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More poachers
#5986337
10/21/15 12:33 AM
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allterrain
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Our lease has been hit with the sorry a-- scum of the earth. My hunter went to get the stick out of his cam this weekend and the stick was gone but his cam took a pic anyway in the internal memory unfortunately the pic is very blurred. It looks like a golf car of utv and have no idea how they got into the property.
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Re: More poachers
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#5986363
10/21/15 12:46 AM
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Fat Tire
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I'm surprised that they didn't take the camera. What county was this in?
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Re: More poachers
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#5986365
10/21/15 12:46 AM
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munoz
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Looks like more hog doggers.
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#5986372
10/21/15 12:49 AM
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Brandon Adamcik
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Looks like a dog between the drivers legs and a dog on front rack. Hog hunters.
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Re: More poachers
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#5986380
10/21/15 12:55 AM
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allterrain
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I'm surprised that they didn't take the camera. What county was this in? Coleman county. My thinking is they left the camera so they could keep poaching. Maybe they are trying to be ethical and not be thieves! Sorry aces either way.
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Re: More poachers
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#5986477
10/21/15 01:29 AM
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Nogalus Prairie
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Hog hunters.
They don't care.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: More poachers
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#5986506
10/21/15 01:41 AM
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ChrisB
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I'd bet someone close to there knows who it is. I tend to agree they are probably looking for their dogs and spotted the camera so they decided to steal the evidence but got caught. I'd let the game warden know about it.
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#5986511
10/21/15 01:45 AM
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texassippi
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I would let the game warden look know and let him take a look at the picture. He might know who runs hog dogs around you and be of some help.
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#5986516
10/21/15 01:51 AM
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maximum
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some of the neighbors that know when you're there and when you're not.
send a copy of the photo to the local newspaper
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Re: More poachers
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#5986685
10/21/15 03:08 AM
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Simple Searcher
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Time to put a camera on your camera, if there is a place to hide it. We had 5 cards stolen from one feeder during last deer season. We put up a cam to watch our camera and forgot about it until the card got stolen again last week, the batteries were dead We also had a camera turned 90 degrees in a picture, then turned back perfectly to where it was for the remaining pictures. It now has a camera on it also. My thought is that we have hog doggers too. Sheriff is also a good guy to inform. All that you know for sure is that you have trespassers.
"Man is still a hunter, still a simple searcher after meat..." Robert C. Ruark
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#5986725
10/21/15 03:31 AM
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LuckyHunter
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The very reason I quit leases. Why should I pay for a free for all, except me?
Lucky 7 Exotic Ranch located in Eden, Tx. Well managed self sustaining herds roaming our 3,000 acre ranch. First Class Lodging, Ranch style meals and qualified guides. 30+ species.
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#5986755
10/21/15 04:04 AM
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nak
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Camera on the camera is a good idea, but don't get your hopes up too high.
I had a well hidden camera and a decoy camera. Last year I got good pictures of a trespasser, that included a good profile and the license plate of the vehicle. Took them to the SO and told them I wanted to press charges. No action at all...at least I thought. Fast forward to this year. The hidden camera was stolen...almost like they knew where to look.
I hope there is a special place down below for these folks.
We all need to practice Whoa more.
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#5986975
10/21/15 12:43 PM
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Dry Fire
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If they are using dogs, get those signs coyote trappers use to warn about cyanide traps. Post them on fences and gates.
coffee spelled backwards is eeffoc. I don't give eeffoc until I have my morning coffee.
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#5987159
10/21/15 02:31 PM
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Pitchfork Predator
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Is there a locked gate to the property?
In that part of Texas, most fences and locked gates would prevent entry.
If the gate is locked and no fences cut it has to be someone known to the landowner or someone that works or is related to him. If the gate is locked, change the lock or combination.
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#5987222
10/21/15 03:00 PM
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sqiggy
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Wait a minute!!! That's NOT in East Texas!!! I wouldn't worry too much about it. Everybody knows they are just looking for a lost dog!!!
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#5987244
10/21/15 03:13 PM
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krmitchell
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Wait a minute!!! That's NOT in East Texas!!! I wouldn't worry too much about it. Everybody knows they are just looking for a lost dog!!! And that they have every right to go after their dogs no matter what the circumstances.....
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#5987327
10/21/15 04:10 PM
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Double Naught Spy
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And that they have every right to go after their dogs no matter what the circumstances..... So they will tell you.
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Re: More poachers
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#5987396
10/21/15 04:49 PM
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Choctaw
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Hog hunters.
They don't care. Scum of the earth.
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#5987935
10/21/15 10:56 PM
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allterrain
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2 locked gates to get into our property. Game warden has been contacted, LO went down today to check a wire gate that I was unaware of that connects to the east property. I have been on this lease since 2001 and have never seen this gate he is talking about. My LO will let other land owner know all about it if there are tracks coming thru that gate, my LO does not like anybody on his property. I have studied the pic, tell me if you see a main beam in the steering wheel area in front of the poachers hand and what looks like a deer head.
Last edited by allterrain; 10/21/15 10:57 PM.
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Re: More poachers
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#5987937
10/21/15 11:00 PM
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stxranchman
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Get you a sign from the Goverment trapper like this and post them on all the gates.
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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#5989130
10/22/15 06:11 PM
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hook_n_line
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2 locked gates to get into our property. Game warden has been contacted, LO went down today to check a wire gate that I was unaware of that connects to the east property. I have been on this lease since 2001 and have never seen this gate he is talking about. My LO will let other land owner know all about it if there are tracks coming thru that gate, my LO does not like anybody on his property. I have studied the pic, tell me if you see a main beam in the steering wheel area in front of the poachers hand and what looks like a deer head. Looks like a snowmobile with wheels on the front and those are handle bars.
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: More poachers
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#5989154
10/22/15 06:20 PM
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mattyg06
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Better than a sign warning about traps, snares, cyanide are actually putting out traps, snares and cyanide. I would be tempted to put out tack strips on your roads if this is a regular occurrence. I would also take barb wire and run it randomly across a few of your roads a few feet off the ground, I guarantee that will stop them and force them to seek medical attention running into if full speed at night.
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Re: More poachers
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#5989158
10/22/15 06:22 PM
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krmitchell
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Better than a sign warning about traps, snares, cyanide are actually putting out traps, snares and cyanide. I would be tempted to put out tack strips on your roads if this is a regular occurrence. I would also take barb wire and run it randomly across a few of your roads a few feet off the ground, I guarantee that will stop them and force them to seek medical attention running into if full speed at night.
And catch you a nice lawsuit unfortunately....otherwise the time tested method of a deadfall pit would solve this.
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Re: More poachers
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#5989201
10/22/15 06:49 PM
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mattyg06
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Well, I am pretty sure you can have traps and snares on your property for beavers, coyotes, etc.
Some barb wire across a ranch road is called a fence where I come from so I would be willing to have a court date especially here in Texas with a jury if someone got injured riding around a night and just didn't know where I have fences on my ranch.
Now what I wouldn't do is a dead fall pit since that is a booby-trap... wouldn't want to do that since those are most definitely illegal.
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