Poachers

[Brown David]

Don't stop now, this is one of the funniest threads I have read on here.

Keyboard warriors are hilarious.

 

[Non-farmer]

Don't stop now, this is one of the funniest threads I have read on here.

Keyboard warriors are hilarious.

Amen. The internet is God's gift to macho posturing.

 

[Steve in VA]

Seems that a pond on my property has become free domain for poachers. Not only do they steal my fish but they tear up my fence between the road where they park and the pond. In Texas I have satisfied the requirements for a $2,000 fine for encroachment. They only come at night.

I have a lot of farm equipment that they can screw up big time if they are of a mind to. That has deterred me from doing any more than fix the fence that they tear up.

Interested in any inputs from you folks as to how you handle situations like this.......Is the right thing to do is to do nothing?????

I had a friend that had such a problem and got into it with the poachers.....since he had no equipment on that parcel of land, they just ROTENOINED, or how ever you spell it, his pond and killed all his fish....besides the loss the stink was unbearable.
Appreciate comments.

Since you've gotten suggestions from fill-in-the-pond to full on range war, I'm fascinated to find out where you land. In the meantime, here's another off the wall idea since signs are cheap.

DANGER
DO NOT CONSUME FISH
TOXIC LEVELS OF PESTICIDES DETECTED.

Then add some sort of official looking seal. Maybe add a symbolic dead fish.

 

[DanielW]

Calling the proper authorities is, of course, the proper and probably best thing to do. But just for your consideration: Do you have a set of chain or diamond harrows, the style with long points for aggressive tillage on one side and shorter points for shallower tillage on the other (i.e. points will be facing upward no matter which side is lying down)? Those make a pretty passable and hard-to-spot spike belt for vehicles with pneumatic tires. Of course, you're not allowed to purposefully and intentionally lay one down as a spike belt to stop/wreck vehicles, and you could get in a lot of hot water by (admitting to) doing so. But there's no law (at least not around here) saying you can't store your own equipment on your own land however and wherever you want...