Neighbor issues are common. The older people assume right to hunt simply because that’s the way they grew up and Kentucky was much more sparely populated back then. I’m thinking of my dads generation. He was born in 38. People put food on the table small game hinting back then.
There is a general mentality of entitlement in the younger generations. Your Ginseng is my ginseng. Some of this is held over from the older guys but a lot of it now is just a defiant attitude that people are just gonna do what they want to do no matter what. I’m sure that some areas of the state offer a little more recourse but it’s not likely to addressed by law enforcement in the mountains. Like Theek said, a lot of petty thievery that goes on unchecked.
Then there are the guys brewing and growing things that they need to protect. A friend works for the state and as to go into the mountains to maintain state equipment. He’s been pushed off the mountain before by locals hot on his tail.
If you’re “from off” you won’t find any friends and very little sympathy.
