Let’s start another argument

[TCUHunter34]

I would rather have my neighbor at the fence shooting into his property, than 100 yards on his side of the line shooting at my property.

This is where I am too. From my living room I watched the neighbor install their blind for an upcoming rifle season. I was going to confront them about it as they have 40 acres and choose to put their blind 100 yards from our house directly across the property boundary. I held off so I could look at it more closely first. I went over there the next day and saw that they were very intentional about facing the blind and shooting directions away from our property which made me feel better about it. I would rather them be intentional about not being able to shoot our direction than an opportunity come up with a deer and our property in the back ground.

 

[Huntin Fool]

If your best chance at killing the deer you’re after is 50 feet on your side of the property line, why wouldn’t you hunt there. I don’t get when hunters act like there’s another imaginary boundary you can’t hunt next to the property line

 

[ColPenguin]

Many of our best tree stands are deliberately set near property lines where neighbors are hunting the other side of the line. As a result there is really good hunting pressure bumping deer around, over property lines, during rifle season. It's not just one side of the property line, its most of the hunting neighbors using the same strategy to try and catch pressured movement.

 

[cnelk]

Probably the same reason I can be on a 33,000 acre section of public land and someone sees my truck and walks right in on me knowing I’m here.

You expect to have 33,000 of public land all to yourself?
Just because your truck is parked there ?

 

[Lowg08]

You expect to have 33,000 of public land all to yourself?
Just because your truck is parked there ?

Well not the whole thing. I was just insinuating that there is 33,000 acres and they still got to walk right in on you knowing your there with all the other land there too

 

[KenLee]

I dont see the big deal if the stand is facing toward your own property. If you setup facing onto someone else's property you're probably asking for problems.

I ask owners of land neighboring my small parcels whether they want me to put stands up shooting towards mine, or shooting towards theirs. Guess what they NEVER say?

 

[camping1601]

I have permission to hunt a given property and that's all of it and sometimes the best spot is where it is. I've been careful to not damage posted signs with my climber. I have permission to hunt every square inch of the property.

 

[Lowg08]

I know some people really get upset about it but the courtesy of not shooting towards a dwelling makes allot of sense. Just talk it over civilly

 

[Randle]

This year my grandsons bull went onto neighboring property . Waiting to get ahold of owners or Fish and game at 7 pm Friday night made for a long agonizing hour and a half while the bull laid there. Good thing it wasnt Sept.

That was the hardest thing I have done in a while
I hate hunting property lines

 

[Brandon_SPC]

It's as simple as I pay for the full 80 acres and I will use all 80 acres. If their is a bedding area or food source on the neighboring property, that I can target the deer coming into my property. Yeah I will sit near the property line. Heck, I've watched deer on private at a feeder, come to public and the moment that bucks hooves hit the public, I dropped him where he stood.

 

[Mr. October]

I dont see the big deal if the stand is facing toward your own property. If you setup facing onto someone else's property you're probably asking for problems.

A few years back I was the President of an archery club. Prior to deer season we found 2 stands built on the property line facing on to our property. Quite literally, the only shots that anyone would be able to take from either stand would be on to archery club land. I composed a polite note asking the owners to remove or reconfigure the stands or else we would consider them trespassing if shooting on to the club property. I left my name and contact information.

You might have thought I told them their mother was ugly and wore combat boots. Rumor spread quickly how the archery club president put notes on a dozen stands around the club and was trying to keep people from hunting their own property. There were 2 notes on 2 stands. Both literally at the edge of our property. There was NOTHING nasty in the notes. The property markers were 2 feet in front of both stands.

One of the stand owners came to the next meeting and wound up joining the club, and helping out enabling him to hunt club property. Problem solved. The other one just bitched us behind our back to his neighbors and friends though he did remove his stand.

 

[TSAMP]

You expect to have 33,000 of public land all to yourself?
Just because your truck is parked there ?

I think we all understood this to mean find another gate hole, there are plenty to choose from.

 

[Lowg08]

I think we all understood this to mean find another gate hole, there are plenty to choose from.

That’s exactly what I meant.

 

[cnelk]

I think we all understood this to mean find another gate hole, there are plenty to choose from.

I hunt plenty of areas (10s of thousands of acres) where there is only one access

Should I not hunt there if there’s a truck parked there?

Hell, I’ve seen 15 trucks at one gate. I still went in and hunted and was successful

 

[Lowg08]

I hunt plenty of areas (10s of thousands of acres) where there is only one access

Should I not hunt there if there’s a truck parked there?

Hell, I’ve seen 15 trucks at one gate. I still went in and hunted and was successful

Well if you got one access that’s one thing you don’t have much choice. If there is multiple access points. Roll to another or get up earlier. I get up at 3:45 and in my stand two hours before daylight to prevent being the one to walk in on someone. Just a little respect and ethics goes along ways or get up earlier.

 

[cnelk]

Well if you got one access that’s one thing you don’t have much choice. If there is multiple access points. Roll to another or get up earlier. I get up at 3:45 and in my stand two hours before daylight to prevent being the one to walk in on someone. Just a little respect and ethics goes along ways or get up earlier.

How does the next Hunter know where you are? Lol

 

[cnelk]

My 4 year old granddaughter was just here for Christmas.

Reminds me of her….. Mine! All Mine!!

 

[Macintosh]

I think its a fair point. Tons of public has concentrated access points. 30k acres, damn right I am parking and hiking in along the main routes, regardless of whether someone else is there. Even if someone did know where you were, no one gets to claim everything past where you happen to be either. If its early, I expect everyone to get there early enough so they arent blowing out my hunt right after legal light, but otherwise its public so I expect people to maybe walk by, and just ask them to give a reasonable amount of room when I whistle or flash a light at them. I work real hard to find places that most people either physically cant, or wont get to just for this reason. On a much smaller parcel like is common in many areas, yeah, be realistic—if theres a truck there, move on. But its gotta be a real small chunk of land for that to be legit imo.

At the same time there’s also the guy who walks up and sees you sitting there obviously hunting a specific area, and decides to sit down right in front of you blocking your ability to hunt, or close enough that you now need to move due to their presence. This is the same as when Im in my boat positioned 60’ from shore, actively casting to the bank, and someone paddling a canoe or kayak along the shore and can see me for hundreds of yards ahead of time, decides they are better off padding between me and the shore…rather than taking the 2 extra paddle strokes to go around. But at least they dont park there. It’s usually sheer ignorance, but boy is it annoying and incredibly assholeish. This is NOT the same as telling that guy he cant use the same trailhead on a big chunk of public.

Its not really on topic with regard to private property boundaries, but seems clear enough.

 

[Lowg08]

How does the next Hunter know where you are?

My 4 year old granddaughter was just here for Christmas.

Reminds me of her….. Mine! All Mine!!

I can already tell this is a futile endeavor to explain. So it’s respect and safety. If you don’t get that glad you don’t hunt near us. Had a guy this year walk in on us. Flashed light and whistled. Light went off. Assumed he rolled out well. Next set same thing well when daylight hit. First set was sitting directly across from us and boom they shoot 50 yards from us and directly over the second set. They shot directly over top of a second set. If you are on that much land and you don’t know where the other hunters are you risk hurting someone or worse killing them.

 

[Lowg08]

I think its a fair point. Tons of public has concentrated access points. 30k acres, damn right I am parking and hiking in along the main routes, regardless of whether someone else is there. Even if someone did know where you were, no one gets to claim everything past where you happen to be either. If its early, I expect everyone to get there early enough so they arent blowing out my hunt right after legal light, but otherwise its public so I expect people to maybe walk by, and just ask them to give a reasonable amount of room when I whistle or flash a light at them. I work real hard to find places that most people either physically cant, or wont get to just for this reason. On a much smaller parcel like is common in many areas, yeah, be realistic—if theres a truck there, move on. But its gotta be a real small chunk of land for that to be legit imo.

At the same time there’s also the guy who walks up and sees you sitting there obviously hunting a specific area, and decides to sit down right in front of you blocking your ability to hunt, or close enough that you now need to move due to their presence. This is the same as when Im in my boat positioned 60’ from shore, actively casting to the bank, and someone paddling a canoe or kayak along the shore and can see me for hundreds of yards ahead of time, decides they are better off padding between me and the shore…rather than taking the 2 extra paddle strokes to go around. But at least they dont park there. It’s usually sheer ignorance, but boy is it annoying and incredibly assholeish. This is NOT the same as telling that guy he cant use the same trailhead on a big chunk of public.

Its not really on topic with regard to private property boundaries, but seems clear enough.

You’re right it’s been kinda off topic. Basically they align when you consider safety and respect. If I have a lease I would prefer to make sure I was not endangering anyone. Hunt the full area but with safety in mind and respect for other hunters.