Peetzakilla: I usually agree with your posts, but this one I have to partly disagree with. I have had 'busy-bodies' call me to say there are people on my land and when I am not home, they will write sown the license plate number of any cars that are parked on my short access drive to the farm.
We are all rural folks here and tend to look out for each other. If you do not see your neighbor outside for a couple of days, you call and ask if everything is OK. Too many farms and private homes have been broken into around here.
But once you introduce yourself and the guy knows who you are and that you have permission (Usually by saying the landowners name) they will go about their own business. I appreciate my neighbors looking out for me.
But I do like the fact that you shot that spike. I probably would have done the same thing.