs around my property.
Courtney I feel you on this one , I have found THE best deterent is homemade KEEP OUT signs...the manufactured signs are so common that it's almost like they have zero impact on people.., You put a hand painted sign up and for whatever reason...people figure this landowner is talking to me !
Believe me on this one my friend , you'll be amazed by the difference
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I live on 73 acres about 50 minutes west of Milwaukee Wi. The only way I stopped them was gates. Here they don’t even need to be locked, they are just to lazy to even get out LOL
I completely enjoyed this video. I've had to check with Deputies and land attorney on protective measures. By FL law "No Trespassing" signs have to be 150 ft apart and have owner's name on the sign. Otherwise I can't prosecute if tresspassers are caught. Trail cams or video of some type is a must. I am on a tree farm. Folks get into the pine stands and leave trash, hunt, etc. Land security is difficult.
Lived in Florida for a while. out in the boonies where the trash dumpers are terrible. They will rip out cables and fences.
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
Go to your local tow company and ask them for signs. They will give you as many as you need that say you will be towed 24/7. I've had no trespassing signs for years and they are often ignored. Since I put the free local tow company signs on the same posts as my no trespassing signs, it has cut down the trespassing by over 90%. If someone comes on your land, lock them in and since your property was signed (the tow companies have all the legal verbiage), you can then have them towed off at their expense. The police will often not do anything, but as soon as people start having to pay for impounds, it becomes an area they would rather not mess with.
If you can't afford an expensive gate, put a cable or chain across your road that they have to drive over. If they do, pull it tight and lock it trapping them. Then call the tow truck. Make sure anything that crosses the road is visible to prevent some lost grandma or teen on a dirt bike from running in to it and getting hurt though (hang old short sections of pvc pipe).
Great video, I can't stand people who think the whole planet belongs to them and they think they can mess with stuff they know isn't theirs. It's real simple, if you come up to a road and you aren't sure if it's public access or not, ask yourself a simple question, is this my property? If it isn't, stay out. No different than a bicycle, if you know it isn't yours, it doesn't matter who's it is.
Loved the video Courtney! This issue will only get worse with the downward spiral of our society in general. The lawlessness, division, and woke mentality have contributed to the attitude that people can just take what they want. Decriminalizing shoplifting, defunding police, etc. are all factors as well. There's nothing that draws the lookeyloos like a construction site or activity in general. Consider a multiflora rose hedge around the neighboring properties...talk about impenetrable!
How about Russian olives!
90% of the time it's the tweekers. You obviously don't own land because it has nothing to do with "woke" mentality.
@@seanwahl1000 tweekers?
@@WaldenSpawn hes referencing drug addicts like crack heads or meth addicts, most crimes of theft seem to be caused by addicts needing "a fix"
I recently found your channel and really enjoy your content. My wife and I bought a little over 20 acres in Montana in May of this year. We bought the property from one of our neighbors and we have an easement from the highway back to our property. There is two gates with locks that you have to go through to get back there. Its a pain every time we leave or come back to open the gate but it keeps people out. One of our other neighbors insisted he also had an easement through our properties to get to the river (he doesn't). It got so bad that lawyers got involved and we ended up serving him with a cease a desist. That guy ended up clobbering the husband that i bought the property from with a mag flashlight and shotguns were pointed at each other. The cops were called and I saw pictures. It's freaking crazy over there, lol. As a result of the insistence of an easement that didn't exist we decided to fence our property of which cost us about $45k. We also put up over two dozen no trespassing signs around the border and at the entry to our easement and our property. When we were building our fence our neighbor to the North insisted we "build our fence at least 4' off of the property line so we could maintain the fence from both sides without trespassing on his property". He also mentioned if our horses were reaching over the fence and eating his grass would be considered destruction of his property and he could shoot our horses. This pissed me off more than anything. We made the decision to keep the fence 6" on our side of the property as we had on every other border for the fact that after 7 years if we had moved the fence in on our side any more that would of became his land. We also decided to put a 5'-0" welded fence for half of that property line vs the 4'-0" of three rail wood as we did everywhere else. Today we have our first building stacked (an 18' x 24' log cabin). We will be finishing it out in the spring. We have a camera doorbell but we will add more later on. I am from Montana but I moved to Washington in 2016 for better money. I have been successful and just want to go back home. I haven't had one problem with any of my neighbors here in Washington. Another deterrent would be our dogs once we are out there full time. On our property the response time from the sheriffs department is approximately 1 1/2 hours. People are wack and once we're out there I have no doubt everything will be fine. The only thing we will have to worry about is the grizzly bears! I was thinking I should start a you tube channel, lol.
Shooting a lot of guns on the property might actually help. Not advocating it necessarily-
We had an issue as our land was adjacent to a public park and a school. What we wound up doing was creating a trail through the property, marked it well, added some nice plants to keep people on the path, and now we have privacy. No violence, no threats. What people need to realize- both land owners and non land owners, is we all live in the same community. Being a good neighbor works both ways.
You have now created a public easement. Anything you want to do with this property will now require permission of the public. If you don't care about giving away your land and have no concerns with how it impacts the future value, great job. You have donated part of your land for a public space in a way that will not reduce your taxes or count as a donation. If you decide in the future that you want to move the trail, or heaven forbid close it, you will now face the court system who may determine that it's a public easement. In which case, you are stuck, but still liable for what happens to it and on it.
You will lose dominion over that land in all probability.
Courtney if that gate is your main entrance, keep in mind that if you’re in need of police, fire or emergency services, they will need a way to access your property. You may not want them waiting to get in if you or a family member are in need. Good luck!
I totally understand how you feel. People have no respect for other peoples property. Deer hunting season is terrible where we are at.There are so many people who lose their mind for a deer.
We live 3 hours away from our property right now, so we went for stealth instead of signs and security. The entrance always makes me chuckle when I arrive - reminds me of the original Batman TV series entrance to the bat cave. If you didn’t know where it was, you wouldn’t see it from the road. The ‘driveway’, if you do find it, looks like it goes a hundred feet and ends. We cut several turns in it, so you can’t see very far.
I’ve been really surprised that we haven’t seen any activity on any of the trail cameras besides animals. I thought for sure, there’d be 4-wheelers out joy riding and find it. When we move there, we’ll have to do something more formal, but for now, stealth seems to be working.
Great work! You are correct: if access is not obvious, then people are so much less likely to come as they have no idea its there. Still. Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
Welcome to the club. I have a pond and folks are like the walking dead. They say they're fishing, but the evidence is they never catch any fish, but leave hundreds of pounds of trash. I pulled out ten 55 gal bags of beer bottles, etc. "Honey I'm going fishing" means "I'm getting drunk and throwing trash around."
Some dumpers aren't particularly bright. They dump trash with their old bills in it.
Be careful. See the local requirements for "Adverse Possession." If you don't defend/protect your property, they can claim they own it (this generally requires x years, etc.).
Signage is necessary to prove you've shown people that they're trespassing.
Fencing in an option or you can plant thorn bushes. I sent you a URL.
Always carry a gun. Some of these folks get quite angry. "I can go anywhere I want. It's a free country."
And few folks know where their property stakes are. So, their property expands in their imagination over time. The surveyors should put steel stakes at all corners.
At the end of the day, only physical barriers work..... maybe.
I'd put the game cameras up higher. If they can reach it, they'll smash it or steal it.
The next challenge will be the pond. You have multiple owners with a piece of the pond. They may grant friends permission to fish or even setup a bait shop/boat rental deal.. These visitors will go everywhere. So you need signage along the pond edge.
Before the metal fence I would put tire spikes on your property. Long rubber strips with skinny steal tubes sticking up. These tubes should be cut 3" long and the edge that is up cut at an angle and are placed into the rubber strip. These thin tubs (kind of like a fat syringe needle) will let the air out quickly without blowing up the tire. This should stop those in vehicles that can not read the 30 plus signs you have that they have to pass. Add more trees or bushes so that your driveway looks private and less commercial. Right now from what little we can see in the video it does look like the entrance to something commercial. Thanks for the video
Agree 100%
We bought 4 acres on a old dog walk.. sled hill..look out .
It took 2 years to get people to respect the new normal... my wife was the best deterrent though!! Lol
The first several years on our farm required significant patrolling on my part. There were a number of hunters that believed they had the right to hunt there since they had been successful in trespassing with the previous owner. Some even boasted at a hunting shop that they didn’t care who owned it, they would continue to do as they chose to. It changed. I posted the property primarily using purple spray paint marking (legally sufficient in TN and many states) and started “cutting sign” on the violators. Several times I was at their intended hunting spot waiting on them. It worked and word soon spread that you didn’t want to go on that old Ranger’s land without seeking permission. Additionally, to using cameras, the addition of a few “Video surveillance” signs really had a way of catching people’s attention.
the thing about purple paint is that nobody knows what it means. it's a legal no trespassing mark but it won't stop an actual trespasser because they just think its a property line mark. it's only been law in TN and GA for a few years now so maybe it will catch on.
"Trespasser will be shot, survivors will be shot again" Is what my sign says.
I read somewhere of a landowner using trail cam pics of tresspassrs and taking out a small ad in the local newspaper with the trail cam pic titled trespasser of the week. There is a UA-cam video people trespassing on a farmers field using it as a parking lot. He finally got fed up one day and went and plowed around the cars. It was funny as hell watching them attempting to cross the furrows. Too bad he didn't own an excavator - lol
I'm considering using a bunch of old burnt-out mattresses stacked on end, and barbed wired to the fence poles. Then plant a bunch of blackberries along the line and let the birds help spread it. In a relatively short timeframe, the fencing will deter all but the most determined invader because it can't be seen through and is full of barbs. You should be able to get a truck load pretty cheap from a cheap mattress store and burn them down at night so no-one will notice the heavy smoke. The steel in the mattress will easily last a couple of years until the berries and brambles take over giving you a living fence.
Most people trespass when they think the property has no one living there. Consider getting an old/used camping trailer and set it near the worst area of trespassing (e.g. near your gate). If you get some solar panels and a solar generator, you can set up motion LED lights that trigger with anyone near the main entrance and that will make trespassers think twice before entering. In addition, it will provide ample light for your cameras at night. Once you move on to the property, you could keep it there, move the camper, or sell it.
wouldn't they notice there aren't any vehicles around?
@@ian3580 Possibly. I do this on my property and it was worked well for two years. When the auto (LED) flood lights go on, the trespassers usually turn around and go away. My remote security cams also allow me to speak and I wired one up to a loud speaker. It sounds like a police blow horn (LOL).. when I say "Who goes there", they just stop and leave.
And wouldn't they just steal the solar panels and equipment like another gentleman in the comment mentioned ( he had all his camera stolen). After all you are talking about unoccupied land...who's to stop them or even notice?
People seem to operate with the idea that open land = public land. That is, if there's a piece of open land, then it must be available for public use. I've seen lots of people who get irritated when told that no, they cannot traverse a piece of private property. Somehow, I don't think those folks would be OK with me propping up a lawn chair in their front yard and hanging out. But, it's universal -- people will NOT respect private property when that property is otherwise open (undeveloped). They just won't.
I need to add this to my comment... The Agricultural part of my land, the signs can be no less than 500 ft apart. There are even requirements as to the size of the lettering on the signs. Everyone should check their state law on No Trespassing signs requirements otherwise prosecuting will be difficult when it comes down to it
That's the main reason my property is not posted. Too much red tape and fees associated with doing so. I live with it but it's very rural and well off the beaten path.
I feel ya on this. We live near Memphis and only have ten acres out in the county. The city folk are moving in and it’s not so country anymore. Thankfully our land is landlocked on three sides. Two being my father n laws land of 40. The other neighbor and I have a great relationship. Me and the wife stretched 400’ of hog wire down the front of our property. This helped the most. Fencing keeps honest people honest, a thief will always be a thief.
I have the same issue with my land in New Mexico. Did the same thing by posting signs all around the property. People would use my land as a dumping ground for their garbage, tree branches, cars, etc. I installed game cameras, but they were discovered and either stolen, shot or destroyed. Then over the years I transplanted prickly pear, Spanish dagger cactus and Argentine mesquite around a portion of the perimeter where people were getting through. That seemed to reduce a lot of the trespassing. But, it took several years to get to that point where it became effective. Now, I use drones to monitor the land on a daily basis to save me time and effort in inspecting the one section.
People just do not respect other people’s property.
Put "Keep Out" signs in the GWT store! Need another sign - smile, you're now on youtube as a trespasser lol - Best advice is talk to all the neighbors ! I was out walking our 40 acre place before the first hunting season right after we bought it and moved in, found a deer mineral block, went to pick it up and noticed a game cam watching it....so I took that out too, replaced with a posted sign. Took a few days, but found out which rental tenant thought he could hunt there because no one else did, when he found his camera missing - just smh. Explained that's how people get shot. Never had another problem ;-)
A common problem today, Courtney. For a long time, we had four-wheelers, dirt bikes and even 4-wheel vehicles driving up a section of our property. They had a worn in path through our creek and up the hill side. We even had hunters who shot a deer from the road and must have gotten spooked and left it in the field. This was especially concerning for us because we have miniature donkeys adjacent to this area which could be mistaken for deer. We put up signs which did absolutely nothing. It didn't stop until we gated off the area where the property could be accessed from the road/street (Similar to you - We installed a 50-foot fence and gate across the access) Thankfully this stopped it... Good luck with your property - Love your videos....
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
@@claytonwhitman2611 Thankfully, everybody carries guns in this part of Tennessee...
I have a path that leads to a neighborhood (foot trail only) that leads to my property. I had my cameras mounted about like yours and the trespasser stole the cameras. Mount your cameras up high to prevent trespassers from stealing your cameras. I used a 12 ft ladder to mount all my cameras up about 10 ft high. Another thing that has helped me is literally talking posting on social media the location of my property about all trespassing incidents. This lets everyone in the area know its being monitored.
I can understand your dilemma. I purchased 20 acres in a very rural area in northern Vermont back in 2015. Fortunately, I'm retired and living here full time. On one end is the main road where my home is situated while both sides border two different properties one of which is abandoned. The back property line borders a State Forest which is very difficult if not impossible to access with any kind of vehicle since it's a dense overgrown forest. I've had a couple trespassers, mostly during the Winter months from snowmobilers cutting across the back meadow but nothing serious. My property is not posted as I'd rather be neighborly but that can backfire for sure. I have not found any deer stands or dumping areas as of yet mostly because I'm living here. Good luck with your beautiful property and enjoy it as much as you can. Cheers!
I always offer my local Sheriff's deputies Game Wardens a cup of coffee and to use the bathroom anytime they are in the Area. (A huge positive with the female officers) That helps with having more patrols in my area. I see one or the other at least three to four times a week now. It's helped keep the lookee lues from in check.
Here's a tactic that one of my friends used, it actually worked very well. He put up signs that said caution rifle range. It's worth a try. I have other ideas I don't know the legalities of them. But when I got my property, it took a lot of due diligence. And a lot of time waiting and catching them. I use a ghillie suit, and you're going to have to have people prosecute it so people get the idea you're not messing around. It took me a while but finally, I no longer have trespassers.
I don't know what your local laws may be. I live here in the Ottawa Valley and had a good friend with a sizeable rural property. He faced many of the troubles you describe. Ho posted his land with signs cautioning that the area was an active trap line with traps for wolves, coyotes and other fur-bearing animals. He put out a couple of rusty old traps where they could clearly be seen (not set of course). That pretty much solved the trespassers. His other problem was neighbours letting dogs run loose and they chased the deer. A couple of signs that "wild dogs" would be shot on sight and that problem got resolved after a few dogs disappeared. Must have been the wolves. Good luck!
Good video! I really wish states would start taking this more seriously and enacting stronger penalties for trespassing and dumping trash. They need to make it hurt. I have had property where people had previously dumped washing machines, hot water heaters, tires, etc. And this was an area that was free to take stuff to the dump. Total disregard for others.
Thise type of cameras helped me find my buck last year. Hit him a little far back and he ran out of sight. Tracked him to the next property over. Went to their main gate, and luckily enough they had those cameras at the gate. I wrote my number with call me on a piece of paper and held it up to the cameras. About 10 minutes later he called and had no problem meeting me and letting me track my deer on his property.
We have 20 acres in the country and have a beautiful 12 acre woods as part of that. I have cut a wide variety of walking trails through the woods and I’ll put up a barn next year and a house hopefully the following year. Our area is mostly agricultural, but with quite a few houses along the roads. My attitude is that the land is a great blessing from the Lord to me and my wife and I like to share my joy. I have enjoyed meeting neighbors and encouraged them to walk and enjoy the trails just like I do. I have had a few people request to hunt, and I limit that, but the neighbors really appreciate that too. I have only rarely had an issue with 4-wheelers who tend to tear up the trails, but that only happens maybe once pass a year. I also know the neighbors are keeping an eye out and will contact me if they see anything that’s not right. Amazing how easily it is to make friends when you have land.
Good fences make good neighbors. It doesnt matter if you have 1 acre or 1000, in Texas fences are part of land ownership.
A good field fence with barbed wire, solar powered Reolink, and a solar powered driveway sensor works for us.
Courtney, the people who blatantly trespass are the same Jack-O-Lopes who plow snow across a road or blow their snow onto the road without cleaning it up! They both need prayer!
That's too bad people can't respect others property or even mother nature 😕. Great video.
I have a sign that says, "No Trespassing, We're tired of burying the bodies."
These briers that are on our 20 are great deterrents. They'll tear your legs up with jeans on.
Just west of you a few minutes.
Very large pieces of land are hard to fence all the way around, I understand. But if your property is not that large, it's definitely a good investment to have some sort of fencing or other physical boundaries, and definitely a lot of signage to leave absolutely no doubt as to who this property belongs to.
Been arrested for shooting a trespassing clown. I was released the next day no charges. I have found this to be the only way.
Hey Courtney
As you have said, I have found that neighbors are the key.. We all watch out for each other here. We have 4 homes across 16+ acres and we all keep an eye out. Fences help and so does surveillance. But those are secondary. Active eyes are the way to go. Thanks for sharing!
Tape your camera pics on the fence. People get the hint real quickly when they see themselves in the picture.
For the people that come at night .....solar LED motion sensors light works the best 👌 they come in and are all lit up like a deer in the headlights. And that is very uncomfortable for trespassers.
This is very helpful and a common problem for many! I live in LA and my property is in Upstate NY. Buying a bunch of those cameras now. I had satellite internet cameras, but was a very expensive option.
It's been a year. How are they performing? Are they worth it?
@@donmulder8061 Total drag and waste of money. Lost my signal about three months in and was not able to re-sync. T-mobile was not stable in the area. 3g...5g sim cards...blah blah. I blew about $700 on these.
As I've aged I've concluded that trespassers that are just waking or driving through, aren't worth fighting with.
My approach is;
- set up enough no trespassing signs so no one can say they didn't see any signs. This is more for legal reasons than anything else (eg if the trespasser falls into an old well and decides to sue, you can argue they were trespassing).
- although I haven't bothered (we very rarely get trespassers), I think it is a good idea to have a motion activated camera. This is in case things get stolen, I can show the police who has recently been trespassing.
- if too many people keep trespassing, I would set up a gate on the laneways.
After that I don't worry about trespassers (as long as things don't get stolen).
Just I give you a little friendly advice I would raise the cameras up substantially higher than you might have them put them up so somebody can't reach them we have had 1 or 2 cameras stone pretty tricky how they do it.. They wear a ski mask keymask and a black plastic bag to stuff it in. So that they're not seen cause we caught one guy doing it cause you didn't see another camera we had a way up in the air.. And we Dealt with him accordingly. Just saying.
We're dealing with this exact problem now. We recently bought property that sat vacant for a few years and everyone that knew about it had hunted and fished it. Now that I own it, I've heavily posted it with signs, introduced myself to the neighbors, exchanged phone numbers, made friends with local law enforcement and blocked access from the road. They're still showing up on my cameras. One thing we plan on doing is raising honeybees and the hives will be right in the back access driveway which leads off of a neighbors property which is also vacant. Once I put up the hives across that drive on my side with a big sign that states "Warning, Bees! I hope that'll take care of any unauthorized access from that road. Until they get arrested, they will do what they please. The downside of getting the law involved is those who get caught, may just want to get even. Who knows what they'll do.... start a fire? Poison the pond? Put tacks on the 4 wheeler trails? It's a double edged sword. Good luck and if you find something that works, let us know.
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
You can post trail cams discretely. Take that footage, and track them. Sooner or later you will get great facial pics, vehicle identifying marks and specific damage, stickers, paint, riding gear, etc. And then you can either dump it all on the local news and the police to see if public opinion will make them do their jobs. OR, you can track them back home... the rest I leave to you.
...they'll just add "stealing honey" and hive tipping to their trespassing ways.
Im sorry but a warning sign about bees is not going to scare anyone nor are the actual bees
My great grandfather bought a 100 acre ranch in the 1960s, and he lived there until his death in 2013. I was named after this man, I spent a lot of time with him while he was alive, he sold a parcel of land to my dad to build our house on, so we were neighbors. When he died, everything went to his wife, who then sold it to my great aunt who at this point and moved away to Texas (We live in West Virginia). The land was always supposed to go to the kids, it was supposed to be passed on. My dad spent a lot of time maintaining the property. All it is is a bunch of thick woods, and a 4+- acre horse pasture that we brush hog because we haven’t had horses since the 90’s. We would go ATV riding everywhere, and hunt in the woods. It was essentially our land. When he died and my great aunt ended up with it, they put up fences, and cameras, and gates, and no trespassing signs everywhere. They would run us off the property when we would go up there. It’s hard describing it. This land had been in our family for half a century now. And you know what, they’re selling it as well as his house. You can buy a 5 bedroom ranch house with a 100 acres of land in WV for $999,999. And it infuriates me. We’ve talked to the realtor about trying to purchase the land from them, and they aren’t interested in selling just the land. Idk why I’m telling this story, just thought it was a little relative
Good video. Most people do not like being caught on camera. They trespass because they think they won't ever be noticed. A sign stating that the property has video surveillance is much more effective than a no trespassing sign alone. There are two things that most men will do anything to protect. Their woman and their land.
We all agree about private property and trespassing is a concern, nobody ever tries to find out who the new neighbors are. In my area, for example, we have a lot of farm land wooded land and power line access. We have snowmobile trails leading across much of this property, which had permissible access. Things change over time, but every consideration is made to make contact with new owners to introduce ourselves, and after the communication of the new owner doesn’t agree we put the word out and nobody trespasses.
It’s your right you own the land and citizens need to stay out.
The struggle is real nation wide....especially during hunting season!! We don't have a issue with people, but the few neighbors we do have let their dogs roam, so they are constantly on our property. We're investing in fencing as that's easier than constant confrontation. And of course there is the constant trash pickup along the county road in front of us. Part of country life, I guess.
Happy Holidays Courtney, same issues in Asheville, NC. People just don’t respect private property. I’ve put up fencing. Gates and purchased fake cameras (look real) they blink red to show activation… it’s helped a lot. Thanks for a great video….
👍. Go Blue
Anyone can open that gate without cutting the chain. If you pick up on the gate on the hinge side it will slide up high enough the slide the chain over the post. You need to drill through the gate frame just under the top hinge and install a bolt. Or move the bottom hinge just above the bottom rail.
Build it and they will come! And keep on coming! Put up a “nuclear waste disposal site / stay back 200 Ft.” sign on the gate!
There are devices that are activated by a trip wire and shoots off a blank shotgun shell. Scares the 💩out of em!
And ALWAYS carry a firearm (not concealed) on your property. Let’s trespassers know your not playing.
This was great!
Love this...
Person has a heart attack now you're at the very least caught up in court for months. I would conceal carry, though I usually do carry my AR10 with me in the of season too hoping folks will think they'll find a different place to trespass. At the same time a visible gun takes away your element of surprise.
@@ceepea1 12 gauge shotgun shell trip wires work like a charm! lol
@@wolfpack4128 yes there is risk with everything. One can use smaller blanks I believe so it depends on what you want to do. A trespasser can twist their ankle or break a leg by falling in the open trench you are digging for drain tile. Here comes the lawsuit? I’m sure it’s been done… Concealed carry out in public, absolutely, but on my land, a visible firearm tends to ward off some of the mouthy cocky attitude most trespassers get when confronted. If needed, simply resting your hand on the grip puts out a clear message your not going to put up with their crap. It’s always smart to have ones phone recording everything so no accusations can stand. (Even without any firearm)
[ No Trespassing signs don’t work because many people can’t read.
The schools are busy “teaching” other things..]
Awesome video Courtney👍This is a very annoying problem.We have a guy that keeps walking his dog and now he is teaching his grand kids it is ok to trespass. We have a gate, signs and trail cams but he just keeps coming in. The local sheriff is no help (they probably know each other.) I was told if he is not dumping trash or vandalizing personal property or stealing anything I have nothing. Anyways thanks for the video stay safe out there and see you on the next one 😁👍🚜💨💡
I recommend putting those cameras up high and angled down so they’re harder see and steal.
This is infuriating... Before my small acreage residences, I had a house on just a 1 acre lot where the large part of the driveway (turn-around) directly contacted the neighbor's. We live in a very high snow region, and they had a hired plow service, who constantly backed over a foot or more sometimes of snow in my driveway to make it easier for him to plow. Anyone who deals with snow knows how much harder it is to deal with snow that has been driven over especially if you are doing your side on foot with a snowblower... anyway i ended up drilling some holes at the connected area of the drive and putting in snow reflector sticks in to keep him off my drive. These things happen in small scale too. Keep up the good work, Courtney.
Makes sense to light up the entrance area for motion and darkness. Criminals are usually not too smart and will always look for the easier way.(if they were hard working and ambitious they wouldn't need to steal) If your entry is too hard and the neighbour's easier, don't be surprised that your neighbour inherits your problem.
Fencing and gates are the best first step. You may want to add motion sensor lighting at the gate that work in conjunction to your security cameras.. Bad guys don't like being in the spotlight. Beyond that {and it's not really an affordable or desired option} but, security guards tend to convince people to go somewhere else.
As a hunter when I am looking for permission to hunt land I try to find contact information for the landowner. If I am unable to do so or the contact information doesn’t pan out I will try a letter, however most get returned to sender. If a letter failed I often times drive up the driveway to try and find someone to talk to or leave the letter in a ziploc bag. In my state you can drive up the driveway even with no trespassing signs until you reach a gate or building. You cannot leave the road or destroy the road (IE burnouts)
I’m not sure your states laws but that’s something to look at.
Love that gate. Helps your case when people say they “didn’t know they weren’t supposed to be there.”
I would conceal a 2x4 with nails sticking out of the ground to pop their tires. When it wrecks their tires, it gets expensive fast for them and won't ever come back.
one of the best trespassing detterents I;ve ever seen was a sign warning people that there was an active shooting range in operation, you don't need to have a shooting range, but the potential possibility of getting shot seems to be a better deterrent than the threat of actually getting shot.
I’m in escrow on 240 acres that has been hunting property for 50 years and every neighbor and people in town have used it. I think I will be dealing with this as well.
Had people partying down by old sand pit no problems for 40 years. then guys from a nearby town decided to run over brush and small trees to make a trail back to farm lanes.
I was working 10 hr days from 3:30 pm till 2 or later depending on pouring line breakdown had to stay to get iron out.
3 AM in morning I lay down 3:15 bedroom is filled with lights . They were 4 wheeling thru cantaloupe fields.
Took 2×6×10 filled full of big nails took it to back of farm 1/2 mile from road buried it across drive never had no more problems.
Next couple months when telling friends about it they said they had seen big truck go by on 4 giant flat tires turns out they had to drive about 20 miles on their rims . They never came back
It's amazing how many people believe it doesn't apply to them. But if you trespassed on their property you know how they would react. I'm not sure if its entitlement mentality, immaturity or just disrespectful behavior. Your neighbors should be able to assist. I have exchanged contact info of my neighbors and call them if there is anything suspicious and they return the favor. This has worked the best for us. Cheers
Great video Courtney. My parents had the same situations you are having. I have had to tell people that this is the family farm and had to ask them if not here for some form of business to leave. Private means private. I strongly agree with others here that the woke mentality and defund police does not help. Many just do not care. They just think yours is theres. Anyway good luck with that situation. Hope you and the family had a great thanksgiving. Have a great day and be safe!. Tim
Closed on my property last December. Was originally an old cattle farm in the 1920s so its got a few old fields. It's water access only and the previous owner lived over 5hrs away. Said he had only been to the property 4 times in last 5 years, he had owned it for 18 years. I was looking at it during deer season so I wanted to make that nobody would be there hunting. He said no one had asked his permission to hunt or use his property, but it looked like some of the other people in the area have been using it quite a bit. This deer season I found a guy almost 500 yards inside my property in a stand. I told him he was on private property, to wich he replied " I've been hunting here for almost 20 years"
I told him nonetheless I'm the new owner and you are trespassing also told him I knew he didn't have permission from the previous owner. I have been busy putting up signs and trying to make sure people know that things have changed. I'm sure it will take some time but I'm hopeful that people will be respectful once they are aware. Hopefully it's the same for you.
Start running them off with a shotgun or AK or AR in your hands. As long as you don't aim at them or "brandish" it, you should be fine. Having the gun on-hand for your self protection, and for wild/rabid animal control, is a great idea anyways. Even a good pistol in a holster tends to discourage people.
@@claytonwhitman2611 I'm in Canada so no carrying an AK, AR or pistol for me unfortunately. Need a restricted firearms licence just to own a handgun here, which i have but still can only bring one to a rangeto shoot and now ARs and Aks have just been made prohibited along with a bunch of other rifles like mini 14/30, and anything 50 cal. I'll just have to keep asking them to leave and get the police involved if I need to. One good thing is here even if it's not posted trespassers can be charged. The onus is on you to know if you're on private property or not.
@@claytonwhitman2611 I do carry a shotgun or small cal. rifle with me most of the time though. Lots of wolves, bears and coyotes here lol
I bought a diamond shaped piece of property with three neighbors on one side, three on another, an outdoor venue on another, and a protected wildlife area on the last. Every one of those houses had a path leading onto my property. Hunters had gotten into the habit of parking at the venue to either hunt my property or cross it to hunt the wildlife area, both of which are illegal. After 7 years, a lot of purple paint, a dozen cameras, and me personally getting up at 3am to catch them in the act, I think I finally put a stop to it. I also used large trees and rock to block every path onto my property and marked the trees with pink to denote the property line. Letting at least 10 yards of briars grow along nearly the entire 1+ border also helped.
It's too bad that borders, property lines, gates, locks, and signage aren't enough to do the job. Like you said.... what it comes down to is respect. If you aren't sure you should be there, you probably shouldn't. All any of us is trying to do is carve out whatever we hope to achieve on property that we own, pay taxes on, and are responsible for. If you don't pay the price of admission, you don't belong there. Simple as that. Respect. Asking permission goes a long way.... and respecting property lines and people gets you so much more..... ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO... Sorry to hear about your troubles....
We run reolink go cameras with 3g/4g LIVE view. So works either as a standard cell camera or you can live view remotely. Love the motion alarm feature as well. We use a Freedompop Sim card ($60/year). I think the simcard cost is $100/yr now.
A 2x6 buried with nails sticking up will let the air out of the tires
Dig a moat/swale
around the property, put a fence on the high side of the swale and then plant blackberries or some climbing bramble on the fence. The swale will fill with water and give it to the bramble hedge supported by the fence on a bit if a hill. I then have a bridge over my moat, one way in and out, with cell phone cameras monitoring. Of course I put some signs up as well.
I am using Reolink Go cameras with solar chargers on our property, like them very much.
Excellent episode, we seem to have trespassing happen about once a year and sometimes its the same offenders with our 50 acres. I can't be there all of the time due to working out of state most of the year. Our land is on a small lake that doesn't have a public boat launch, we've had people drive across our field and want to access the lake and then tell us that we can't stop them because google maps says so (I think they are from Detroit too!). Having my brother next to my land and having a good relationship with the sheriff deputies helps a lot. I used to get mad about it, but now we have a good plan with a quick call to the sheriff and then letting the offender know respectfully that a deputy is on the way. Gates across all the accesses and having the thick brush on the property lines have been a very good deterrent. So glad you are bringing awareness to the crime of trespassing; buying land and paying taxes to keep it involves sacrifice, hard work, risk and a life savings. Thanks!!
I purchased a large piece of property and noticed the neighbors were hunting it without my permission. I posted a sign on their entry point, left them a note explaining I was the new owner and that whatever deal they may have had in place prior was no longer. I also informed them that they were being watched by my cameras as they read the note. They were, they noticed the cameras while reading the note and got a little spooked and left.
I then showed the videos to another neighbor who informed the trespassers that they were indeed on camera.
If I catch trespassers again, I'll print out their photos and make a sign at my front gate for all to see.
Another thing to do is to shoot firearms often. Target shooting etc. People are less inclined to trespass when they hear people shooting.
Living on the property helps alot. Also gates my property only has one way in one way out
Use the spike method as the police do. For persistent four wheelers that destroy your property. Put long nails through a 2x4. Bury it on the unwanted path deep enough so that no one can get harmed by stepping on it so that only the weight of the four wheelers can be penetrated. Only use for those who just won’t comply after being warned.
Anything designed to harm someone will get you arrested and sued by the trespasser.
It may also harm wildlife.
We had a very similar problem. We acquired property which was previously owned by a business which allowed “trespassing “. We used signs and physical barriers, just as you have, but it still took time to retrain the neighborhood.
Honestly man from time to time people are going to come on your land . I have 368 acres in NC and as long as know one is trying to mess up my fields or hunt on my land without my permission I'm ok with it to an extent. But you are going to drive yourself crazy by worrying to much about it. If you have good people walking therr dogs or just driving a golf cart well that's a good thing they will keep a check on your land and keep the wrong ones away. Open up your land make it beautiful where you can see the water and your field's.
I like the "I have permission from old man ______." I always ask my grandfather's first name. They always say yes, then I inform them he's been dead for 15 years.
Very good advice our property is three hours away and we owned it for twenty years and nothing is better then good neighbor’s. We’ve had one break in twenty years had pictures with a game camera we turned it into police just some kids we didn’t press charges got most of the stuff back
Fencing for our property to document effort of privacy for liability insurance purposes. Neat and clean gains approval of most neighbors. Make a concise effort to get acquainted. It's worked well so far.
4 strand barbed wire Electric fence is about the best thing I have ever used. Along with steel gates with HD locks and various signs. I know one thing for sure. It’s almost pointless (at least in Minnesota) to call the cops. I can’t tell you how many times I called the cops and they did absolutely nothing every time. Total joke! I even had a guy shoot a buck from the road into my woods, drug it out and threw it into his truck. I was able to get his license and still, nothing happened.
Courtney.....I feel your pain. We have the advantage of living on our farm, but have also had trespassing issues. The first thing as a new person to the area to do is let neighbors, area bar owners and patrons, grocery store owners etc...... and any other local businesses that you do not tolerate trespassing. Tell everyone you can that you have posted your land and will prosecute trespassers to the fullest extent of the law. Not cheap, but I would consider putting up 5 strand barb wire fencing where necessary possibly along the road...it has worked for us.
great video Signs have never worked for me. The only thing that has stopped trespassers for me is a physical barrier, and the bigger the better.
Like you mentioned about managing neighbors and how they might overstep their welcome. Our old neighbors had cut pathways in the neighbors property behind us. That neighbor moved out but the guy behind us had already put up a 6' fence. The neighbor that left also threw his yard trash under the pines that grew along the properties. Well good riddance to him. The next guy to move in there does the same thing. Now I don't mind yard waste like leaves and grass but concrete and wire cages from tree plantings. That kind of stuff will do a fair amount of damage to my equipment.
I understand this. I live on a river with a boat ramp. 3rd generation of Miller to own it. The only thing I find that works is stepping off my porch shotgun in hand. When I'm there. I've had boat tanks, batteries and a snap on toolbox stolen from me. The deputy just come out and say it's gone and fills a report.