Trespassing Or Not?

[Guest P. owensby]

Hey Smalliebigs, where on the upper Bourbusse did the farmer confront you? Was it in Gasconade County?

[Tearin Up Topwater]

If any of you have seen the horror flick, Wrong Turn, you'd never step foot again on half these nice backwood spots.

I'm sure many people would be too chicken to even get out of their truck on some of these lands.

Could it be, Hollywood is unknowingly improving smallmouth stream fishing in states like MO?

[Flyflinger]

If any of you have seen the horror flick, Wrong Turn, you'd never step foot again on half these nice backwood spots.

I'm sure many people would be too chicken to even get out of their truck on some of these lands.

Could it be, Hollywood is unknowingly improving smallmouth stream fishing in states like MO?

Was it like the movie "Deleveriance?", I here that was based off of a true story, happened in southern MO, northern AK

[Guest P. owensby]

Sound's about right!!!

[oneshot]

Been on both sides of this.Run people off wading down the Creek running through my property but in reality its not navigable.But one time me and about 20 other people were just outside Springfield swimming,had a couple shooting at us from Boats because they said they owned both sides of the river.We just left but nothing like bullets hitting the water inches from you.

oneshot

[eric1978]

Been on both sides of this.Run people off wading down the Creek running through my property but in reality its not navigable.But one time me and about 20 other people were just outside Springfield swimming,had a couple shooting at us from Boats because they said they owned both sides of the river.We just left but nothing like bullets hitting the water inches from you.

oneshot

You should have called the Sheriff. I don't care what they own, they don't have the right to fire off rounds at you. Those lunatics belong in prison.

[ozark trout fisher]

Navigable streams are public property. That is the law. With our judicial system being a bit biased towards the local landowners in some areas though, you still may get in trouble for fishing a navigable stream. You can let that deter you if you enjoy having having your rights trampled on. I don't, and will continue to fish any navigable stream, no matter what the landowner (or the county prosecutor) says. It's my right and I don't aim to have it taken away from me.

The only way I'm leaving is if the landowner gets violent. In that case, I will be the one calling the sheriff.

[Flyflinger]

Navigable streams are public property. That is the law. With our judicial system being a bit biased towards the local landowners in some areas though, you still may get in trouble for fishing a navigable stream. You can let that deter you if you enjoy having having your rights trampled on. I don't, and will continue to fish any navigable stream, no matter what the landowner (or the county prosecutor) says. It's my right and I don't aim to have it taken away from me.

The only way I'm leaving is if the landowner gets violent. In that case, I will be the one calling the sheriff.

Well said!

[jdmidwest]

Navigable streams are public property. That is the law. With our judicial system being a bit biased towards the local landowners in some areas though, you still may get in trouble for fishing a navigable stream. You can let that deter you if you enjoy having having your rights trampled on. I don't, and will continue to fish any navigable stream, no matter what the landowner (or the county prosecutor) says. It's my right and I don't aim to have it taken away from me.

The only way I'm leaving is if the landowner gets violent. In that case, I will be the one calling the sheriff.

Define Navigable...

State Water and State Fish are for the public, not the land in most cases.

[Amish Bill]

I farmed 240 acres in Hickory county, I had a guy drive thru one of my hayfields in the spring while it was really wet and cut ruts in the field because he was scouting for turky. How did I know this? He drove past me in that field while I was building a fence and then couldn't understand why I was mad, or why I ran him off. The next year I had a group of deer hunters tear down that fence and then tell me it wasn't them and then told me they were from Kansas City and owned a half acre lot in the county so that gave them the right to hunt there, they couldn't believe I ran them off either. watched a couple climb a fence to fish a small river thar ran thru my place. and cussed me when I ran them off. After chasing cows, guilding fence, fixing ruts in fields, and fixing vandalized equipment, my rule is if it's not worth your time to stop at the house ask permission, then use gates or crawl under the fence leaving my stock alone your getting run off with a ticket from the sheriff for trespassing.