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by VMI77
Wed Oct 03, 2012 3:49 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Defending Your Property Line
Replies: 54
Views: 7533

Re: Defending Your Property Line

Heartland Patriot wrote: I'm not saying you should HAVE TO fence YOUR property. I said that I will be fencing MY property, and hanging signage on it. Folks are free to do what they want to do or do not want to do with their property. However, if folks want to come uninvited, I want it to be obvious to law enforcement (if and/or when I have to call them), that I did my best to make it very clear that people shouldn't come onto my property without my permission. I'm even going to do just like 30.06 and put the signs up in English and Spanish, so there won't be any confusion for the vast bulk of the population of our great state. :mrgreen:

It was already fenced when I bought it --otherwise I probably wouldn't have fences up yet. There is no approach by road that isn't fenced and gated. You'd also have to push through lots of dense brush on foot to access it from a neighbor's property. And to get to it in a vehicle that isn't something like a tank, you have to enter a private road and pass through the cattle guards at two fences just to get to my gate. I've posted No Trespassing signs so that they are visible at every point around the fence perimeter. I've got 360 degree camera coverage around the residence and a camera looking down the long driveway to the entrance gate. I normally keep the gate locked --No Trespassing signs on the gate-- so to get a vehicle through you'd have to cut the chain or lock. If someone cuts the chain or climbs over my gate I'm not going to assume their intentions are benign. There is no way someone can "get lost" and innocently enter this property.
by VMI77
Wed Oct 03, 2012 11:10 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Defending Your Property Line
Replies: 54
Views: 7533

Re: Defending Your Property Line

anygunanywhere wrote:
Valk wrote:Questions still remain. Why my yard? What happened to someone knocking on the door to let me know what was about to take place?
Since Mrs. Anygun and I purchased our retirement place we regularly request individuals remove themselves from our property. We have a stocked pond that we share with 2 neighbors, one of whom was the developer. Over the years it seems that the developer has informed everyone that it is OK to fish.

It did not take long for me to grow weary of picking up the trash, empty beer cans and water bottles, and track the ATV trackes over our 4.8 acres before I began to forbid trespassing.

I have never had to call the SO.

I have experienced some really stupid responses:

"I did not know someone owned this properety"

"I did not know you owned this property"

"I thought this was a park"

"My dogs just wanted to swim in the water"

"My grandsons wanted to fish. You don't mind do you?"

This is a small samle. I must admit that the numbers have dropped significantly. No one has ever knocked on my door to ask permission.

I am always armed on my place and I am always armed when I talk to someone. I am always polite and introduce myself while inquiring into who they are and what they are doing.

Anygunanywhere
Haven't seen anyone on our property, but it's fenced and the gate is usually locked, and it's pretty remote. I too am also always armed while out and about on my property....to deal snakes for one thing, though I haven't come across any for awhile now.

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