LSmith
Bronze Member
Had a real twilight zone moment this afternoon. I am building my own home in the middle of 60 Acres of woods. I am mixing mortar with an electric mixer using a generator. Guy rides up on a 4-wheeler introduces himself and asks me if I'm going to be running that generator a lot. Well, I told him, I'm building a house and yes I will be using it often. When I asked him why he was interested he said that he had a deer stand on the hill overlooking my homesite and the noise would run off the deer when season started. I told him that the hill and the surrounding 60 ac was my property and that I don't allow people to hunt. In addition he was trespassing. His reply to me was that he had hunted there as a kid and since he had recently moved back to the area he was revisiting his old hunting grounds. He also told me that since he was a native american he could hunt where he wished. (This guy was blond haired and blue eyed) I told him that he was certifiable and if he didn't get off my property now and take his deer stand with him I was at best going to have the law after him and at worst I was going to shoot him. (Since this is rattlesnake country I always wear a pistol as a habit or have it close by). He left saying that he would have the feds and the Bureau of Indian Affairs after me. I told him if I saw him on my property again I wolud shoot first and ask questions later. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif Called the sheriff about the guy and he said to just calm down and if he showed back up try not to shoot him but call and a deputy would come out. Wow I figured with 60 acres in the middle of rural Tennessee I would be further from the nuts /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif Well all things considered it's still a great place to be.
Lane Smith
Lane Smith