being a good neighbor--

[dave1949]

I try to be a good neighbor but I think I fall short some times. Shortly after I bought my place in the country some one built a house next to my property. I went over one day to introduce myself and say hi. when they answered the door I told them I lived next door and wanted to introduce myself and did. They both just looked at me and did not say a single word. That kind of bugged me but figured its their right to live how they want. A couple of years ago they were having a 4th of July party. Lots of people around and noise. At night they started to shoot BIG fireworks out over my horse pasture. One of my horses tried to go through a fence and got cut up pretty good. I got in my truck MAD AS HE!! and went over there. I got out of my truck and started yelling (yes I can be short tempered) at them and the entire party disbanded. The lady of the place had tried to make amends but the guy won't even look at me. I felt bad for ruining their party for some reason even though they were not considerate in the least of my horse's.

They are/were most likely big city folks who are clueless. They probably never had the experience of a stranger neighbor introducing themselves.
Dave.

 

[TGF]

They are/were most likely big city folks who are clueless. They probably never had the experience of a stranger neighbor introducing themselves.
Dave.

My guess is they were probably ignorant of spooking the horses, I would not have though of it in all honesty, but I also would have invited you to the party.

 

[RoyJackson]

Come on Roy, we are not talking about occasionally plinking cans with a .22. This is a surveyed rifle range being discussed.

I hunt quail and dove on my property along with the stray jack rabbit or rats (when we raised hogs). This is not an anti-gun issue. It is respect for neighbors, their privacy, and their sensibilities. There are far more open and private places to practice shooting rather than in an area when there are neighbors and there is the possibility (as the OP noted) of shooting someone - no matter how remote the probability.

As far as the noise of a high-powered rifle - when we hunt deer in the Sierra Nevada one can hear rifle shots as much as 10 miles away. People in camp know when someone gets a deer from that distance since that is where our blinds are.

The bottom line is that I would not want a rifle range next door. Some sighting in of a rifle once or twice a season or "blowing out" a .357 every few weeks is just fine. For instance, I throw clay targets before the upland bird season but my place is not a skeet, trap, or sporting clays range.

You are entitled to your opinion as am I. Let the OP build a rifle range next to you since you'll "get used to it". NIMBY comes to mind.

I'd probably ask him if I can use his range!
Heck, if I had enough land, I'd have a range.
As I wrote, as long as he uses courtesy and common sense for the times he shoots...it'd be fine.

As far as surveying...is he actually "surveying", or just marking off distances for his shooting? Is this a commercial range (more then one or two shooting stations)? Or private (his use only)?
If a private range, I just don't see a problem.

 

[TGF]

its a private range roy, used by myself and at most 2 friends at a time. If you ever make it nearby fell free to let me know and you can come shoot.

 

[JDGreenGrass]

I had a butthole neighbor at my last house. I had the Kioti 3054. He had this old pickup he would load full of trash all year and then take it to the dump one day a year. It stunk, was an eyesore etc. One day I was out dragging the road and he asked if I would pull his truck up the hill as he was stuck in some mud in his yard. I didn't and don't like this guy but I figured I'd give him a hand. I attached the chain to my tractor and he hooked up the truck. It was an easy pull for the R1's and I had him on solid ground (the driveway we both used now). He said he would have the truck out of the way by the end of the day. A few days later it still sat (while he consumed his whiskey .... a real alcoholic). My wife was to leave for the day and didn't want to drive her care through the lawn to bypass his truck. I got the tractor back out and pushed it back into the mud. A towtruck came later and I never had the issue again.

Whoah.!!!!:laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[RadarTech]

If one has been nice to, and then craps back-- ye getith back crap....

J

 

[beppington]

I'm only on Day 6 of 1st-time tractor ownership, so no good deed opportunities have come up, yet.

 

[Iplayfarmer]

I'm only on Day 6 of 1st-time tractor ownership, so no good deed opportunities have come up, yet.

You'll either see the opportunities pretty soon, or you'll avoid them. It depends on what kind of person you are.

It hardly counts as an act of service when it's so fun.

 

[wvpolekat]

My lil Bota and it's brand new grapple were the neighborhood hero today. Storms knocked a tree over across the private road I live on. While another neighbor was talking about getting a chain to drag it out of the way, I got the Bota out, latched on to the tree and drug it out of the way. The guy at the end of the road with the little green tractor was green with envy.

 

[scoutcub]

You know of one now, me. I sure don't expect my neighbors to be as quiet as church mice and when they have work to do in the woods or fields that's entirely normal. If they pass through an an ATV or snow sled, fine. Plink for a while, that's fine too. It's the moderation that counts.

I have lived in suburban areas where the constant background hum of traffic nevers quits, day and night. Ditto if living near an interstate or turnpike. The noise related to lawncare alone in suburban areas can be constant during daytime. There can also be the hydraulic whine and clanging from dumpster pickups. Then there are base speakers on stereos that can be heard for hundreds of feet easily.

I have to agree. I JUST moved from outside Detroit suburbs to rural Ohio country. I, also, have heard all these noises above, and to me that's more aggravating than the occasional train closeby. Probably the biggest bit of noise pollution at the new place is the golfers across the street, whose voices rise to make that all-elusive birdie putt (that they probably cheated on), or the "tink" of the drive going into the very nice fishpond on #1.....
mostly aggravating because I'm sweating my @ss off mowing the grass or doing some kind of work, and they're havin fun.....

To the neighborliness part of it, I sure enjoyed assisting (appreciative) neighbors from all my past addresses, it gives a true sense of worth. I feel bad, I haven't had a chance to introduce myself to our current new neighbors, and offer any assistance....very soon!