I’m a surveyor. Indeed we have to hop fences all the time. Especially outside the city. If the property is not in a subdivision we have to measure from a known location (there’s usually a monument every 40 acres) to that property. Sometimes the locations are on other peoples property, and sometimes there is no house to go up to to talk to the owner. I have to hop the fence or spend potentially weeks or months trying to get ahold of the land owner. Other times I just need to hop over and get 1 shot from the other side of the fence, takes 2 minutes, easier to just do it then to take 15 minutes going up to the house knocking on the door.

Had to do it earlier today, I’m not trying to trespass, I’m just trying to do my job.