lol,,,, I've seen 'neighbors', life long locals pull out property pins & move them before a sale.
(so use a 1" x 5' piece of re-bar & pound them ALL THE WAY DOWN! ;>)
I've seen dozens of property lines that run through the neighbors house or barns,,,, AFTER the for-sale property was properly surveyed. DON'T BUY A PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T HAVE PROPERTY PINS!!
My daughter recently bought 9 acres,,, beautiful house, fantastic barn, pond & pavilion. The realtor showed her the map of the property lines, but after she moved in, it turns out that most of those LINES were wrong!
The MEAN 'ol bitty next door, owns 1/2 of the pavilion, & 90% of HER POND!
We want to make improvements on the pond, but the 'bitty' says no way. She wants $20,000 for an acre of swamp!
I also heard of 'word of mouth', hand shake agreements that POP UP, after a sale.
Again,,,, Play it safe, make sure everything is A-OK 100%,,, BEFORE you fly off the handle.
FWIW,,,
1 of my friends just got busted, big time, because his WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO HUNT was 30 something years old & the original owner passed away. The G-Kids didn't know anything about it & called the warden. Loss of guns, privileges, & BIG BUCK! (The judge gave him back the guns)