Posted No Trespassing

[firecadet613]

I can't seem to find this info doing a search online, so hoping INGO knows.

How often must "No Trespassing / No Hunting" be posted? I'm buying some wooded property and plan on marking the property line (assuming it's not already marked).

Ideally, I'd like to mark it with twine / orange flags, but haven't found that sold as a set yet.

 

[Michigan Slim]

I try to at least be able to see the next sign from the one I'm standing by. I don't know if there is any hard rule. When I get some purple paint I'll do any tree close to the line so I can't see it from my side. It will look like a Barney parade from the federal side.

 

[rem788]

My understanding is that posting a sign/notice at the main entrance to the property covers the balance of the property. That said, post as often as you can/want to. The only limit is your decision on how many signs you want to buy and hang. Good luck.

 

[Magyars]

Purple paint is the way/legal to go.....it's not going to get torn down, and it's easy to see from a distance in the fall/winter

 

[Magyars]

Indiana's Purple Paint Law Means No Trespassing | WBIW

Indiana’s purple paint law is an easy way for landowners to mark property lines. Audio: David Wolkins (R-Warsaw) and Stephen Bartels (R-Eckerty) explain how this law protects private property and helps hikers and hunters from inadvertently trespassing. According to the law, HB 1233, the paint mu ...

www.wbiw.com

 

[chipbennett]

I assume the "purple paint" statute is still in effect?

Indiana 'Purple Paint Law' goes into effect

Private Property signs and fences could soon be a thing of the past in Indiana, as lawmakers have OK'd a new way to say "no trespassing."

www.fox19.com

 

[chipbennett]

And the actual statute:

Indiana Code Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure § 35-43-2-2 | FindLaw

Indiana Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure Section 35-43-2-2. Read the code on FindLaw

codes.findlaw.com

 

[firecadet613]

Purple paint with some signage sprinkled in may be my best bet.

Thoughts on running twine / orange flags?

 

[G_B_C]

Nice to have learned about the purple paint method. I wouldn't see harm using orange flags spaced out on top, but the state code says "posting or exhibiting a notice at the main entrance in a manner that is either prescribed by law or likely to come to the attention of the public;". I assume that means it's entirely up to you and what you feel is excessive or not.

 

[phylodog]

Just put a few signs up, paint purple bands on the trees around the perimeter and be prepared to kick anyone's ass you find trespassing. You won't get any help from the vast majority of the criminal courts in this state. They see no real issue in people trespassing and stealing game, food or resources. As far as the courts are concerned, it's akin to J walking and gets about as much criminal enforcement.

Meet the neighbors, we all look out for one another's property out here where I am and where my best friend's farm is as well.

 

[Leadeye]

You can post signs and paint trees, but at the end of the day it's tough to keep people off your property. I do an irregular patrol, but then I just like walking in the woods. This gets to be a challenge during hunting seasons as you want to spend more time hunting rather than chasing off problem people.

Like Phylo says when you catch them, run them out, if they get belligerent call in the law.

I do have to admit being amused sometimes by the stories I get when I catch them.

 

[two70]

I do have to admit being amused sometimes by the stories I get when I catch them.

Many years ago, I had a guy walk in about an hour and a half after daylight and sit down about 50 yards from me on the second morning of firearms season. Not only did the dumb*** have no qualms about walking in and sitting up on top of me he actually had the nerve to gesture at me stop and be quiet because he heard a deer walking in. After claiming he thought he was on the Hoosier National Forest, I explained to him that the HNF was close to half a mile in the opposite direction from where he walked in. If possible he made more noise stomping out than he did stomping in.

 

[Bstarkey_46947]

The first Spring after we bought a wooded area was the worst for me with Mushroom hunters. Once the word gets out and you throw people out it will subside. Even had one person leave a note on their car one time to let us know they had run out of gas and would be back to retrieve the car and please don't have it towed. Post at corners, gates, and in between. I bought a 50 pack of metal signs on e-bay and have about 10 left.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I learned that just because you have a legal description of your property it doesn’t mean a survey has ever been done. No survey means no corners are marked (at least not necessarily accurately). No corners marked can and will lead to disagreements.

Get a survey. Conspicuously mark you property lines. Police for encroachment.

 

[Leadeye]

Many years ago, I had a guy walk in about an hour and a half after daylight and sit down about 50 yards from me on the second morning of firearms season. Not only did the dumb*** have no qualms about walking in and sitting up on top of me he actually had the nerve to gesture at me stop and be quiet because he heard a deer walking in. After claiming he thought he was on the Hoosier National Forest, I explained to him that the HNF was close to half a mile in the opposite direction from where he walked in. If possible he made more noise stomping out than he did stomping in.

My ground borders the HNF and I do get strays from there, ready with a story. Went down one of my good trails early morning during turkey season and my flashlight caught a decoy in the middle of it. I just stopped and yelled into the dark that if you were hunting over this decoy you were on my ground. Two well concealed hunters popped up, one arguing that the was HNF land, I said it wasn't and they could leave peaceably now or talk to the law later.

Usually the story involves somebody's friend's, brother's, cousin Billy Bob said it was OK to hunt here. Those stories are why I'm always reluctant to allow hunting here.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

The first Spring after we bought a wooded area was the worst for me with Mushroom hunters. Once the word gets out and you throw people out it will subside. Even had one person leave a note on their car one time to let us know they had run out of gas and would be back to retrieve the car and please don't have it towed. Post at corners, gates, and in between. I bought a 50 pack of metal signs on e-bay and have about 10 left.

When I was a kid, my nextdoor neighbors used to fish the strip pits down around Brazil and Linton, some of them on private property. One of them in particular used to flatten one of the tires on his pickup where he parked to walk in to a pit so anyone that saw it would think he'd just had a flat. Then he'd come back out, use a portable air compressor and re-inflate and be on his way.

 

[firecadet613]

I learned that just because you have a legal description of your property it doesn’t mean a survey has ever been done. No survey means no corners are marked (at least not necessarily accurately). No corners marked can and will lead to disagreements.

Get a survey. Conspicuously mark you property lines. Police for encroachment.

100%. It seems all surveyors are booked out until September at the moment...not a good spot to be in.

 

[firecadet613]

The first Spring after we bought a wooded area was the worst for me with Mushroom hunters. Once the word gets out and you throw people out it will subside. Even had one person leave a note on their car one time to let us know they had run out of gas and would be back to retrieve the car and please don't have it towed. Post at corners, gates, and in between. I bought a 50 pack of metal signs on e-bay and have about 10 left.

Great comment - thank you! Buying the signs in bulk.

 

[Michigan Slim]

Purple paint with some signage sprinkled in may be my best bet.

Thoughts on running twine / orange flags?

The twine won't be good if you have deer.

 

[two70]

My ground borders the HNF and I do get strays from there, ready with a story. Went down one of my good trails early morning during turkey season and my flashlight caught a decoy in the middle of it. I just stopped and yelled into the dark that if you were hunting over this decoy you were on my ground. Two well concealed hunters popped up, one arguing that the was HNF land, I said it wasn't and they could leave peaceably now or talk to the law later.

Usually the story involves somebody's friend's, brother's, cousin Billy Bob said it was OK to hunt here. Those stories are why I'm always reluctant to allow hunting here.

I grew up hunting next to and on the HNF. Back in the day, a neighbor who had less than 5 acres would invite all his friends and distant relatives down to hunt. Since the guy had so few acres, naturally most of the guest hunters would start out hunting on the HNF. It doesn't take very long for that much pressure to push a lot of the deer onto private land and the hunting on the HNF went downhill quickly after the second day. They had a solution for that though, they would all load up into one vehicle and the landowner would drop them off random places on private land. Without a vehicle parked nearby the only way to catch them was to encounter them in the woods. The truck partially full of hunters started to stop and pick me up one night while I was walking out from hunting. When they realized their mistake and I wasn't part of the crew, they took off in a mighty hurry. That was at the same location I mentioned above so at least half a mile at that point from any land they could hunt.