I understand people getting frustrated, but that would seriously piss me off to have a dog step on one of those!! Heck, what about some guy taking a young kid out who may not have super sturdy boots that could stop one of those from going into their foot??
Touché
Did other sign in hunters solve those crimes? With no one watching out for the place would he really be better off without those extra eyes? Or would the abuse be worse? Personally, I'm a real SOB when I see turds abusing BMA property. Might get me shot someday, but I would consider it dying for my country. If you don't try do something about it you're no better than the slob violator.
Yes one coupled solved the sheep crime. In the past this landowner has allowed access and also hired someone to patrol and manage the hunting. He thought it may be a little easier if it was in BMA. The abuse of the land and poaching wasn’t worth the hastle. He will still have hunters around, they will just be people that he trusts as opposed to random hunters.
That is square miles not acres out west.
The sad truth is if you let people on that you do not know and trust you will get burned some time down the road.
250k square miles is the size of Texas, but I get your point.
I'm not condoning or justifying the use of jack rocks. However, the SxS trail is on private as well. The landowner has a gate across a good road. There is not fence on either side of the gate since its at a steep section so it would take a serious full size rig to get around it but the SxS's make it just fine. About 2' from the gate post is another post, before the edge falls off to nothing. Perfectly set up to allow a person on foot to walk through but not allow SxS's or quads to pass. The landowner has also create a turnaround and a small parking area at the gate. This is where I left my truck. Curiously, no jack rocks were on the main road or around my truck. At the gate is a well maintained sign letting you know its private. The landowner also has a camera posted at the gate to see who is coming and going.The thread title is appropriate. The ends justify the means. I guess illegally throwing a bunch of spikes on a closed trail/road is somehow better than illegally riding on the closed trail/road with a truck or atv? Until the sorry shit legally riding a horse in there has a horse step on it and goes for a ride?Or the person legally walking their dog on the trail gets to pull that crap out of a paw?
Take a look at what the law and the courts have to say about booby traps. I have significant issues with this. You can't set a booby trap to get the bad guy, in any way shape or form. What about someone who steps up the trail a few feet to take a leak, and puts one of these through his foot? My setting foot on your land is worth you intentionally injuring me, potentially severely? This would be a civil attorney's dream case, no effort required at all.I have no issue with private owners booby trapping their own private land, I should have been more clear in my post. Personally, it seems short sighted, but it's not my land and I'm not dealing with the nonsense that this owner deals with. But, setting this crap out on public roads, trails, or areas which are closed to vehicles can and will have negative consequences for people using those areas legally without vehicles. Any thread lately with "ATV" in it devolves into some vigilante justice circle jerk where folks are letting air out of tires, putting foam in gas tanks, etc. At least those (also illegal actions) targeted specific violators/instances. These spikes do not.
I hope that clarifies it a bit.
That is what I have always understood. Booby traps are a very good way to get your a$$ sued off, and there are people looking for the opportunity.
The sound of stray bullets whizzing over your head in any easy draw antelope district isn’t for the faint of heart!
Gotta toughen her (and myself) up with some good old fashioned road hunting in a popular area during the general deer & elk season first.
