Our area is pretty rural, most still have deep roots in the farm, so there is not too many problems.  I always got amused at all my neighbors who trespassed into my corn and bean fields, figuring they had a right to scout my corn and beans for me!  I could go to the local loafing place and get a better report on my crops than going into the field.  Somehow, I feel that unwanted inspection is about as bad as pilfering crops.  Other thing that bugged us were people hunting and fishing in the pond without permission.  My Father-in-law went to his pond one day and was told to leave, he didn't have any business bothering their fishing!  Needless to say, things were said very quickly to move them off his property.  90% of people are great, ask permission, and we love to have them visit, hunting and fishing, as well as sharing a normal part of our production.  It is great to share, but the 10% that is callous and feel the world belongs to them ruins it for all of us.

A friend of a friend was a truck driver in the Georgia area.  He said many years ago he and his wife went into a peanut field to dig some peanuts.  According to him, it was custom for anybody to help themselves to a few anytime. (Yeah, right, I thought)  When they began digging, a flock of black cars and armed men surrounded them!  He and his wife were dumbfounded that so many law enforcement were needed to talk to them about taking a few peanuts.  They asked what he was doing, and he told them honestly what they were about.  Their faces dropped, and they slumped away, saying, Oh, that's alright.  Then as they were leaving he asked why the strike force turned out.  He then learned the land belonged to then-President Jimmy Carter, and the guards were looking for someone threatening his life in some way.