New property......should I clear all my property lines?

[Boarmaster]

I would keep any food plots off the property line. I would clear so I could fence and move down both sides of the fence.

 

[Rcyfish]

Definitely clear property lines so u can ride and watch for tracks and use for burning lanes.

 

[def90]

If you are going to doze a path go all the way to the line. If you don't the neighbors and courts down the road might take the stance that the cleared line is the official property line.

If you insist on leaving a buffer then stake the actual lines with the proper markings according to local law.

 

[cnelk]

Definitely clear/mark the actual property lines.

Ever hear of adverse possession?

 

[Billy Goat]

Definitely clear the actual property lines.

Ever hear of eminent domain?

It's adverse possession, not eminent domain.


It changes by state, but as long as you deny access within a period, it generally prevents it.

I'm all for a fence being right down a property line, but as a fence builder, make sure your deed lines up with your neighbors. It's a pretty frequent problem.


But I also wouldn't spend the money to fence that many acres without having stock on it. It's not going to slow anyone who wants to come over anymore than a sign on a post. It's about like locking your door, just keeps honest people from opening it.

 

[cnelk]

It's adverse possession, not eminent domain.


It changes by state, but as long as you deny access within a period, it generally prevents it.

I'm all for a fence being right down a property line, but as a fence builder, make sure your deed lines up with your neighbors. It's a pretty frequent problem.


But I also wouldn't spend the money to fence that many acres without having stock on it. It's not going to slow anyone who wants to come over anymore than a sign on a post. It's about like locking your door, just keeps honest people from opening it.

Yeah. I edited my post.

 

[Iowafarmer]

Here in Iowa the survey really doesn’t matter the fence is the property line if it’s been there over 10 years I cleared my south fence line once it was cleared it was easy to see the fence was 30’ to my side at the water gap in the center we put the new fence right where the old one was it really doesn’t amount to much in 160 rod of fence

 

[Davyalabama]

I'm from Bama, so next door neighbors. 120 acres is plenty to hunt on and kill good deer and turkey! and have enough for one or two friends or grandkids to kill a decent buck off. 120 acres in Mississippi managed correctly, you are blessed my friend.
1) Get a survey, invite the neighbors to split the costs, but if they don't let them know you are having it done and the neighbors can be there while it is being done.
2) Mark property lines in purple, at least - 8" long, 1" wide 3-5 feet off the ground. Read purple law.
3) A three to four barbed wired fence will be good, I wouldn't bulldoze this, I would use an atv and a sprayer (fix you up a boom that is just the width of your atv and attach it, also have a hand sprayer attachment for clumps you really want to hit), just to keep the fence area for deer and other critters moving. Yeah, it may not be perfectly straight because of trees, all you are wanting is an area on your side of the fence for critters to move and you to move silently, especially during turkey season.
4) You can build a fire break a little farther in, this will really allow for animal movement and potential shooting lanes and greenfields.
5) Inside the 120 acres in one or two even three areas, this may take a while unless you know the land, leave those two/three areas alone, those are bedding areas, do not hunt them, do not go in them except way after the season or during the summer to maybe clear some land and plant some good foraging food for them. You can split the land into 3, 40 acre tracts, wow, what a way to hunt!!!!!! Mississippi State can be a great friend, yeah you may roll a different university, when it comes to deer, they know deer and turkey.
6) Set up your ground rules for what you want to kill, and everyone you invite needs to abide by them. You are going to have some (best friends) now or when you kill a good buck or two (or a few turkeys). Now watch taking money from them to help cover costs or allowing them to help with "chores," some can suddenly think they have the "right" to hunt. You know all this, or you soon will. I'm merely trying to help before you loose a "friend." Us southern boys can get mighty testy over hunting deer, especially if it's a goodun. I'm more partial to turkey hunting myself, now for all this good information, that will only cost you two or three days at the start of the season. (hahahahaha, see, it's already started)
7) You are blessed, take care and have fun.
8) Oh, one more piece of advice, if you let anyone else hunt, anyone, please make sure you have hunting insurance and set the land up in an LLC and as a hunting club. You already know this I'm sure, I'm just throwing it out there.

 

[MNGrouser]

I didn't get here in time to be the first to mention adverse possession and I've never practiced law in Mississippi. I agree with the posts that tell you not to make anything LOOK like a property line that isn't. Whether adverse possession, boundary by practical location or some other archaic legal principle I haven't heard of, you are just asking for a fight down the road and expensive legal fees even if you are in the right.

Meet your neighbors. Make friends if you can. A clear designation on the actual line is in everyone's best interests. 120 acres to manage and play on as you wish? Congratulations!!!

 

[wind gypsy]

Finding a way to make property line obvious = good.
Creating deer attractant (like planting plots) and shooting lanes such that your neighbors are encouraged to hunt your line=bad

 

[yfarm]

We have adjacent property owners or permitted hunters hang tree stands on the property line facing into our property. Considering the Border Patrol detection method, disc the soil finely so tracks are obvious adjacent to your line, game cameras and photos of the stands and tracks. Fences are useless, one neighbor has repeatedly cut 5 strand barbed wire which he thinks allows more deer on his property. It gets old. Its interesting that these are issues in Iowa that we never have on leased ground in Texas. I suspect this relates to how property rights are regarded by the public in both states. The fence cutter is a retired police officer.