it doesn't happen often but the other day some guy was on my back porch looking in the door. I happen to catch him and worked my way to get to that door before he left.
When I opened the door he introduced himself and said "Mr So&So" said I should ask you If I can walk in your woods, I'm searching for some antler sheds, I make knife handles out of them. He said he would be happy to share what he finds."
The neighbor up the lane, that's Mr. So&So, used to do that, in fact I just noticed the other day sometime lately he cut, plowed and planted the field in the rear portion of my property and I had to laugh because here my lawn is waist high from not being cut at all this summer long and yet the deer get a 10 acre field all prepared just for them!
I said ok, but check back with me to let me know you're done and leaving the property. I really didn't think much of the situation at the time these meds I'm on have changed my awareness in ways difficult to explain.
Well one of my neighbor's spotted this guy entering the woods from the street on the stream side. The neighbor called the park ranger, they take care of hunting,,fishing and parts for our area.
As it turns out this guy was wanted by the State. He was acually looking and picking Ginseng in the woods and parklands around us. It never dawned on me that this stuff was around here and I'm shocked how much they get for the stuff! The Rangers had been on the lookout but my neighbor caught the guy. He was picking without a permit, tresspassing, theft, exceeding picking limits and unlawful egress. The State Park up the road had more charges going.
When I opened the door he introduced himself and said "Mr So&So" said I should ask you If I can walk in your woods, I'm searching for some antler sheds, I make knife handles out of them. He said he would be happy to share what he finds."
The neighbor up the lane, that's Mr. So&So, used to do that, in fact I just noticed the other day sometime lately he cut, plowed and planted the field in the rear portion of my property and I had to laugh because here my lawn is waist high from not being cut at all this summer long and yet the deer get a 10 acre field all prepared just for them!
I said ok, but check back with me to let me know you're done and leaving the property. I really didn't think much of the situation at the time these meds I'm on have changed my awareness in ways difficult to explain.
Well one of my neighbor's spotted this guy entering the woods from the street on the stream side. The neighbor called the park ranger, they take care of hunting,,fishing and parts for our area.
As it turns out this guy was wanted by the State. He was acually looking and picking Ginseng in the woods and parklands around us. It never dawned on me that this stuff was around here and I'm shocked how much they get for the stuff! The Rangers had been on the lookout but my neighbor caught the guy. He was picking without a permit, tresspassing, theft, exceeding picking limits and unlawful egress. The State Park up the road had more charges going.