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Author Topic: Neighbor issues.  (Read 1570 times)

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Offline deadeye

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There is one group of hunters next to me that shoot every deer they see.  If they tag out, they go get other tags and just keep shooting deer as long as they can.  I know it's their land (actually not all is their's as they also hunt on land owned by a guy who died a few years ago)
so they can do what ever they want.  However, they always manage to poach a deer or two from my land evey year.  They usually wait until we leave for the day (some days we leave camp after lunch) and then hunt the fields by my camp site.  On Saturday evening they wounded a fawn near my camp. (about 250 yards into my property.  I guess they assumed we were not hunting Sunday (we came in from a different direction and the camp site looked empty) so they were in the area "looking" for the deer when one of us saw them.  Being they were on my property they had to more or less confess where the deer was wounded.   He didn't say anything to them about the obvious shooting on my land.  I see them from time to time and haven't decided what if anything to say to them.    :scratch:
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Offline jigglestick

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just go dump corn piles on their property all over the place and then call the warden. doesn't matter who put them there, they cant hunt the site for 10 days after it's all gone :king:

after seeing how many deer you saw and the quality and number of bucks you let walk this season, the only real issues with your neighbors that I see are the tresspassing issues. if you don't follow proper procedure and follow through, then you have no real issues.
the corn thing could still be fun though :whistling:
« Last Edit: November 11/15/10, 11:06:19 AM by jigglestick »
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Offline JECAMERON

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Unfortunately nothing you say to them will change their ways, and creating bad blood when it comes to deer hunting can lead to bad situations.
IMO, your best bet would be to collectively and calmly discuss your issues with them being on your property. I would imagine it would be hard for someone to boldly be a jerk to a gentleman like yourself.  ;)
Or you could call the warden on them.
I feel like I remember reading about you having issues with them in the past... like baiting on the property line or something like that... Am I right?

Offline HUNTER2

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Just tell them to keep the hell off your land or you will kick there  :moon:
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Offline steiny

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I'm was in the same boat Deadeye.  Last year after season, I made it a point to stop over at thier ring leaders house after supper.  Stayed calm, asked him about his season and talked to him about what our group was trying to do as far as QDM.  It's obvious they aren't into QDM.  But I made the point and told them that basically I know they come onto our land and it would be greatly appreciated if they would put a halt to that.
I went onto to say if a wounded deer crosses the fence line to call me (he has my #s)  I or someone from our group would meet him and tag along.
I left with a handshake and this year I never saw orange near our fenceline.
It may or may not last - but it worked this year. 

Offline beeker

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stupid neighbors suck.. the 12 guys that hunt the 20 north of us didn't show up this year.. I let the neighbor between us know they were hunting his land.. he gave me permission to post it. maybe that kept them out of the woods hard to say.. they were slob hunters and it would sound like a firing line when a tiny doe would walk by.

I think steiny has the right idea. let the neighbor know they get a pass this year and next year it will be handled through the authorities
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Offline deadeye

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JECAMERON, no it's not the ones who baited before.  That guy and his daughter hunted there this year and as far as I know, no bait was used.

Steiny, I have discussed QDM with them in the past.  I usually make it a practice to stop by with a big deer or have pictures to show them.  They are aware that you have to let the little bucks go if you want more big ones.  They just want deer which is their right and I understand that. 

One thing they have lost is any chance of hunting (by invite) on my property.  In the past I used to let them (two guys and their kids) hunt my land at the end of the season.  That stopped when I they brought in three pickups of hunters in one year.  Also, they would call and ask to go muzzle loader hunting on my land.  My answer was simply "It wouldn't make sense for me to let small bucks go during rifle season just to have you come and shoot them with a muzzle loader".

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