Trespassing signs, etiquette, good & bad neighbors

[buckeyefarmer]

Maybe it's the family he wants to keep out, lol

I grew up where people were social, and people just stopped by to visit and you didnt mind. Not everyone is like that.

 

[Industrial Toys]

Society and people are just weird. Like no one knows what humans look like nekid! You can wear a swim suit to the beach but answer the door in your underware and it's it's a BIG DEAL. Sorry, I have a problem with all that weird programming.

We as a species probably have more important stuff to work out than spend TIME and energy on stupid matters.

 

[MossRoad]

No, they are inaccurate due to the government changing road numbers two or three times and the mapping databases not keeping up with the changes.

Aaron Z

I keep a red monster truck icon on my GPS. I like driving on new highways that aren't on the GPS yet. Makes the truck look like it's off-roading. Keeps making sharp turns and telling me to return to the route! :laughing:

 

[MossRoad]

There's a difference between trespassers (strangers trespassing) vs family and friends. This thread is about trespassers.

Of course, family and friends are going to know you're tolerance for visiting just as mine are. They're always welcome to visit. Trespassers aren't.

I don't know why this is so hard to understand.

Here's the quote:
"In my entire life, including living at home as a child not once has someone came unannounced that my family or me wanted to see."

That, to me, means exactly what it says....

Grandma, what are you doing here?

 

[MossRoad]

Maybe it's the family he wants to keep out, lol

OK, that could be the case. :laughing: I defer.

 

[BigBlue1]

There's a difference between trespassers (strangers trespassing) vs family and friends. This thread is about trespassers.

Of course, family and friends are going to know you're tolerance for visiting just as mine are. They're always welcome to visit. Trespassers aren't.

I don't know why this is so hard to understand.

That's not how some here are portraying things. Here's a quote:

"In my entire life, including living at home as a child not once has someone came unannounced that my family or me wanted to see"

If that doesn't include family, friends and neighbors then it wasn't worded well.

 

[Garandman]

OP,

You should handle it the same way Robert Duvall and Michael Caine handle it in the movie Second Hand Lions. Complete with the signs you drive by, and sitting on your front porch with a shotgun. Make sure you shoot at anyone that gets out of their car.

That is the movies.

Here is the reality in 21st century America: the Ward Bird case.

NEW HAMPSHIRE v. WARD BIRD: A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE : PART I: THE FACTS OF THE CASE

He was released after a review found his accuser “Not credible.” She was sent to jail for animal cruelty in 2011.

 

[Diggin It]

No, they are inaccurate due to the government changing road numbers two or three times and the mapping databases not keeping up with the changes.

Aaron Z

GPS resolution available to the public is not the same as mapping companies not keeping up with road number and naming changes. GPS works out in the woods or desert or on water where there are no roads.

That's a risk you take and is easy to work around. Heck, unless it is bed time I'm never running around the house in a state where I'd be unwilling to answer the door. I would never expect complete privacy when outdoors even if I lived very remotely. Just think how great the gov's spy satellites are!!

One of the other LS owners has a line in their signature to the effect of 'never do anything you can't explain to the paramedic' which could be changed to 'never wear anything you don't want the paramedic to see you in'.

 

[Diggin It]

That's not how some here are portraying things. Here's a quote:

"In my entire life, including living at home as a child not once has someone came unannounced that my family or me wanted to see"

If that doesn't include family, friends and neighbors then it wasn't worded well.

The statement is exactly fine. I can't ever recall anyone ever showing up unannounced that I wanted to see at that moment and that includes neighbors, relatives and other acquaintances.

 

[aczlan]

GPS resolution available to the public is not the same as mapping companies not keeping up with road number and naming changes. GPS works out in the woods or desert or on water where there are no roads.

True, but even 10 foot resolution should be plenty to find houses and roads, it's not like you need sub-inch resolution to find a house when the house has 50 to 100 feet of road frontage.

Aaron Z

 

[Slowpoke Slim]

That is the movies.

Here is the reality in 21st century America: the Ward Bird case.

NEW HAMPSHIRE v. WARD BIRD: A MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE : PART I: THE FACTS OF THE CASE

He was released after a review found his accuser “Not credible.” She was sent to jail for animal cruelty in 2011.

And I guess sarcasm is lost on some folks.

I pity you, alone in your entirely literal world.

*aka, the "hint" is, THAT WAS SARCASM.

 

[MossRoad]

I enjoy seeing my friends and family and if they're driving by and in the area, pop on in.

 

[MH8675309]

When we went to Ireland we used a map and did fine. They did have an option for a GPS but I'm glad we didn't use one

 

[Industrial Toys]

If the Home happend to be the White House, that would all start to make sense. Probably few pop-ins there.

 

[kittyhawk]

Unfortunately my current house sets right off the road. I guess the white board fence out front looks inviting to some. I do not mind the neighborhood or the county workers stopping in to say hello but when the gates closed it means do not-stop. I have got posted signs and purple paint out but the worst are the guys who run Hog Dogs, I have caught several in the last year. IT is funny when I can see them on thermal and they have no idea I am there. I usually try to help them out but but politely remind them they are trespassing and the big ranch that boarders me on three sides is strictly no hunting but more Especially hog dogs since they have some High dollar show animals.

Funny story I bought some steel targets this winter and set up a small range, I had a few buddys from work out to break in the new range. After an hour my wife called from the house saying there was a deputy at the house. ( nice young man fresh out of the AF, and about a year on the job as a deputy) We rode back to the house and he said the druggies up the road called and complained about the shooting. I introduced myself and informed him I am a fellow LEO(Fed) and showed him my range, he called in to his station that he would be out of service and did some shooting with us, he was thrilled, we gave him some useful instructions that helped him with some shot comings and gave him a bunch of ammo to practice with. Well needless to say I now got a new friend and someone who will help look over my place when I am gone.

 

[drssg]

It wasn't a remake, however, it was inspired by mad mad world...

Rat Race (film) - Wikipedia

I set a bookmark on my TiVo to watch out for that movie. It sounds like my kind of entertainment.

 

[cdb2]

Re: Trespassing signs, etiquette, good & bad neighbors

For some reason, hunters chasing a wounded animal think they are an exception.

If they are too close to a property line that they can't get off two shots they need to move back.

It's interesting that some places like Virginia specifically excuse hunters retrieving their dogs or game their dogs have chased over a property line from prosecution for trespassing.

They are required to be on foot and unarmed while on your property though, so at least that's something.

 

[FTG-05]

That's not how some here are portraying things. Here's a quote:

"In my entire life, including living at home as a child not once has someone came unannounced that my family or me wanted to see"

If that doesn't include family, friends and neighbors then it wasn't worded well.

Here's the quote back: "Of course, family and friends are going to know you're tolerance for visiting".

I have some good friends just a couple miles down the road from me. They have a simple rule: Don't visit unannounced. So we don't. It's called respect - for the landowner.

Which some here, think is "militant".

What's next? I own a gun - that makes me a "terrorist"?

 

[japody]

Re: Trespassing signs, etiquette, good & bad neighbors

It's interesting that some places like Virginia specifically excuse hunters retrieving their dogs or game their dogs have chased over a property line from prosecution for trespassing.

They are required to be on foot and unarmed while on your property though, so at least that's something.

We keep all of our gates locked. I've had hunters approach me and ask to retrieve their dogs on my property. I tell them that they are welcome to walk in without their guns. One guy said the tracker was showing the dogs at the back of the property. I told him that it was a mile to the back. That was the end of it.

 

[Steppenwolfe]

Re: Trespassing signs, etiquette, good & bad neighbors

It's interesting that some places like Virginia specifically excuse hunters retrieving their dogs or game their dogs have chased over a property line from prosecution for trespassing.

They are required to be on foot and unarmed while on your property though, so at least that's something.

You are right, and the landowner must allow access. I really don't have a problem with it cause I'm sure it happens frequently and I don't know anyway...