[Update] Wedding photogs using my parents property without permission : legaladvice

Well, first I wanted to thank the LA group for a lot of good advice, and the BOLA group for the lulz.

My parents have now acquired an adjoining piece of land and we have several plans for it. Firstly, we are planting a large pine plantation between the wedding venue and their property. There will be no immediate effect, however, over time the trees will create a fantastic visual and sound barrier between the wedding venue and my parents' home. It will be an fantastic source of profit as the trees can eventually be cut in sections, sold, and replanted, without losing the sight and sound barrier. This will be managed by father and myself, and we plan on setting up a trust so that it can continue to be properly managed for my children/grandchildren in the future.

Unfortunately, this also means that once the trees grow a bit, it will cut off the vaunted "sunset view" that has been a major selling point for the wedding venue, and also make it quite hard to trespass on my parents property, as pine plantations in their first several years can be notoriously thick and hard to navigate.

Secondly, just beyond the pine plantation, we have created a private firing range. That way we can safely enjoy our (quite loud) firearms from the convenience of my parent's backyard. The volume of fire might increase during wedding events mainly because they seem to happen on the weekends, and that's when the fellas from the gun club will be coming over. We've also spoken with local law enforcement and firearms instructors about using our range free of charge for things such as firearm certification/qualifying and Concealed Carry licensing tests.

Third, since we are going to be hunting the property as we have for almost 20 years now, we will be marking everything quite aggressively with "posting purple" and a bevy of No Trespassing signs, and have contacted the local game and fish department about dealing with trespassers as they seem to be a bit more independent that the local law enforcement, and just happen to be friends with most of the gun club members as well.

So, all in all, patience will win the day, and there's the added bonus that, if something happens to the trees... tree law.

Edit: Forgot to mention- the family lawyer has sent C&D letters to the property owners and several of the photographers that have been identified through social media posts that have trespassed on their land to take the pictures. They were mailed out right before the Christmas break so they will likely be getting those today.