While our posting is within NY law standards the posting is done more for what we have found to be the most effective for us in keeping us safer while making it known that we are serious about no trespassing. I believe that posting with out of state hunters and especially paying ones calls for more sign visibility than just local hunters. We have both out of state hunters as well as local hunters and we have found that posting to the extreme works well for us. There have been two shooting accidents in this area in the last three years so we use the signs both as a safety measure as well as to help keep trespassers out. All signs are put on back boards. The boards are nailed into trees with at least three hefty nails, one in all the way and two 1/2 inch short of all the way. Trees used are narrower than the back boards. Where there is not a suitable tree a metal post is used which is also painted front and back.
The signs are edge and front painted with fluorescent tree marking paint as in the picture. The tree is painted above and below the sign. On our side of the tree the backboard showing is also painted with the fluorescent red tree paint as well as above and below the backboard.
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Our signs are metal with our name and address preprinted on them and they stay fresh looking for years. We get them from Vosssigns.com
The red fluorescent paint needs freshening annually; we get that from forestry suppliers and it is manufactured by AERVOE industries. We've tried other paints;the AERVOE paint in florescent red stands out the best.
The distance between the signs depends on the area. ie; near the tractor roads which intersect the car road extra signs are put up so they may be only 50 feet apart. 100 feet apart is used where trespassing is less likely(NY law calls for every corner and at least every 650 feet.). Bad neighbors, line sitters and those with multiple guests get them more often. Signs are mounted at eye level and we try to maintain that exact height always.
Yes they do reduce the beauty of the roadside and the woods edge but they could help prevent a shooting accident in either direction. We never shoot towards a property line when we are close enough that the bullet is likely to cross the line;we simply have no idea what/who is beyond that line. Painting the back of the signs and tree gives myself and my guests a constant reminder of where the property lines are; the signs could save a life. The signs are IMPORTANT.
