Cool story bro. Needs more dragons...
...a white knight, an ogre and at least one damsel in distress.
Cool story bro. Needs more dragons...
Ok - I was in the wrong.
My dad lives in a place where each house has 5-10 acres of land. He is about 70, so I like to help him out with firewood when I can. So after driving by this blown down tree for about 1.5 years. I pulled over one day, cut it up and started hauling it away. I could see houses in the distance but did not really know who's land it was. This tree was maybe 20 ft from the side of the road.
So while loading my truck a neighbor drives by and tells me the name of the landowner. I decide to do the right thing and drive to his house apologize for trespassing his land and offer my sincere apologies and all the wood that i have cut. This grumpy old man decides to go into a tirade and chew me out something fierce. This is after I tried to be polite as possible, as I really did feel bad. So he did not want the wood, but told me to leave it where i got it, and continued to verbally assault me.
So I have given this quite some thought, if the man had been the least bit courteous, i would have offered him some form of cash reparations for infringing on his land. Due to him being so difficult and rude, i just dropped the wood and never looked back.
Not sure what I would have done in his shoes, what would you have done in mine?
It's better to ask for permission then to ask for forgiveness...
except when dealing with the wife.
If we had caught you on our land you'd have been arrested, trespassers is one thing we have no tolerance for.
Where I live it doesnt matter if we put up 500 do not tresspass or private property signs. People still go on property like they own it. I would be lucky if I could get through 1 day of hunting without somenr walking there dog or jogging on property. I guess they cant read.
I am going to go against the grain here a bit, no pun intended. I believe there is a difference between trespass and malicious trespass, and a difference between theft and removing a neglected mess. People routinely enter my property without permission to pick up apples and persimmons or cross while hunting or chasing their dogs. Perfectly fine with me as long as no theft or damage incurs. It has a lot to do with geography. The small minority of folks around here that choose a hard line will commonly find themselves as a target for vandalism. For example a guy I work with raised cane with some kids who were crossing his land with ATV's. He was totally in the right and a week later his fence was cut 7 times in a 1/4 mile stretch. I wonder who did that?
It is always better to ask first but I did the same as the OP once in the last 37 years of firewooding. The guy drove up that leased the field and asked why I was stacking the limbs off the edge of the field. I told him that is the way I always do it. He went on to give me a detailed description of the location of scrap wood on his property but repeatedly told me he was not giving me permission to cut it, liability I presume. We must respect someone who declines to give permission as liability is a real threat and their property is their propery. Some work for a living, some vote for a living, and some sue for a living.
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