How to deter hunters from asking me to hunt on my land

[Flbt]

I did prosecute a couple and the incidents have gone down by 90% at least.
Lately I’ve had trouble with people stealing crab traps attached to our sea wall. I have to catch them in the act and a camera is useless do to the perpetual motion of the bay. This is a felony in Alabama and I can’t wait to catch one but they just float up in their boat, cut the line and they’re gone.

I don’t think this would help you.
I do know a old man that kept having his mud bug traps stolen out of a ga swamp.
He Cought a bunch of cotton mouths and put one in every trap.
After that they were never messed with again.

 

[Flbt]

I like that fl has made trespass with a firearm a felony.
Thats makes trespass hunting a big issue now

 

[HankBuck]

Somehow missed this thread. Makes me long for a simpler time. Reminiscing back to 1981, sitting in our high school classroom, not paying attention, thoughts of pheasant hunting after school occupying my thoughts and cute girls in class, my trusty 12 gauge Remington 870 secured in the trunk of my 69 Old’s Cutlass parked in the school parking lot, anticipation of hunting a freshly cut corn field not too far away with one of my high school buddies.

All the local farmers with freshly cut corn fields, always giving us permission to hunt after a polite knock on the door and respectful request. I always left them a cleaned pheasant after we harvested a few. A bygone era, times change…I’ll shut up now.

@BJH65 - I’m guessing you are over 70 years old and NOT from NJ — or both??

 

[Brent in Az]

 

[BJH65]

@BJH65 - I’m guessing you are over 70 years old and NOT from NJ — or both??

Not from NJ. Attending high school 1981 in Northern California, in a then agricultural town so no not 70 unless I flunked 10 times. Not so many wild pheasants there now.

 

[yamoon]

Public hunting where I live gets very little use, it’s like hunting on private land. I would never go on private property posted or not without the owners permission.

 

[Troubleshooter]

If I was to post a sign at the end of my driveway do you guys think a general "No Hunting" sign would stop people from driving down my driveway and knocking on the door or what would you put on the sign?

The "No Hunting" sign will not stop people from driving down the driveway and knocking on the door. CLOSING THE FRONT GATE will stop them from driving down your driveway.

If you have a driveway with a gate I’d keep it shut if it’s that big of a problem

Years ago, an old farmer told me that keeping the front gate closed keeps out a lot of the riff-raff. It has been my experience that his advice was spot-on!

A couple of other points to consider: Not sure what the laws are where you live, but here it is illegal trespassing just to enter a closed gate (locked or not), and that written permission is required for hunting (regardless of whether the property is posted with that wording).

Also, you can tell people that you aren't allowing hunting due to potential liability issues. A good friend of mine was changing insurance companies and the new agent asked whether he allowed people to hunt on his land. The agent informed him that if he did so, the company would not provide liability coverage for any accidents or incidents which might occur. (My friend now allows hunting only by his now-adult children).