Will be interesting to hear what happens.
As I’ve said in other threads, you’d be amazed at the inaccuracy of various boundaries that we would assume at this point would be correct.
And when it comes to land ownership and property lines, funny business is always going on. My last farming uncle had a field where the boundary between his land and the neighbor’s had no fence or fenceline. They just farmed up to a fence post and he just assumed that must have been the survey marker from long ago. He finally had to get a survey for some reason and it turns out the neighbor had been farming about 20 acres of my uncle’s land for about 30 years. That fence post had either been moved or was never in the right place to begin with.
Sadly after discussing this with the farmer last night the markings are correct. His property is 120 acres, but 10 years ago he donated 40 to the local church and get a written deal that they would allow us to continue using it. It’s completely land locked between his farm and the back bordering public land. Well the church i guess must have just sold it to the state, because on my walk out I noticed his enclosed stand is now signed off as well as the entire church 40 acres.
So sadly this was correct and I have to pull a couple platforms down before they go missing.
The old farmer isn’t to happy that what he gave the church for free they just sold for a profit, but that part of it all has nothing to do with me. I have no skin in any game, just a bummed hunter knowing 2 of my go to spots will now be over run with people who have no concern for what’s beyond what they are shooting at.
The farm is currently on the market for sale so this won’t be much of a issue for me past this season. Now it’s going to be back to the grind and trying to acquire a new permission place to hunt. Which stinks, I’ve put in many many hours of farm work to be able to hunt this spot.
Side note, if any one has land they would allow a dad and his kid to bow hunt we are willing to do all sorts of labor in trade. ( long shot, i know.)
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