Tired of TRESPASSERS on YOUR LAND?! Try This

You guessed it, we're talking about trespassers. In our opinion, the only lower form of life is a poacher. Unfortunately, most of us, at one point or another, have had to deal with trespassers. And in reality, it usually continues until legal matters are pushed.

Before we jump into the camera side of this topic we want to touch on a few of the up front steps you should be taking.

Check your state laws. Are you in a purple paint state? Can folks legally walk on your property if the property is not posted or painted? You definitely want to look at this and follow through with the proper steps to post your piece.

Contact your local law enforcement just to let them know about the trespassing issues and the steps you plan to take. Be sure to document the conversation. Date/time, person you spoke with and some general notes of the call. More than likely, they’ll blow you off. But when push comes to shove if you’ve documented your initial contact that will mean something if charges are eventually pursued. You’ll want to keep this contact saved in your phone too.

Don’t be afraid of harnessing the power of social media. As they say….make em famous. If you land photos or videos of these folks, leverage social and find out who they are and where they live. Doing your own investigative research will go a long way with the law.

Scenario 1 - Foot Traffic.
To us it seems more trespassing happens through the spring than any other time of the year. Shed hunters, mushroom hunters, ginseng diggers are the main culprits. There’s no rocket science here to catch them, our advice is that if it's happened in the past, it’s probably going to happen in the future. The beautiful thing is mushrooms and ginseng will often grow in the same general areas year over year. Just move your cell cameras into those areas, elevate them, and keep them in real time uploads. Now, I would strongly recommend running these cameras in video mode, with a short trigger delay. You’ll have a much better chance of getting a few clips usable for identification. Also, stick with black flash cameras, the last thing you want is for the camera to be stolen because someone catches the flash at night.

Scenario 2 - Vehicle Traffic.
Outside of foot traffic, vehicle traffic in remote areas is often another issue people face. We get a lot of calls from customers who are trying to tackle this problem. People want to monitor gates, driveways, trash dumps, even mail boxes that repeatedly get smashed by teenagers. Again, camera placement and strategy here doesn’t change. Stick with Black Flash cameras, Keep them hidden/not necessarily elevated, run video mode with a short trigger delay, and use real time uploads. One thing to keep in mind here, the chances of you successfully capturing a license plate at night are super slim. License plates are made to be reflective, and at night 99% of the time they will be blown out. This is where most folks make mistakes and then get disappointed.

Also, with vehicles moving at a faster rate, you’ll want to distance your cameras back off the area you want to monitor. This will increase the horizontal distance of the detection area and increase the length of time the vehicle will be in video.

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[richhunter]

Buddy of mine puts a broken trail camera on the main trail of his hunting property with another cam hidden just in case trespassers want to take the camera too! Nice vid 👌🏻

[doughale]

I had huge problems with trespassers until two of them got prosecuted and lost their hunting license for 5 years. The trespassing stopped after that.

[rex]

The other problem with the "holding trespassers at gunpoint" thing is that, depending on where you live, the Sheriff is as likely to arrest the land owner rather then the criminal.

[MrJimbo]

Great You guys would appreciate this one.. after my 2nd disk was stolen in a mater of 2 weeks, I actually set a trail camera up relatively high in a hemlock and pointed it towards the same camera where the disk were being stolen... we caught the guy but this time instead of stealing the disk, he actually went in and deleted the pics on the disk that he thought got him on camera...it turned out to be my so called good neighbor... in the end, he said he did not want to steal the camera but he did not wanting me knowing he was walking his dog every evening in this particular area of our farm...I simply told him the days of free loading are over... but did not press charges as I coached his son in baseball... every neighborhood has its dynamics I suppose...

[gregorycarver]

Where we live you must have No Trespassing signs at a specified interval around the entire perimiter to make charges stick. Having a camera video them passing a sign goes along way to prove their guilt.

[toddweston]

Had my first trespasser this year. He was tracking a wounded buck. He tromped up a major bedding area. I took his phone number and asked him to leave stating I would track the buck and call him if I found it. I looked and didn’t find it. I called and notified him it was gone. He was very angry with me and felt I was wrong for telling him to leave. I would have reported it but he is the father in law of my neighbor and I dont want a. Ad relation with them. He knew he was wrong based on his facial expression when confronted and although it was muzzleloader season he had only camo on and 0 orange. He truly feels I victimized him.

[allenchickering]

I posted my land with signs that read “no trespassing- $1000 reward for information leading to an arrest. I included my phone number and the sheriff’s number. No trespassers since

[whitetailhabitatandhunting]

Great video! I don't think there is anything I hate more than people trespassing on my land! Especially during deer season!

[martinswartout]

Spikes in wood, placed appropriately for vehicles.... most vehicles outweigh the human body, so dig a short hole, place spike strip and cover with leaves, cover hole with narrow branches that will support 300#'s but not that of a vehicle.... tires are expensive. On the ranch, we had one access gate that was constantly being driven through to access/hunt the back side of the property. Grandpa & Dad simply trenched a 2' wide trench across the road about 20' into the property and covered it with burlap bags nailed to the ground. Covered with a light layer of road rock.... two nights later a couple of guys walked to the ranch house to seek a phone (before cell phones) because they had a "breakdown". While my grandfather let them use the phone my dad walked down to find that they had gotten their truck trapped in the trench, tearing up on their front suspension. Sheriff arrived before the two truck. Oopsey.

[Zachary]

If a trespasser "accidentally" finds their way into a 6' deep hole, they won't be trespassing anymore will they?

[TheYeti]

Love it my friend ; I call em 1 horn bucks . Couple of shots reeled off tends to set the tone .

[HUNTERSADVANTAGE]

Happens a lot in NE Oklahoma! Great video 👍

[BornAgainOutdoorsman]

Good vid as always! I believe ginseng is a fall thing if I’m not mistaken 🤷‍♂️

[skippindocs]

Poaching in Alabama is so bad my property backs up to a church and I get people driving down to my food plots I even found a stand they had hid in the bushes of of my ride of way

[KevinFlaherty-rm]

In Texas you could do this, it should be country wide, but it's really sad where the criminals have more rights than the victims.

[samielamri]

So glad my father has good neighbors.

[chrismacomber]

Cool vid lots of help lol but I do find meeting some with a shotgun stops alot of it lol..

[zebradun]

Legal matters? LOL trespassing is a misdemeanor punishable by a $25.00 fine and the sheriff will not pursue it. I go armed and just take pictures and videos of the trespassers. show them how to get off my land. If they go for a

[doveshack]

So I just thought I was lost I didn't know I was the scum of the earth

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