Is there a specific name for a person who illegally logs trees?

I was teeney when this happened on my grandfather's place out in East Texas. They'd shut it up for several months and come back to find that someone had cut 3 cords of wood. I think "poacher" was the exact word they used.

People who illegally log sandalwood ('wooden gold') here are called poachers.

The name of the crime is Timber Trespass

A friend of mine was arrested for "cutting and destroying timber on the land of another at dusk". The judge dismissed with court costs, because no one had been charged under that statute for a few hundred years. He was cutting some branches for decorations.

More recently I have heard timber thieves, and it is a fairly big business.

... Bootlogger?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

Max Vaehling said:

... Bootlogger?

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Groan!

a hacker?

Oh wait...

-cb

Max Vaehling said:

... Bootlogger?

Sorry, couldn't resist.

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Lumberjerk!

Y'all are barking up the wrong tree here.

In many states the timber trade is big money. Theft of such resources is no joke. If it happens on federal land (parks, reserves, etc.) the hammer-fall can be significant. The nomenclature applied to the perpetrator tends to evolve; suspected timber thief . . . person of interest . . . alleged felony suspect . . . defendant . . . convicted felon . . . convict.

Don't laugh. I have seen the term "timber rustler" used somewhere, but don't remember where.

T Robinson said:

Don't laugh. I have seen the term "timber rustler" used somewhere, but don't remember where.

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I have also seen that, and it is funny. It creates an image of hired Ents herding the trees to where the boss (maybe Sharky) wants them.

Sat Nam! (Literally "Truth Name"--a Sikh greeting)

I've seen timber rustler too.

Blessings,

Siri Kirpal, who lives in the Wild West in timber land

Here in Florida it's called illegal logging or illegal lumber harvesting. No special term for the perpetrators.

Jeff

T Robinson said:

Don't laugh. I have seen the term "timber rustler" used somewhere, but don't remember where.

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I was actually about to mention this possibility. Back when I was a youthful young youth, I spent a chunk of a summer working in a sweet-corn canning factory in the Midwest. The farmers who grew sweet corn in the area had a serious problem with "corn rustlers", people who would sneak a pickup truck into a field in the dark of night and load it with ripe sweet corn. Some of these farmers actually hired people to watch the fields at night during the prime picking time. And, yes, these thieves were indeed called "corn rustlers".

caw

My family lived three miles from a community that was founded on logging. A person who logged illegally or who just outright stole trees was called a 'wood maggot'. Don't know how wide spread the term was. The town was Estacada Oregon.