I just bought some purple No Trespassing signs today. I also saw some purple No Hunting or Trespassing signs that had a line on the bottom of the sign in Spanish, saying the same thing. If the Spanish version works, maybe we could put those up at the border.

Was just thinking the same thing . I had to keep re reading ..... .maybe I'm in the twilight zone

X2 I haven't heard of it either. I guess we're living in a more competent state. I'm not sure someone that can't read should be hunting. Up next we'll have No Hunting signs in braille.

Been that way in ks. At least 20 years.

So what do you do if someone else purchases the land and doesn't care or welcomes hunters on their property? Do they paint over the purple with a different color? Cut the purple trees down? Or if they want hunting but with permission only?

Paint it a neutral color?

Its got nothing to do with being able to read. Guess you’re not as competent as you think. Some of you go out of your way to be jack azzes even when you don’t know what the discussion is even about.

I've heard of it but I don't think very many around here have. It's not used anywhere that I've seen around here. I'm not sure why anyone would bother. Its illegal to trespass without permission, marked or not.

In Kansas, purple paint doesn't mean "no hunting" or "no trespassing". It more specifically means "No hunting, fishing, or trapping without written permission".

Every place here that is posted takes a few minutes and puts up signs. It seems there wouldn't be much confusion with that. Who knows maybe it'll catch on here. The thing is when I see paint on trees it usually means they're marking them for logging, it's a tree to take down as it's a hazard or it's a boundary marker. The latter usually has flagging with it and is usually orange or a neon color.
Sorry to offend you.

Swifty is 100% correct. Can't say I remember seeing trees painted, but it's their trees, so they can paint them if they want. It is usually on the corner post of the property, and the gate posts. Some paint some of the posts in between. Most only paint the top foot or so of their posts.

In Kansas the purple paint means you MUST have written permission to hunt that said property

There are lots of painted trees in the areas I hunt in north-central Pa. One tract of about 3,500 acres is a timber company holding that has been actively logging for the last six to eight years.

Some markings they use are vertical lines about three feet long from the ground up for select cut areas. That allows the timber cruiser to see that the crews are only cutting what he marks. Diagonal double slashes mark cut area boundaries and W's mark trees not to be cut in areas where most everything else is.

Different color blazes mark different property boundaries, the Pennsylvania Game Commission uses white. three vertical dots in any color signify a property corner.

Have seen a couple properties with purple posts and trees here in north Texas. Didn't know what it meant though.

No trespassing posters get vandalized all the time. It can be a full time job just keeping posters up. The purple paint law put a quick stop to that.

Couldn't a person just paint over the purple with whatever the " welcome to hunt " color is ?

Here in NC I'm pretty sure the purple paint no trespassing only applies to hunters and fishermen. Doesn't apply to people not hunting or fishing. If you're hunting or fishong behind the paint, there are no excuses to be made, they will not allow excuses.

If painting trees ever catches on, here on the west coast, I'm pretty sure it will be rainbow colors.

Same here. I've heard of it but have never seen it used.

Bama does the purple paint thingie