gates torn down, locks cut off...

[recurve60#]

It's the ole, " I've hunted here since I was a kid" mentality and so has my family. Most times without permission for a generation.
They tear down gates, cut fences and burn the property if they feel like it.

 

[mike243]

Seen it firsthand in Cumberland county, big reason I got my carry permit, somebody shot the lock off the front gate with 300wm. had heard a shot down that way and they evidently shot a deer on us and were to lazy to drag it out.

 

[timberjack86]

I got a license check from our local USFS officer coming out of N.Cherokee last year up in Unicoi county. He was an awesome guy. Anyway,told him about guys opening the gate and being up in the woods about 1.75-2 miles. He wasn't too surprised and began to tell me about the problem they have with houndsmen nationwide and especially here in the south. Evidently they pass a skeleton key around to all of the hound clubs and just go onto forest service land whenever they want under the guise of "chasing" their dogs. Didn't really surprise me.

That's a new one on me. Haven't heard that hound hunting in South Cherokee. Have seen where drunks and party goes tore down a gate or two. Got blamed on us hound hunters of course.