Permission on old homesite?

[KRAMER]

Hi all, I am very new to this and am trying to learn/follow etiquette. I found a sweet looking, overgrown old homesite I'd like to check out. There is no signage (i.e. private property, no trespassing, etc.) and I haven't seen anyone coming or going since I started watching a few days ago. It seems completely abandoned to me. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

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[dholland02]

Not gonna lie but ive hit a few places like that in the middle of no where. I just did it, people drove by never said a thing. Figured no houses near it no will bother us. Since there's no signs with names its near impossible to find someone. Id just hit it. I'm sure ill be ridiculed for this reply.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

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Hi all, I am very new to this and am trying to learn/follow etiquette. I found a sweet looking, overgrown old homesite I'd like to check out. There is no signage (i.e. private property, no trespassing, etc.) and I haven't seen anyone coming or going since I started watching a few days ago. It seems completely abandoned to me. Any advice would be appreciated.

You're asking this on a forum where some people will tell you that you need permission to hunt public modern sandboxes (afterall, you can't be "too careful", now can you?). So what do you think some answers are going to be? Technically you should never even step off the sidewalk, afterall, anywhere you go, right? But I have to agree with D-holland on this one. If it's as remote and neglected and abandoned and open with criss-cross trails type of thing ..... then ........

 

[KRAMER]

Yeah, I figured I'd get the full spectrum of responses. Just trying to get a feel for the experienced people's methods. Thanks

 

[nova3930]

If you're super worried about it, county courthouses keep public records of who owns what parcel of land. Go look up who owns it and just ask...

 

[Dwight S]

If you want to do it properly, find the property owner. It isn't hard. You have internet access... Type your local county/parrish in your search engine followed by GIS. This should give a list of websites (usually your local tax office) where you have access to maps with tax info inclulding names and address. Find the property on the map, take down the info and go from there. You should have the information to contact the owner in less than 30 minutes without leaving your computer.

 

[bbells]

There is an abandoned farmstead that I want to hit down the road from me. I have been watching it for 2 years hoping I would see someone out there. I have stopped around and no-one knows who owns it. By now all the neighbors recognize me so i figure in the spring I might as well do it.

 

[sliverofsilver]

take a look at the whole picture, then use your own discretion.
i will and have hit places that look abandoned and decrepid with no one approaching .
had a good time to.
anyone who did care would probly just ask you to leave.
in nj land does not have to be posted to be off limits ,its still considered trespassing.
good luck to all and HH