Deer spotlights?

Docsknotinn · Sep 23, 2005

( I think some people are missing the point here...

This whole thread, in my opinion, was about inconciderate people shining a 2mil candlepower light through someones front window. I dont care how you spin it, its wrong. )

I agree with you. Some people are missing the point. Not all activity by any one group can be lumped together. IE, Shinning means poachers, drunks and inconsiderates who shine homes.
We certainly agree that following the golden rule and obeying the law should leave only a few with their shorts in a bunch because some one shined a light in their field......
OOOH MY! /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Farmwithjunk · Sep 23, 2005

There's legal, and then there's appropriate. I'm sure YOU'D be all in favor of someone bouncing spotlights off your bedroom window at 4AM! As I've said in a few earlier posts, I used to spotlight deer. I've done it in areas where I was very familiar with. Still, we'd on occasion, "find" someones house by accident. (How much of an accident is debatable)

If you're spotlighting in a totally uninhabited area, MILES from anyones house, I'd say go for it. But where do you find places like that anymore?

There's a BUNCH of obscure laws still on the books from days gone by. They allow (or in some cases prohibit) certain activities that were OK 100 years ago, but don't apply to todays world. Just because something's legal doesn't make it RIGHT.

Bottom line is, it's illegal in my state, county, and surrounding area. Show up here with a spotlight and expect the law to be having a long conversation about your activities. (And they won't debate it, just impound your car or truck, and let you debate it with a judge)

Docsknotinn · Sep 23, 2005

( I'm sure YOU'D be all in favor of someone bouncing spotlights off your bedroom window at 4AM! )

Now that was rather uncalled for Junkster. Is this your idea of being courtious? I'm positive I never condoned any such behavior. PS. I kinda like some of those 100 year old laws. Heck I even like the Constitution and its REALLY old by your standards. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

ratter · Sep 23, 2005

Yeah, I'm not sure I made the initial post clear enough. This is all happening within a radius of a few hundred yards of my house and my neighbor's house. And both houses are in plain sight as you drive this particular stretch of road (even at night...porch lights). One field that gets spotted is actually more my yard than it is a field. It's 2 or 3 acres adjacent to my house, fenced in with the house. And as the road starts towards the house, the yard is between the road and house. Which means a light across the yard hits the house. Then there's my field across the street from my house. It's about 15 acres of open field, but my neighbor's house sits at the other side of it, so any light shined across that field has a high likelihood of going right into their living room.

Anybody who doesn't see why this is inconsiderate, and not acceptable behavior, well I'm not even sure what to say...

Oddly enough, since I posted this thread, I haven't seen a single one. Maybe they all read TBN? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Maybe I just haven't been watching enough. But in the days leading up to this thread, there were at least a half-dozen each evening that I saw.

DMF · Sep 23, 2005

( What I do think is interesting and I haven't said before is this. In NYS if you shine a spot light on a vehicle who is shining fields he can press charges against you. It falls under hunter harassment and our state does not look kindly on that. )

First off, let me state my disclamer:
I am a hunter. I own land. I shine my own fields.

That said, I can't imagine how anyone could cry "hunter harassment" if someone lit up your vehicle while you were spotting in their field? I mean, no one is really engaged in the act of hunting while they are spotting, right? If they are, around here they call it "jacking deer" and that is frowned upon by the game wardens and hunters alike.

Docsknotinn · Sep 23, 2005

" As I've said in a few earlier posts, I used to spotlight deer. I've done it in areas where I was very familiar with. Still, we'd on occasion, "find" someones house by accident. (How much of an accident is debatable.) " 

 Are you admitting you engaged in an illiegal activity in your state and further compounded this activity by "finding someones home with your light????? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

But your against shinning and breaking the law and all for common courtesy? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Robert_in_NY · Sep 23, 2005

How ever they want to write it up it is still harassment. I was with both the sheriffs and DEC as they told hunters at some of the shows we go to that if someone harasses them while they are hunting or spotlighting legally that all they have to do is call them and they will take care of it as it is illegal to harass anybody for doing something that is legal.

Second, it is illegal to shine the road let alone another car. So if it does happen I am sure you won't even have to say hunter harassment as the state police will be more then happy to come over on that call.

Spot lighting is considered a hunters activity (as this thread constantly refers back to). So I believe that is why it falls under hunter harassment. I will talk to my friends and see what they tell me defines "hunter harassment". Later.

Farmwithjunk · Sep 23, 2005

And now you start with the personal cheap shots....

I USED to spotlight. (YEARS ago) Don't anymore. I grew up.....

Docsknotinn · Sep 23, 2005

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Bottom line is, it's illegal in my state, county, and surrounding area. Show up here with a spotlight and expect the law to be having a long conversation about your activities. (And they won't debate it, just impound your car or truck, and let you debate it with a judge) ) 

 LOL, maybe you missed your own statement in reference to to shinning being illegal in your state, county and surrounding area ? /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif
Secondly I think you missed the fact that I posed a question and did not accuse or take any cheap shots. (like shinning a house! ooops /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif) 
You certainly have a very interesting perspective. One thing never changes. Those who are full of sheep dip always step in their own poo doo. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Farmwithjunk · Sep 23, 2005

( Those who are full of sheep dip always get step in their own poo doo. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

With that in mind, make certain you wipe your feet before entering your home.