A lot of the work I do is photo and lidar control. I try to always stay on roads. Nowadays with airborne GPS it has become much easier to avoid problem areas.
Here is a classic. Note the smaller sign below the larger one...
No, at least not without talking to them first.
I'm a firm believer of always contacting owners AND tenants (a lot of times they are two different entities) before traipsing through the woods. It usually only takes a phone call or two.
Knowing a name can go a long way in cooling down a hot trigger finger.
Here in Oklahoma we usually go for the standard "NO TRESSPASSING" tire, although there are a few poets sprinkled about in the trailers that dot the hillsides...
Your "No Trespassing" tire reminds me of painting that on a guy's tire one night in high school. It was done on the passenger side, so he went days without noticing it.
Just a nod to "...Shot and Killed."
Two separate actions carries a little more weight from my perspective. 😀
And another vote for making contact, first.
Love it. Wish I had thought of it back in the day.
I would talk with them and explain how things work. Then I would do my job.
...And become a hole-y cow:
Shouldn't be a problem,,,, they are either friends, or FAMILY!
I probably would stop and not go in. If I needed to get in there I'd try to get permission.
I don't have pictures but about 15 years ago I came to one where the guy along with the sign had placed a coffin along the side of the road. The sign said something to the effect that trespassers will be shot and end up in a coffin.
About a year later the owner called and wanted us to do some surveying work, so the coffin didn't bother me after that. He actually seemed to be an alright fella.
Thanks for posting that. We sure don't want to encourage senseless shooting.
John, there's something about the homemade nature of the signs you found that make them a bit eerie. Certainly more so than this one I came across, which I think even has a humorous element.
I think I would talk to the landowner if I were you.
Jack
A few years ago, someone posted here about finding KEEP OUT painted on a washing machine setting on an old road. Someone else hypothesized that the risk of danger was inversely proportional to the cost of the sign.
The first sign had the crosshairs aimed at center mass. Closer to the house, the crosshairs were aimed at the head.....
