Large acreage question

[Ken45101]

One nice thing here, Ohio now requires written permission for someone to hunt on someone else's land. That helps the "I was given permission 20 years ago" type of problem.

Ken

 

[LBrown59]

One nice thing here, Ohio now requires written permission for someone to hunt on someone else's land. That helps the "I was given permission 20 years ago" type of problem.

Ken

I'm in Washington County .
What County do you live in?

 

[jimmyj]

Very intresting stories about the trespassers. We only have 10ac but I'm in the middle of farm country and we used to have permission from a local to ride our ATV's and hike on a particular tract of land that was about 600 or 700 acres. The rules were no driving over crops, don't damage the land and only 1 person was allowed to hunt.

For many years this worked great, we loved it and were very grateful. We never tore up the trails or rode down trees or littered. Then, the kids of one of the locals who is a bit wild got old enough to drive. They bought old jeeps and tore up the trails we'd used for ages. They threw trash all over, drove over crops and ran down deer.

Now nobody can go on that land any more.

 

[sandman2234]

On my drives across the country, I saw an older gentleman with a large tractor with FEL dragging a very nicely built clubhouse type of hunting stand out to the edge of the road. Curiousity got me so I parked the truck at the nearest spot and walked back. The owner had long ago quit farming the land and on one of his infrequent drives across it, had found this hunting stand. Not having given anyone permission to hunt, he returned and got his tractor and uprooted it (post buried about 3') and then dragged the 6x12 foot building out to the road and dumped it. The cost of building that nice hunting stand is probably gong to send somebody thru the roof when they find it sitting by the side of the road. I think if it had been mine, I would have destroyed it, but the old guy took care to get it to the street almost intact. Hopefully they will get the message. I asked the old man if he disliked hunters and he said no, just trespassers. He asked me in a round about way if I was looking for a hunting spot, but that place is just a little too far for my weekend hunting trips, although it might have been nice to have been able to hunt out of that clubhouse before he removed it...
David from jax

 

[oldgreen]

I own 80 acres of land. I maintain about 30 acres with the remaining land used for hay and pasture. The pasture does not require as much maintenance due to the horses and other animals, and the hay is cut three times a year.
Still a lot of work, however it is worth it. last time I looked, no one is making anymore.

 

[greasemonkeyok]

... attractive nuisance.[/COLOR]

You talking about my wife?