Property Line Hunters

[Western]

I think it will depend on how adamant (sp) you are about this.

You can cut the trees ect tra, but that may likely bring the deer in more if it provides more of the type browse they prefer.
Predator urine may work a few times,but deer usually wise up fast and know urine just means something has been there.

I think you will have to just make it known, as you have, that it is not appreciated. Then let them decide what level you need to escalate things. I also think you should have contacted your local Warden, so it wouldn't be "hearsay" later, but a known fact that this has been a problem. It could have just been an honest mistake, you said you're "peace" so I would save my energy and wait and see what is happening a few weekends before next season, then deal with it accordingly, include your local Law enforcement agency, some guys don't "get it" until there talking to the law.

 

[forgeblast]

Pack Alarm
I have watched people on youtube make their own from cheap alarms.
If you google "bear camping alarm", you will get a lot of ideas, the only problem is running the trip wires. I have also seen alarms made from rat traps and .22 blanks.
The people who play airsoft seem to have come up with a lot of these.

 

[Ridgewalker]

I walked the trails near the edges of my place recently and found a bow hunter about 20 yards from my land. Turns out the guy was from my old home town and I know his mom.

We hit it off and I don't think I will have any issues.

If you want to keep them away from your land, put your orange on and hunt your property lines near where they are set up. If you tramp back and forth enough they will get the message. If nothing else you will scare all the deer away from that area.

 

[Ken45101]

I go out the first couple of mornings of gun season with the ATV or RTV900 and patrol the perimeter. I figure that lets the neighbors know that I'm serious, and they probably don't want to be hunting where I have the 4 wheelers running. Only one time have I found someone and he apologized and left. Hopefully he told his friends.

We do have a perimeter fence and I put up signs.

In Ohio, it is criminal offense to hunt on land without written permission.

We have horses and I don't want some of the wild city boys shooting over here.

We did have one neighbor walk over and ask for permission to track a deer they hit. I have no problem with that.

I have no problem with hunting, deer are too dangerous on the roads, but I do have concerns with the shooting I hear, 2-3-4 quick shots in succession. They have to be shooting wild. I know I have good luck, but every deer I've shot (4) have been "one shot stops".

Ken

 

[scesnick]

I have removed deer stands that were on my land including the one that was nailed into a tree with a posted sign on it...

Ha !!!! I have two stands I aquired that way. Each time I took them ( right out of my apple orchard ) I left notes for them that if they wanted their treestands back to give me a call and the sheriff and I will gladly discuss the trespassing fine and compenstaion for the damage caused to my apple trees.
For some reason neither owner has yet to call to get them back.... lol.



BTW- you got a link to that Deer repellent????

 

[LD1]

In Ohio, it is criminal offense to hunt on land without written permission.

Not only that, but it has to be ON you at all times while hunting.''

IF you have written permission, but forgot it in your hunting truck, a nasty warden could really throw the book at you if he wanted. Seizing your guns, bows, atv's etc.

There not all like that though. But ohio DOES have some pretty strict gun laws and game wardens that can do about whatever they want:confused2:

 

[DwightD123]

The owners that I have been able to contact said it was people they had given permission. I got the hunter's numbers and they were the ones who "might be ok with scooting off the lines" but I didn't get a solid feeling. One in particular set his stand up 60 yds from my stand that had been there for years. I have not been able to get ahold of one side so don't know if it's owners or not. The ones that crossed the lines were moved so it's no longer a trespassing issue as much as a decency issue. With 40 acres it gets surrounded quick and yes I could start setting up stands right on theirs but I sure hate wasting my own hunting time making these guys miserable.
It comes down to etiquette and common respect....Perhaps I can learn to live with it but it sure is taking alot of the fun out of deer hunting my farm. Its aggravating having stands on every draw coming in.
Next issue is when they shoot they fire up the four wheeler and drive it right next to my dad's stand no matter what time. I told my hunters we don't do that. If the deer is down we wait til dark or midday to pick it up so as not to ruin other peoples hunts. It's another clue into these guys not caring how they are affecting my area.
I thought some type of land management could dissuade deer from funneling past their stands.
I can't afford a game fence.
The line is obvious so mistake would be unlikely.
I get the feeling I will need to make a stand with some of these guys and others will be decent and we can find a way to have mutually good hunts.
Has anyone cleared property lines that were good deer habitat and funnelled them elsewhere successfully?

 

[Ken45101]

But ohio DOES have some pretty strict gun laws and game wardens that can do about whatever they want:confused2:

Sometimes they go too far, lose their jobs and get a criminal conviction...

Ken

 

[Western]

Dwight, I have cleared land specifically for deer. the results iw as looking for and got, was more deer browse. Since deer like to feed wood lines and field edges since there usually is an abundance of forbes (sp) I think you may be asking for more trouble/work than it's worth. 40 acres isn't "big" as far as a deer is concerned and you already know they can cross that in seconds. I know of a couple of guy's that had a similar issue and they where unable to get cooperation from a neighbor or two, so that is the fence line they high fenced, more as a deterrent since deer can easily go around.

You have a dilemma and as long as they are not trespassing, little you can do. Happens in Texas all the time, I don't know if it's greed, laziness or what, but it does often appear like a lack of respect. Bottom line though, hard to expect others to act and be like us.

 

[DT86]

I don't hunt but have friends from town that do. One morning they called and said someone was already sitting in their "sweet spot". So I got up and went to investigate, sneaking up on him behind a hill and let 10 quick shots from a SKS into the ground. We reloaded and approached him to see just what the h*ll he thought he was doing. Turns out the neighbor (which I have problems with a lot) told him it was his land and this ol' boy, who didn't know otherwise, had been hunting on us for several years!

When I approached the neighbor he thought it was no big deal until I asked him how he would feel if I told people they could fish in his pond that is with in 20 feet of the main road.
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