Congrats. We caught our this turkey season as well. Opening weekend. charged to the highest extent. Been dealing with him since deer season. Time finally caught up to him. That was his 17th hunting offense. Guess they'll never learn.

Myself, the property manager, and the wardens went to a lot of trouble to catch the guy I wrote about last December. The way we finally got him was the property manager saw his truck in the Walmart parking lot and matched it with the Spartan pictures. Since he wasn't hunting, it was a Sheriff Dept. issue instead of a GW issue. The wardens told me right off the bat the Sheriff's Dept. really weren't interested in messing with it. I had them go ahead and sent it to the Court Clerk. He told me that I would first have to have warned the guy to stay off the property before the judge would get after the guy. That's been done.

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This is such a damned shame you have to give a $#*@($#*@$#( trespasser a warning before anything can be done.

If it’s the Marion county problem I prolly know the Sum biscuit.. if he retaliated send for help even though you don’t need it

I agree. We had pictures of the truck, not the guy. He's in his mid-20's, doesn't live at home, but it was his dad's truck. It was only after someone put the pictures on facebook (I honestly don't know who.) that he mentioned it to his dad. He lied to dad by telling him the gates were open when he went in. When the investigator called the dad, he asked him if he wanted to see pictures of the shot locks or the gates on the ground. The Dad then gave the SD the boys cell and told them to call him. Even though we had multiple pictures of the truck, we had no pictures of him. We specifically had no pictures of him tearing down the gates or shooting the lock. Even though he admitted to these things over the phone to the investigator, I was told he could deny it all and we couldn't prove it.

There are lessons to be learned here about camera placement and camera shot settings. Our cameras triggered too quick (only caught part of the truck) and were set for one picture before delaying. None of our pictures caught the occupant(s). My thought was someone trespassing would look for a camera at the gate. I put them about 100 yards inside the property, with the thought someone driving in would have stopped looking for a camera by then. The cameras are now close to the gates and set differently.

Jake, probably to pick your brain to see just how much you’ve found out about them or how far along an investigation on them is.

Piddlin aint easy. If it was errbody be doing it.

Really? It's a victimless crime, unless you count the STATES animals as victims. I think the current fine for trespassing is almost overkill, isn't it like a thousand or twelve hundred dollars? That's a lot of money just for piddling on the wrong side of an invisible line. You dang sure shouldn't lose your right to keep and bear arms for the rest of your friggin life! That sound like something a liberal would say.
I'll tell you the same thing I tell yankees… Don't come here because it's so great and then try to change it into the cesspool you came from.

Next thing you know ODO is gonna have Mexican burial ground on his property

Wow, that's an interesting opinion. I would argue that believing that you have the right to cross a property line and help yourself to what belongs to someone else is actually the Liberal position. Most conservatives believe in private property rights. And taking something that belongs to someone else - the right to hunt on your land - is most definitely not a victimless crime.

Victimless my ass. Do you realize the time money etc it takes to keep ones place nice and game attractive? Then some free loading asshole that’s butthurt cause another guy has better game on his place comes in over. Bullschit. Hang em high.

You win the dumbest post of the day!!
Every tract of land that isn't owned by the state, or local government was paid for by someone (be it a corporation or an individual).
You sound like the liberal with your open border policy bull malarkey. You are obviously a poacher and I hope you get caught soon

If I am a Liberal, then you must be a Bernie Sanders socialist. You think you have right to what someone else owns and you should get it for free because you can't afford it.

People called me a liberal because I said destroying someone else's property was wrong even if it was stabbing baby trump balloon

So is it okay with you for someone to trespass in your home, your truck, your yard, or just okay on your hunting land? Have you or do you own any land?

It’s very obvious he or she doesn’t.

Groundhawg beat me to it.

Agree. Strange take