Property Line Hunters

[scesnick]

I think the worst case I have had on my property was some clown that noticed my deer feeder about 50 yrds inside my property line. He decided to put a permanent stand in the woodline right on the edge of my property.
I guess he thought he was off my property and on the state owned land.
Well, I threw my climbing stand up a tree and watched my feeder and then I noticed this guy in his stand. He got all bent out and stormed off. No biggie to me really. The next morning I went to hunt that spot again and my feeder was gone !

So, I went home and grabbed my Mossberg and two boxes of bird shot and proceeded to take that stand out of that tree ( which was actually my tree) one shot at a time...

 

[tcreeley]

I've got a neighbor who likes to shift onto my side. I posted, then found his posts on my side. I tore them down. Closer to the road, whenever he wanted to move equipment around, he'd shoot up my side then back to his. I tried fiberglass poles, cement blocks - didn't work What made the difference was when I ran a single line of white electric fence tape. It wasn't even plugged in. Now he stays on his side and has stopped playing games.

 

[bullbreaker]

So, I went home and grabbed my Mossberg and two boxes of bird shot and proceeded to take that stand out of that tree ( which was actually my tree) one shot at a time...

Sorry they (some) POS got your feeder.

To bad he was'nt sittin in it when you came back,that would have been one less spot to fertilize with manure when your doing your pasture maintenance !

:laughing: :thumbsup:


Boone

 

[MikeD74T]

I took up target archery about 1-1/2 years ago with my grandson & we joined an indoor league ( mostly hunters) last winter. Had great fun but observed something funny about stand hunters, they think they have exclusive rights to anything/everything within 1/2 mile of their stand regardless of on public or private land. I've hunted for nearly 50 years without thinking I "owned" the woods merely because of my presence.

We took an archery hunters' safety course this fall. NH is very liberal regarding hunting on private land. Although landowner permission is highly recommended it is not required unless land is posted. The conservation officer also reminded attendees that despite land belonging to landowners, the wildlife belongs to the state, so if wounded game goes onto posted land seek permission to retrieve & if denied contact F&G. They have the authority to enter posted land for game retrieval & the landowner has no rights toward game they didn't legally shoot. MikeD74T

 

[DT86]

Too everyone that seems to think that making a bunch of noise, ie. bushhog , utv, chainsaw ect will scare them off... "my" dear are so used to me being around that they don't pay me any mind when I'm doing these things. But if this works in your neck of the wood you may just run a big buck their way! Wouldn't that suck. I would love to catch a tree stand in one of my trees, I'd just cut the tree down for fire wood!!

 

[wdchyd]

I took up target archery about 1-1/2 years ago with my grandson & we joined an indoor league ( mostly hunters) last winter. Had great fun but observed something funny about stand hunters, they think they have exclusive rights to anything/everything within 1/2 mile of their stand regardless of on public or private land. I've hunted for nearly 50 years without thinking I "owned" the woods merely because of my presence.

We took an archery hunters' safety course this fall. NH is very liberal regarding hunting on private land. Although landowner permission is highly recommended it is not required unless land is posted. The conservation officer also reminded attendees that despite land belonging to landowners, the wildlife belongs to the state, so if wounded game goes onto posted land seek permission to retrieve & if denied contact F&G. They have the authority to enter posted land for game retrieval & the landowner has no rights toward game they didn't legally shoot. MikeD74T

Mike, you and I are on the same wavelength......I totally agree with your view on some hunters "spot"...Do you have any links/sources on the NH &G laws pertaining to F&G CO's authority to enter posted land....

This subject was discussed on another website regarding "Tracking dogs" and there was discussions about tracking dog handlers and their ability to enter posted land......someone there said it was legal and others said it was not...

Maybe you can help me to understand and verify.....Thanx

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Too everyone that seems to think that making a bunch of noise, ie. bushhog , utv, chainsaw ect will scare them off... "my" dear are so used to me being around that they don't pay me any mind when I'm doing these things. But if this works in your neck of the wood you may just run a big buck their way! Wouldn't that suck. I would love to catch a tree stand in one of my trees, I'd just cut the tree down for fire wood!!

Last spring I was pushing back field edges around one of my fields. I didn't think nothing of it as I pushed trees over and they fall into the woods. Well, I buried one tree stand completely with a tree. The stand is intact but the other tree has wedged around the tree its in so tightly that its going to be very difficult to get to. They never came back for it and haven't used it since either. On the opposite corner I pushed a tree over and it came down the back side of a tree another stand was in. The only reason I even knew that stand was there is when I saw them trimming that tree back so they could access their stand. That ground isn't posted as its just open field and vineyard. Nothing we worried about hunting deer on (its great for turkey though).

 

[foreman Etexas]

A positive is if they are setting up on the fence-line,there shots are down fence-line or shooting back into there place and stray bullets not over into yours.

 

[DT86]

A positive is if they are setting up on the fence-line,there shots are down fence-line or shooting back into there place and stray bullets not over into yours.

I'd say you are mostly right but not always, I was out driving around on the farm checking fence rows one year and came across one of those tent like blinds set up in a briar patch (where only a rabbit would go) ten feet from the line with the window facing our nice open field. I just blew the horn a few times and let it go, haven't been back since. :laughing:

 

[Dan Hunter]

I hate to hear of people that don't respect the property rights of others. Personally, other than a brief period that my neighbor's cattle came to visit and we worked together to get them back and fix the fence, I've never seen a footprint that wasn't my wife's or mine.

Now, I understand the deer belong to the state but I paid a fair amount for my 77.4 acres and anyone that thought they could harvest deer on my land would have a big problem - not just with the state - but with me.

I won't give them a ride home when they find their vehicle disabled and waiting for the game folk that will enforce state law. I'm out at my place every weekend through bow and BP and every day of general rifle. We hunt multiple locations throughout the ranch and are very careful regarding field of fire. Should trespassers persist in attempting to access my land or fire into my ranch, they had better be prepared to be viewed as an assault risk.