A Reddit user said the hunter had already been warned before, so this was not some first-time mistake. He wrote that he had caught the same man trespassing on his property more than once and had already told him to stay off the land. When he ran into him again, the man was actively hunting on the property. According to the post, once the trespasser realized he had been caught again, he did not argue much. Instead, he asked the landowner for a ride back to his truck because he wanted to leave.
The landowner said he was done trying to be patient at that point. He reported the man, and the consequences were serious. According to the post, because the trespasser had been hunting big game while illegally on the property, the DNR revoked his license for the season and hit him with an additional fine of more than $1,000. The poster made it clear that this was the first time the repeated problem had finally led to real punishment.
Later, the landowner said he ran into the trespasser’s father in town and told him he had had enough. According to the post, the father did not make excuses for his son or try to smooth it over. Instead, he told the landowner that he had already kicked his son out of the house and said he would report him too if he trespassed on his property. That ended up being one of the most striking parts of the story, because even the man’s own father sounded fed up with him.
In the comments, people reacted the way you would expect once they realized this was a repeat offender who had already been warned and came back anyway. A lot of replies said this was exactly the kind of case where a game warden or DNR should step in hard, especially after multiple warnings. Others focused on the father’s reaction and said that if even his own dad was done defending him, then the man had probably burned through every bit of patience people had left for him.
The story the landowner told was simple. He had warned the man before, caught him again while he was hunting, heard him ask for a ride back to his truck, and decided this time it was going to be reported. After that came the loss of the hunting license, the fine, and then the surprising follow-up from the trespasser’s father, who said he would report his own son too if it happened again.
What do you think — if you caught the same hunter trespassing after already warning him more than once, would you say anything at all, or just call the game warden and let him sort it out?
Original Reddit post: Can you give me a ride back to my truck? I wanna go home.
