Thought some of you might get a kick out of this. We own/control around 300 acres of hay field and pasture ground and always have a slew of locals asking to fish the ponds or river, wanting to hunt this or that, look for mushrooms, etc. The answer is and has always been no. Today I had a neighbor kid that we already denied hunting access to want to go in on us and look for antler sheds. Again the answer was no. Now they are telling us about how "it's a shame to own that much land and not let anyone use it." We hunt, fish and farm it ourselves. I'm trying not to go scorched earth on them but they may still get it before the night is over.
I am the 5th generation on this same land. Over the years, my grandmother's side lost thousands of acres through eminent domain that was flooded to build a local lake and then within the last 50 years over 200 more acres was taken from my grandparents for "floodplain" for the same lake. Both times they were paid pennies on the dollar. They fought through the court systems to to save the land and then for actual fair compensation and lost. Long story short, we are surrounded by hundreds of acres of public use ground and within minutes of the 25,000 acre lake but people still harass and trespass on our well marked private property. People frustrate me.
I am the 5th generation on this same land. Over the years, my grandmother's side lost thousands of acres through eminent domain that was flooded to build a local lake and then within the last 50 years over 200 more acres was taken from my grandparents for "floodplain" for the same lake. Both times they were paid pennies on the dollar. They fought through the court systems to to save the land and then for actual fair compensation and lost. Long story short, we are surrounded by hundreds of acres of public use ground and within minutes of the 25,000 acre lake but people still harass and trespass on our well marked private property. People frustrate me.
