Hi, guys and gals...I have a problem with illegal hunters. [View All]

I have no issues of any kind with hunting. I enjoy good venison when it's given to me, and deer sausage, when it's made right, is simply delicious.

I've defended hunters who have been attacked by the most radical animal rights activists here. As long as people hunt on property where they have permission, it's fine by me.

I have fifty acres. My front field borders a highway, and the drive enters from the highway. I live almost a half-mile off the highway in a cabin nestled in the woods--until you get past the field and into the woods, you would not know that there is a home back here.

I am having a problem with hunters coming off of the highway, circling my front field and spotlighting. They wait until 2AM to do this. I don't know what to do about it. If they were to shoot at a deer in the field, easily the slug could hit my house, my car, or other belongings I have outside. Oh, and I have a weimaraner that I worry about, too.

I know about the illegal hunters because a neighbor who lives up the road on property bordering my front field tells me about them AFTER the fact. She sees them entering and spotlighting, and then leaving.

So far, they haven't shot at anything yet, but I think this is just because they haven't found the deer yet. The deer cross the front field, the woods, and pretty much stay in the back field--the hunters would have to ride past my home to get to the back field--I pity them if they EVER do this. I will block them in, and call the sheriff.

So, what can I do, short of calling the game warden AFTER the fact to report this? I told my neighbor to call me immediately next tims she sees them going in. Do I have to have a POSTED: NO HUNTING sign up to prohibit them for hunting, or is it just understood that you don't go on other people's property without permission and spotlight for deer?

Any advice you can give is appreciated. Thanks!