I have had people hunting on my land from almost the first acre I bought. Friends and people who know me just went and hunted. No real need for permission or anything like that. Back 30 years ago it was OK and most who knew me took care of the land. No trash, gates closed and no big deal to me. Now days it has gotten so bad that almost everything is posted. Not by me in all cases but by those who tend the farms or in one case by the person who lives across the road from a large timber tract.

It got so bad that I had to pay several thousand dollars to have trash dumps and a tire dump removed. People just started dumping stuff on the woods and it got out of hand. Old washing machines, TV's, bed frames, you name it. One jerk dumped his trash and in his trash was his mail. He tried to tell the judge someone stole his trash and dumped it on my land. Judge told him that was more BS than a cowboy movie and ordered him to pay for the entire trash removal. You bet I voted for that judge next time.

So Lowell has my sympathy in this case. His land should be his to lord over and anyone who crosses it should be under his lordship.

GregSY

One major thing to consider is that if someone got hurt on your land 30 years ago the went to the doctor or hospital and dealt with their injury. Today they do the same thing but swing by the lawyer first to make sure that you end up paying for their accident.

If you think that I am kidding I can tell you one case that recently happened where a person was on posted land and still sued for his injury. Cost thousands of dollars for the land owner to win. He is out what I expect is near 75K or more and he posted his land. Had he not had it posted he almost certainly would have lost. Judges and juries are no place for an honest man to place his life's work at risk. So when people post their land it is as much to protect themselves as to keep others away.