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Signs should communicate a very clear and directed message -that the landowner is serious about unlawful trespass. Click for enlarged photo. Inexpensive paper-type or thin plastic signs often fade, crack and tear after a short time. One might be communicating the wrong message in this situation – that the property is neglected or abandoned, and the owners are no longer or not that serious about trespassing. Click for enlarged photo. Where fence posts are not already available along vulnerable or high-profile areas, signs can be bolted to galvanized pipe for a clean and professional look. Click for enlarged photo. Posting Your Property by Dr. Neil A. Waer June 2003 Volume 3, Issue 6 Download PDF A very important but often overlooked land management practice is to post your property. Trespassing and the related poaching that often accompany it sometimes can negate successful outcomes from other management efforts. We all know how expensive it can be to mange for wildlife. Not only can one spend many dollars for each deer, turkey, or quail produced, but time (often years) is invested for each individual animal also. Just think of the heartache associated with feeding and saving your best bucks each year just to have trespassers poach them from you because you spent no, or marginal, effort to prevent it. Here in Alabama the actual placement of signs along the borders of your property is not necessary to legally protect against trespassing. However, I believe securing your boundaries is critical. You see, one of the most important things to managing wildlife has nothing to do with wildlife at all. It’s managing people! And in this case, it’s doing your best to keep unintentional and often even deliberate trespassers off of your land. The purpose of this article is to encourage all of us who have put this chore off for too long to get out there and do it! So what can be done to help reduce or minimize potential trespass problems? The answer is to make a very clear and visible proclamation that you are serious about un

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