Here in Hopkins County we are having problems with certain property owners claiming ownership of the creeks and putting what looks like to be large 4 x 6 NO TRESSPASSING signs out in the middle of the creek channels. These are actual full sized creeks and not a ditch you can jump across from one side to the other. The majority of folks strongly suspect the judges, county attorneys and "the you know whats" are taking sides with the landowners in return for an oportunity to duck hunt on these "private" creeks. Reason being that they pretty much have the entire creeks to themselves for hunting purposes. This is a issue that will never be resolved in the local county court systems nor by any of the local judges dues to the fact the majority of people believe the county attorneys and judges have been bought out and bribed by these land owners.
One of the main problems is there have been more than a few incidents where people claiming to be creek owners have confronted individuals who they accused of being thieves, tresspassers and poachers where a lot of heated words and threats of bodily harm have been made. No only that but from what i understand there have been a couple incidents where guns have been pointed beetween peoples eyes. What is it going to take until tempers flare to the point someone gets severely injured or possibly even killed? The majority of the outdoorsmen around here sincerely believe that the local judges, county attorneys and "the you know whats" are ignoring the problem in favor of having gained entire creeks and wetlands as private hunting grounds for the politically elite and no matter what these public officials say no too many people are willing to believe them.

My question is are there any organizations dedicated to defending sportsmens rights that could be contacted concerning this problem. Im also wondering could this problem possibly be taken to the higher courts?