It might have something to do with your location. In my area, (Southern Illinois) we are probably the closest public hunting area to the St. Louis metro population. That brings out some questionable people who have absolutely no respect for private property. I've had problems with one group for over 20 years, and the next time I run onto them, I'm dialing the federal conservation officer, and I'm going to follow through with whatever it takes to press charges for trespassing (and possibly more). These people always have the same excuses - "I thought this was federal land" - "is this private property?" - "Mr.XXXX (long deceased father-in-law) gave me permission to hunt", etc. I have had No Trespassing signs torn down, stands erected, hide/gut dumping, fences cut, theft - you name it. One time the old patriarc of the group informed me that he was going to camp under a big oak tree in my front yard. I told him to pack up and move a quarter mile to federal land. That evening a game warden drove by his camp and found him burning the post off of a stop sign (with the stop sign still attached) in his campfire. You can imagine how that turned out - and the old man was mad at me over it. Another time I was pulling a load of round bales behind my tractor, going down a steep hill, when these fools came up the hill meeting me in a four wheel drive truck, thinking I would pull off in the ditch to let them through. I stood up and waved them out of the way, hollering, "No brakes". They took to the woods to get out of the way. Why they couldn't wait two minutes for me to pass? Anyhow - this is the mentality that we deal with around the fringes of the Shawnee National Forest. Mind you - these people are no doubt in the minority, but unfortunately they are the ones that get noticed. I have adopted my neighbors philosophy - "It's easier to run them all off than to cull the bad ones from the good ones". I can stand a hunter straying onto our private property, and I'm very tolerant of hunters, in fact, I have a family from Edwardsville who have hunting rights on our entire acreage, but I can't stand a liar or a conniver. I put up all new signs this fall, and so far it appears they have all survived, but I did notice a new hide/gut pile along the lane. The coyotes will clean it up - it's the disrespect that burns me.
Sorry for the rant. It's a sore subject in our neighborhood.
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