NC, unauthorized tree stand on property

Button Pusher said:
Slightly off topic, my coworker has family acreage out in Buncombe County where armed hunters with their dogs
enter the property that is posted and painted chasing bears without permission.

I did not see anything during my search on the nc wildlife pages.

She says there is nothing she can do about this because they are chasing the bear, is she correct or not?
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Dogs can’t read signs. Not sure about the kill. But you won’t keep them off if they chase it onto the property, the dogs that is. They can’t even keep them off the park.

Is she sure the hunters are there? Or just the dogs chasing?


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Button Pusher said:
Slightly off topic, my coworker has family acreage out in Buncombe County where armed hunters with their dogs
enter the property that is posted and painted chasing bears without permission.

I did not see anything during my search on the nc wildlife pages.

She says there is nothing she can do about this because they are chasing the bear, is she correct or not?
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She can shoot them. I saw a GW arrest a guy that said he was just trying to retrieve his dogs from posted property. The GW told him that he might have believed him if he wasn't also carrying his rifle while trying to get his dogs.
I used to quail hunt alot. We always kept our dogs under control and off of property that we didn't have permission to be on.
 
She told me the hunters and dogs chased the bear past her front porch carrying their rifles,
She called the game warden, he said they can do that because it is bear hunting.

I need to ask her if this is recent or not.

The family is not interested in shooting the dogs,
she may not understand the 2011 landowner protection act and the hunters do not have permission.
 
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Might be best to allow them the chase... or maybe you *WANT* a wounded bear to find refuge near your home? I dunno. Educate me.
 
Bear hunting is a bit quirky. You don’t handle the dogs like you do bird hunting. You put a bear dog on a trail and it does it’s thing. They can run a bear for miles from the point they catch the trail. So you can catch a trail on public property or property you have permission to be on and the bear runs wherever it wants too with the dogs behind it.

Something to think about too. The bear population is way up. NCWRC is trying hard to get harvests up to get them in check. She may be better served trying to talk to those hunters and giving a group permission. The GW May be reluctant to get involved hoping they bag a few more. I’m not sure the laws are different for bear hunters but they do tend to get more leeway.


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Button Pusher said:
Slightly off topic, my coworker has family acreage out in Buncombe County where armed hunters with their dogs
enter the property that is posted and painted chasing bears without permission.

I did not see anything during my search on the nc wildlife pages.

She says there is nothing she can do about this because they are chasing the bear, is she correct or not?
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If it's painted AND posted, then I would be contacting my local LEOs and the WRC.
 
chiefjason said:
Bear hunting is a bit quirky. You don’t handle the dogs like you do bird hunting. You put a bear dog on a trail and it does it’s thing. They can run a bear for miles from the point they catch the trail. So you can catch a trail on public property or property you have permission to be on and the bear runs wherever it wants too with the dogs behind it.

Something to think about too. The bear population is way up. NCWRC is trying hard to get harvests up to get them in check. She may be better served trying to talk to those hunters and giving a group permission. The GW May be reluctant to get involved hoping they bag a few more. I’m not sure the laws are different for bear hunters but they do tend to get more leeway.


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Yes, that is true about bear dogs and deer dogs but hopefully the owners can read the no trespassing signs because they still can't come o to private property without permission. Just because they are bear hunting, it doesn't give them any special rights.

P.S.- This is one reason I am not very fond of dog hunters, they think they can just follow their dogs wherever they want.
 
Hounds are a wonderful thing. I spent many a night listening to my coon hounds chase on farms I had permission to be on.
The new breed of people that run dogs seem to have no respect for anything.

I have had dogs running free around my land for awhile. I called the nc wildlife people and the local sheriffs department, they both gave me identical advice.
 
Sheriff says to shoot the dog if you have too , then call animal control to remove it and file a report... End of story .
 
groundsman said:
Greetings All,
I need some assistance. Here is my situation. I own a parcel of land in a rural area north of Durham, lots of wildlife. My land boundaries are not posted with any signs or purple paint, just an old fence along one boundary. So whilst walking along one boundary I see a game camera tied to a tree, and another tree within several feet a tree stand about 15 feet above me. Both trees are on my land. The lens of the camera and the lane of fire from the stand are on my land.

From reading NC game laws, everything is written for "posted" land and how hunters, trappers, etc need written permission. Well my land is not posted. What rights do I have?

I will be placing purple along my borders, but what recourse do I have right now?

Any insights are appreciated.
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OP Did you get your trespasser problem solved
 
They believe the stand itself "may" be very slightly outside my property's boundaries (could be a matter of inches). Saying that, they confirm that the hunters are completely out of line baiting on my land, shooting with my home in the lane, etc.. They were clear that any attempt to harvest game from within my property is trespassing and that my "purpling" of the trees makes that evident. They also pointed out that the corn (which has been completely consumed) was probably eaten by wild turkeys. o_O They also saw a lot of evidence of one or more buck(s), which we've seen as the whole crew comes to chow down on our landscaping. Not sure how they came to this but they think there's a chance that the hunters have already accomplished their goal. :mad:

They were going to have a talk with my neighbor, the woman who owns the land beside me, and try to understand who these people are and what they're up to. By the way, they seemed quite impressed with my little pistol range. :cool:
 
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Tailhunter said:
Outside your property is the key here ...
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It seems the key is that the stand is oriented in a way that they’re firing into my property, at animals they have attracted when they trespassed to spread the bait. If/when they shoot something, they would need to trespass again to harvest their kill. Because of the location of the nearest purple tree (2 or 3 feet from the ladder), there shouldn’t be much question.
 
concepthomes1 said:
If you'd share this little pistol range, more people would be quite impressed with it........




like me
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Drop by when you’re in the neighborhood. ;)
 
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