WE DONT take it lightly...
The Hmongs in my area are notorious for violating...and tresspassing...and shooting animals on others lands and in the past even on game farms...
When the cops are called they usually start jabbering on repeating their best defense "no english"..."no english" at which point LEOs are required to bring in the translater (at tax payers expense and usually on overtime to boot)
The entrepreter usually one of their own clan anyway...gives a translation in his and their best interest and they are usually let go anyway...I have yet heard of any of them around me...doing any time in the County lockup for poaching or tresspassing..
Wow! I didn't realize that y'all had such a problem with these folks.
Wisconsin's Constitution states at SECTION 26 "The people have the right to fish, hunt, trap, and take game subject only to reasonable restrictions as prescribed by law."
Which ought to be pretty clear to anybody. In most/many states with this or similar phraseology, the interpetation is that the wild game and wild fish belong to the people of the state, not to the individual property owners.
Ergo, "poaching" is something that can occur only when the hunter doesn't have a license (from the state). A licensed game farm is a special case and I would imagine state laws vary widely. Odds are there are few constitutional law cases in any state regarding these institutions. However, it would seem to me that if you have your property properly posted it really doesn't matter if someone is hunting on it ~ they shouldn't be there and your recourse would most properly be to civil action in court.
Yours is the lebenteenth hundred posting in these threads noting that sheriffs seem loath to act on "poaching" or "trespass". I can understand the "poaching" problem perfectly since that's resolved instantly through the display of a proper license, and you don't own the animals at issue anyway. The "trespass" situation may simply be a case of an agrieved party not seeking the proper form of redress.
Whatever, it's probably a good idea to be extra diplomatic around folks with guns.