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Locked gates.
elubsme
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are not always legal. I have lived in NorCal since 1970, moving here from Pa. Over the years I have noticed more and more public property being cabled off and posted by unscrupulous guys wanting to keep their spot to them selves. Two of my most important items I have added to "The Enterprise", (she takes us places we have never been before) are a 36 inch bolt cutter and a hack saw with extra blades. BTW, if you put super glue in their lock, they prolly don't have a way to cut it. Just sayin'. A tooth pick works just as well. Once I found a tree with the pie cut ready to fall with the back cut about to block the road after the perpetrator passed through. He didn't make it…..
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I read about that…..a lot of big marijuana grows happening on public land behind locked gates. The criminals love having all the space to themselves with the public locked out.
One best know which ones ARE LEGAL before cutting or tampering with locked gates in farm country.
Last year, some misguided individual cut the chains on locked farm access gates and installed new locks. Good thing he disappeared as there were several really upset farmers looking for a chance to correct his problems.
Yep, it happens.
I don''t have that problem but if I did a few toe-poppers at point of entry loaded with rock salt might be a mild solution 😉
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Not just public land, cartels have taken over ranches, and their water supply, in areas of NorCal. The law is out manned, and out gunned, so they leave them alone.
Just ain't right. In America.
'The law is out manned, and out gunned, so they leave them alone.'
That's the sad reality of current affairs. LEO will prosecute an upstanding citizen for protecting his property while allowing criminals to go unscathed.😯
Daniel Penny comes to mind…..
need to form a posse and do a round up
Can't be locked if it's liquid. That's what that guy named Victor says, anyway.😉
Yeah, that guy named Victor has been known to torch many things.
Victor's red wrench has solved many farming problems for me over the years .
Yep, ya get the ol gas ax out and things are coming apart.
Or a Universal Key
^^I prefer a cordless angle grinder with a cutoff wheel. Much easier to carry.
Around here, we experience an influx of non-resident hunters who have 100% confidence in 'hunting apps' like 'OnX' and such. We're fairly sure that's what happened last year with the cut chains and new locks. Everyone is on the lookout for a replay this year.
Cutting a lock/chain on private property is a serious offense in some states—same as felony B&E. I'd have no qualms about prosecuting anyone I caught.
Sometimes the gate is locked for the protection of those on the outside…
Yep, sounds like there's a need for some regulators.
Yes, regulators. I would recommend Captain Harris or even Lieutenant Forney. They both work well together.
Well yes, those types work well too. But I was thinking in terms of Joe's posse comment. More like Lincoln County War regulators. You know, go out and "regulate" the cartel trespassers.
I hear you, HPD. This thread has gone off the rails. Me thinks we all need regulated!
Oh this group is self regulating, right?? (laughs)
I was “regulated” by Susie years ago for posting Remote Girl and learnt a lesson!
We lease some land from a local bank president, and keep the gates locked along with signage and insurance. Seems a fellow built a big house ($$$$$) on some adjoining property and assumed he could set up a deer stand and feeder anywhere he wanted. We found his setup about 75 yards from one of our member's spot. We trailed the trespasser to his door and asked him to get his stuff off our lease. He flatly refused, so we called the landowner, who called the Sheriff, who came down and told him if he didn't get his equipment out in 24 hours, he would be arrested on a Friday. That meant the guy would spend the weekend in our little county jail, which would be like Tom T. Hall's old song! We haven't seen our "neighbor" since that day.
Hot baloney eggs and gravy!
A little Southern justice at work! If he had asked nicely, we would have tried to work something out. But if you act like an * , you get treated as such.