Unfortunately, this thread and others are a reflection of what our society has become. We are high on entitlement and low on respect.

Tresspassing can be justified, if there is personal gain to be had. People are entitled to all lands, if they've been there before and claim it as "their spot." Someone asks for advise on how to improve his current practices...insult him.

There was a time when our sport was thought to teach the same values that are being driven to the ground by some of our posters.
We could work on turning that around or continue to feed it.

Unfortunately, this thread and others are a reflection of what our society has become. We are high on entitlement and low on respect.

Tresspassing can be justified, if there is personal gain to be had. People are entitled to all lands, if they've been there before and claim it as "their spot." Someone asks for advise on how to improve his current practices...insult him.

There was a time when our sport was thought to teach the same values that are being driven to the ground by some of our posters.
We could work on turning that around or continue to feed it.

Been poaching long?

Unfortunately, this thread and others are a reflection of what our society has become. We are high on entitlement and low on respect.

Tresspassing can be justified, if there is personal gain to be had. People are entitled to all lands, if they've been there before and claim it as "their spot." Someone asks for advise on how to improve his current practices...insult him.

There was a time when our sport was thought to teach the same values that are being driven to the ground by some of our posters.
We could work on turning that around or continue to feed it.

LEOs are held to a different standard than citizens. Citizens may use force to protect themselves from forceful property loss i.e. breaking in to my occupied home. See Castle Doctrine.

I didn't say I would use deadly the force in the case of the poacher/tresspass. I said I would take an armed person walking toward me on my property to be a danger. Would you suggest I wait for him to shoot me before I take offense?

Plain and simple, don't enter someone's property armed and expect to make lifelong friends. I have not intention of shooting idiots. Ammo prices are way too high and might have to turn the gun on myself many days.

Not sure, but I think asartor might have been misunderstood on his post for this thread

Or the guys on the other thread managed to change his mind

Not sure, but I think asartor might have been misunderstood on his post for this thread

It will be before the police show up.

I am not up for shooting anyone just for being on my place. That is what GWs are for, to deal with the law breakers. On the other hand, if I am at my stand and a shot is fired at an animal under my feeder, I cannot speak for what the rage might do and I say this for 1 reason.

He took no respect for the life of me, my son, or my father that might have been setting in the blind in some direction from that feeder.(I hunt mostly from popup ground blinds). No matter how much they "need" the meat to eat, there is no reason they need to steal it from me or my neighbors. If they "need" meat, ask me to shoot a hog for them, I will donate all they want, but don't steal it from me at the possible expense of my life or a life of my family members.

Poachers are rats, worthless. IF you can't afford your own place to hunt, then don't hunt. I would like a Ferrari, but can't afford it. So if I was like a poacher I should just go take it.

Once a year game warden finds a poacher near our land it seems.

I certainly don't agree with "If you can't afford your own place to hunt, then don't hunt" statement at all. There's alternatives to buying your own lease such as public hunting lands. Please don't suggest hunting should be for the wealthy only; that has hints of Merry Old England game laws. This is America sir, even the poor have a right to pick up a rifle.