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Do you know the meaning of "Poach...Poacher...Poaching" ?

RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
edited December 2001 in General Discussion
I'm surprised at how many people believe the meaning of Poaching is the illegal taking of game....Webster's defines it as such..."Poach...to trespass on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt"."Poacher...a person who trespasses on private property to catch game illegally"."Poaching...the illegal practice of trespassing on anothers property to hunt or steal game without the landowners permission".From what I've seen this year, there has been a whole lot of poaching going on out there....anyone else else having problems with "trespassers or Poachers"? What do you do about it?
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  • thesupermonkeythesupermonkey Member Posts: 3,905 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Well officer he sure looked a lot like a deer...
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Well then,turns out the thousands of gators my dad killed in the Everglades National Park,wern`t "poached"after all!We always called it huntin`,anyway..218
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    BeeKeep...Technically speaking, if he did it without trespassing, it wasn't poaching....I always thought the term meant the taking of game illegally...Webster's says differently...
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  • 218Beekeep218Beekeep Member Posts: 3,033
    edited November -1
    Rem.,whatever it`s called..we both know it ain`t legal.As I recall,while looking in the court briefs section of a news paper,in West Virginia awhile back,during hunting season,I noticed all sorts of hunting violations..and dont recall the word 'poaching'used at all.You seem to have this on your mind a lot lately ...not havin` any trouble at the farm,er ye?.218
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  • soopsoop Member Posts: 4,633
    edited November -1
    We have problems with poachers every year during deer season.Can`t catch them and the DNR doesn`t care.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Beekeep, yes...we are having some problems with a few.... Adjoining property owner has given everyone permission...seems they don't know that a fence can sometimes designate property lines as well as keep livestock in...it's as bad as I've seen in years.
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    A friend of ours has a farm in NW FL. He had a small problem with trespassers until he put up the following sign on every fence post.TRESPASSERS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT.He said none of the county mounties ever said anything about it. Of course, it probably helped that he was known as a man that would follow up.
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  • biganimalbiganimal Member Posts: 135 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    POACHING......ain't that when you hunt from the poach???
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No don't be silly,it is when you bile yer eggs in water for you put em next to bacon.
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  • thebutcherthebutcher Member Posts: 374 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Poaching is dangerous because not everyone in the woods is responsible. My family is going in with the neighbors to pay an off-duty cop to patrol the borders...
    The definition of an "expert":An "X" is an unknown quantity and a "spurt" is a drip under pressure.
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  • edharoldedharold Member Posts: 465 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My "Merriam Webster" defines it briefly as "to hunt of fish illegally".
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  • bsebastbsebast Member Posts: 190 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    We used to have problems with trespassers, but after my wife fired warning shots at some guys, and word got around, we've had no problems since. It's amazing what a little "direct action" can do to get the message across.
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