100 Mile Ranch manager Greg Messner is frustrated by what he calls 'RCMP inaction' on serial trespassing where dirt bikers and ATV'ers leave ranch gates open for cattle to escape.

Messner has spent thousands of dollars in surveillance equipment to catch and identify trespassers coming onto his ranch near 100 Mile House B.C.

According to Messner, he's filmed and tracked down trespassers in two incidents, but can't get the local RCMP to intervene.

"It's very frustrating," he said.

'Caught red-handed'

In the most recent incident last Sunday, Messner caught a dirt biker on camera kicking down his 'no trespassing' sign.

He followed the man and his friends back to a cabin and then phoned the 100 Mile House RCMP detachment.

According to Messner, he was told by staff at the detachment that the officer assigned to his file had left for the day and no other officers were available.

Messner believes the group of dirt bikers have since left the area.

"It is frustrating because I am told by the police that I need to have hard evidence showing who they are, where they were and when they were there," he said.

"When you finally have someone red handed, to be told (the officer) is getting off duty and justice will have to wait until tomorrow — it's frustrating."

Thousands of dollars in damages

According to Messner dirt bikers and ATV'er cost him thousands of dollars in damages each year by running over irrigation pipes and leaving gates open for cattle to escape.

In one case mature bulls escaped into an area with a group of heifers who were too young to be bred.

"You end up with a bunch of heifers that have been bred by the wrong bulls and you can lose them. They'll die during birth," he said.

"If you are lucky you can get them in a stock trailer and take them up to Williams Lake and have a C-section done on them and hopefully save both animals."

CBC News contacted the RCMP about Messner's complaint.

A spokesperson wrote that on Tuesday an RCMP sergeant contacted Messner, saying, "they were able to develop some common ground on how best to move this investigation forward."

Messner told CBC News he did receive a call from the sergeant about his complaint, but the officer assigned to investigate the trespassing issue has yet to contact him.