Property Line Hunters

[Tomtint]

As far as I'm concerned, hunters are just a total PITA. We have had them walk around our property like they own it, from now on if I see a tree stand, the tree comes down and the stand goes on Craigs List. 2 years ago we had a buyer for a parcel of land, they were walking the property when 4 hunters stomped out of the woods, that blew the sale. If you are a hunter and want to hunt somewhere, buy your own land and stay off everyone elses.

 

[johnrex62]

There aren't to many hunters that will pass on a good deer just cause he's standing on the wrong side of the fence. They will tell you "the deer jumped the fence after I shot it", unless the deer is head shot or you saw it get shot, you can't really dispute the claim.

40 acres isn't much room, it's enough for 1 or 2 hunters. You must have some decent deer crossing it or they wouldn't want to be on or close to it. If that's the case, the only way to protect your hunting interest is to be there and stand your ground. I doubt that these people are going to give up on it especially if they are not breaking any laws. You may be better off leasing it to them and hunting somewhere else.
Moth balls, coyote urine, your own urine, will deter deer. I would not broadcast this over a large area, just piss on the tree stand or tree he's hunting in every chance you get. This will keep the deer away from his stand but he's still going to shoot deer on your property if your not there.

I guess that all depends on the terrain. For several years my Dad and I hunted a 25 acre lease in central Texas. It was setup with 6 blinds and a couple areas with no blinds that could sustain a walking hunt. We never had more than 3 people on the lease at a time, but it would safely permit several more with no danger of shooting lines crossing any other hunting areas.

One of my Dad's favorite blinds was along a fenceline. It faced the road that bordered the fence and did not even have windows on the fenceline side. I can assure you that over the years there were several times he went home without a deer simply because it did not cross onto our lease. I was brought up with enough of a sense of propriety that I would not consider it either.

The first year on the lease I was surprised by an Elk that had wandered off a game preserve nearby and walked in front of my blind. He casually grazed in front of me for nearly five minutes before I remembered I had a gun in my hands. When I had come back to my senses and raised the rifle into firing position, that Elk turned it's back on me and walked calmly into the trees. I debated in those few seconds and decided that if I did not have a clean head or heart shot I was going to let him go and did. At that time, I knew nothing of Elk and just thought he was the biggest **** deer I had ever seen. I had counted 22 points when I was too stunned to continue counting. He was too beautiful to maim with a less than perfect kill shot.

I was in that blind every day I could hunt for the next three years, but he never returned. My memory of watching him more than makes up for that when I consider how I would have felt if I missed his spine on a neck shot and he ran off to bleed out.

Perhaps you are right and most hunters would not have the moral and ethical perspective I was brought up to respect the land and game, but I think there are more than you think that do.

 

[GPintheMitten]

I know I don't have a right to a buffer zone just like I don't have a right to not get stung by a wasp on my bright white ***, but I do want to avoid it if there is a decent way of doing so. If I can ease the other hunters back my Dad will be safer and the hunt will be less likely to be interrupted by them wanting to track a deer or driving their 4 wheeler down the property line. I am a pretty easy going guy and will do everything I can to handle it in a way that would not be rude or ignorant. I will keep in perspective it is not my right to have them move back just try and see if I can get them to understand.

Fair enough. :thumbsup:

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Is your dads stand right on the property line? Is your stand on the property line as well?

 

[Rocksprings]

Johnrex62, Six blinds on 25 acres ??? and you think you can safely put several more hunters on it without shooting across other hunting areas, and you think you can do walking hunts also??? Don't mean to criticize you guy but what have you been smoking ??? There would be real big problems if you bordered my ranch.

 

[Cpjlube]

I hunt on about 100 acres in Ohio. I'm guilty of having a stand right on the property line, and because of the tendency of howling west winds my stand looks right down the line. Several hunters on the adjoining property are also on the line.
I made a point to talk with anyone I saw, to make sure we all knew where the stands and blinds were located. In one instance I marked one of their stands with orange safety tape. Because they were on the line I just tied it to a tree on my side.
When spoke with them I told them why I did so. That I wanted to make sure all hunters on my side would know where other hunters were and not to aim or shoot toward the area I also told them where my stand was. I think that a conversation with most hunters where you emphasize safety and awareness will make it better. But as long as they are on their side there isnt much you can do to stop them. I've tried to work with the hunters nearby to keep safety in mind. It's actually made them very helpful, they bowhunt alot more than I do and keep a watch for trouble ( poaching) on my side.

 

[foreman Etexas]

Johnrex62, Six blinds on 25 acres ??? and you think you can safely put several more hunters on it without shooting across other hunting areas, and you think you can do walking hunts also??? Don't mean to criticize you guy but what have you been smoking ??? There would be real big problems if you bordered my ranch.

Bow hunting I can see it but not rifles!!

 

[johnrex62]

Johnrex62, Six blinds on 25 acres ??? and you think you can safely put several more hunters on it without shooting across other hunting areas, and you think you can do walking hunts also??? Don't mean to criticize you guy but what have you been smoking ??? There would be real big problems if you bordered my ranch.

Hill country makes a big difference over flat land leases.

 

[johnrex62]

Is your dads stand right on the property line? Is your stand on the property line as well?

We gave up the lease a number of years ago when my dad wasn't able to hunt anymore and I didn't have enough time off work to afford it. My Dad's blind was a permanent ground blind about 3 feet off the property line facing down the road going up the hillside. It had been there for many years before we got the lease and as far as I know it is there still.

My stand was also permanent, but was built up in a tree about 30 feet off the ground. It was about 300 yards from my dad's blind toward the interior.

 

[MikeD74T]

Not sure where you are or how long you've been in NH but all categories of current use land are open to the public (limited to specific uses) unless posted. There is a further 10% break (on that already low assessment current use assessment) if you agree not to post to prohibit any entry.

Hunters have no business being within 300' of your house without your permission, you can fix stupid but it takes some effort.

When I referred to tax encentives I wasn't thinking about the 10% reduction but rather "current use" its self. My 2 acre house lot on the seacoast is assessed at $200K while adjacent land, wet forest, is assessed at $15 per acre. Assessments for better woods could go as high as about $200 per acre, farmland as much as $1000 per acre. At $18/mil tax rate I'd rather my land was assessed at $15 per acre than $100K/acre. Like it or not, it's the people that are allowed to use the land that pay the difference in taxes. Close all private land to the public & they'll vote that reduction out of existance. MikeD74t