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Come on everyone. It is a new world what belongs to you, now belongs to everyone and they can use it as they feel they want. BTW make sure you pay your taxes, so they can have the money to use for gas to get to your land. You rich bastards think you can buy something and keep it for yourself? I and everyone is entitled to use it as we see fit. Get used to it. Oh btw, this is tongue in cheek. I am an instructor, and one of the first things we teach is respect private property. This could happen in hunting season and if they got shot, the hunter would be in trouble. I can not believe that anyone could and would condone this behavior, and call them selves an ethical responsible hunter. If you condone this doewhacker, you should not be mentoring others. There I said it.

Back when I was a kid, very little property was actually posted, but I was raised to understand that I should have permission before entering someone's private property ..... posted or not. In fact I'll bet even the city kids knew better than cutting across their neighbor's yards even when that would have been much more convenient. We were taught not to assume that I had some kind of right to use other people's property. I guess in this day of permissivness and coddling, that little item of respect has been omitted for some and apparently with the blessings of others. No, there is no excuse for arbitrarily entering someone else's property without permission .... especially (but not exclusively) when it is posted. And that applies whether the trespasser is a kid, adult, or whatever. As far as getting kids involved in the outdoors, I would suggest that the first lesson to be taught to these kids regarding outdoor activities is to respect landowner's property rights. They don't learn that by us making excuses for them to break trespass laws. I know it is fashionable to excuse everything that kids do these days, but that doesn't make it right.

The Landowner doesn't want them there and isn't going to push the issue but would like to find out who they are . He is not going to call the DEC . Not to speak for Doc and NYSlowhand but ....... we were brought up in an era where you obey the law . And yes Doewhacker , I have exceeded the speed limit at times so don't go there . Nowdays , it seems the attitude is ..... if you don't get caught or hollared at , it's okay .

I don't doubt the ones who think it's okay to go anywhere they want or for Daddy and little Billy-Bob to do so are the same ones that wouldn't think twice about Trespassing on someone's property ! Teach kids to respect others and their property . Doewhacker --- What part of it being a kid and an adult didn't you understand ? Apparently the Dad has no respect for property rights .

Posted means stay off unless permission granted, period. Find my signs at my dads laying in the ditch where someone yanked them out,and tossed them. Some people just have no respect.

Believe we had this discussion several months ago. Didn't we detrmine that was the DEC's doctrine or definition...? Again, I'll call "BS" on that! Private is private, whether corporate or individual landowners, improved or unimproved! Permission to enter must be required regardless of the presence of posted signs or the actual verbage on them. Seems like all these discussions have a common denominator; respect for others, their property & privacy or the total lack of! If you want to pay the taxes on my property, you're welcome to tresspass. If not, stay out or ask first! Unfortunately, believe we are just begining to see the tip of this iceberg... BTW Eddie, had a similiar issue when I 1st bought my property with ATVs & horseback riders. A posted sign in the center of their entrance path took care of my problem.

It will be a lifetime learning experience & you still won't completely understand why they do things sometimes. If you ever think you have it mastered, time to quit. You'll be fooling yourself. Best way to reduce your learning curve is like others have said - hook-up with an experienced hunter (or even better more). Be a "sponge" and soak up everything they do/say and try to apply it to your situation. Take you 10 years to learn on your own what you can absorb from them in a couple of years. The more (#s) experienced hunters you are mentored by, the more diverse your skills become. BTW - The very 1st thing you need to do is to determine what you expect or want hunting to mean to you. If you think you want to experience the same thing they do on those TV show - forget it, take up fishing.

To me and many others ( I don't have statistics but I believe it's 97.3 percent ) understand that POSTED means " stay the hell out " unless you have permission to be here ....................

So when you broke the law and trespassed it was ok but its not for these kids? ok got it. I read all of you preach about getting kids involved in the outdoors all of the time, did any of you stop to think maybe these two have an interest and just maybe it would be better to try and teach them instead of throwing them in the proverbial slammer? If it were me I would try to find out who they are and offer to mentor them and maybe take them hunting and teach them about the outdoors and posted signs. Life is to short to get all fired up over two kids exploring the woods, don't any of you remember being kids once?

How dare those two young kids get off the couch and go outside for exercise! String them up!!!! None of you have ever done that as a kid I bet.

What is there to think about?

Tonight we drink to Liberty. Tomarrow we celebrate one of the greatest days in human history!!

Too bad that Wildgame doesn't have burst mode...you probably missed the shot of Mom bringing up the rear, toting the bag full of bolt cutters, hacksaws, and black ski masks! I know nobody likes trespassers, but those guys look harmless.

Hunting is freedom.... When I am in the woods, I am free from all of my responsibilities, if only for a few hours, or perhaps for a few days.. I enjoy all of the experience...I do a lot of birdwatching.. When I'm hunting deer or turkeys I enjoy the squirrels and other critters... I enjoy not having to interact with other people.. Being in the woods alone can be very theraputic... I have never been a trophy hunter, but I am quite selective... I don't shoot jakes, I don't shoot fawns.. When duck hunting I try to pick out the drakes.. I could care less about trophies at this stage in my life.. I don't feel I need game meat, but all of my adult life I have had 2 or 3 deer a year plus a few dozen squirrels and rabbits and a few game birds, and I would truly miss it if I could no longer have it.. I also eat a lot of fish that I catch, and I would miss that also..