Some peoples kids

[deadeye]

Last week the neighbors (neighbors to my brother in law) put up a new enclosed stand about 75 yards from their other stand. The other stand was 20 feet off the line and the new one is less than 10 feet from my brother in laws land. Being it's on a corner of their land it's within feet of two other landowners besides my brother in laws.  We never said anything about the one 20 feet off the line (last year they shot a deer on my brother in laws land from this stand) or anything about one of their ladder stands fully 30 feet onto my brother in laws land. What do people like this think.  Do they really think it's ok.  They own 25 acres but by stand placement probably hunt 100 acres. Because we drive through their land on the way to mine I often stop in to chat and have told them we will only drive in before sunup, around midday and after sundown. Well that's about to change.  From now on we will come and go as we please. 

The land past the rock (survey pin) and behind the stand belongs to a different landowner.
The land to the left past the rock to another landowner.
I'm standing on my brother in laws land taking this picture.
Just where can they lawfully shoot.


I'm on my brother in laws land and all the land to the left belongs to other landowners.


I'm on a neighbors land. If you click on the photo you can see the other stand. The property line goes from the rock
just past the stand to the right of the low brush past the stand.  About 20 feet to the right of the other stand.

[Steve-o]

I reckon you have more experience dealing with fellow land owner and trespassers than most of us.

Sounds to me like you are doing the right thing.  You could give them a more stern warning when you see them this year, and come and go at all hours of the day as you suggest, but I suppose the only real recourse you have is to catch them red-handed retrieving a deer from your B.I.L.'s property and calling the Game Warden.

Unfortunately, you guys have more to loose than gain from a confrontation.  Pi$$ed off neighbors can do a lot of damage when you are away from your property.

[Leech~~]

If I were you.  I would get about 6 No Hunting signs.  Put them on about 12' foot poles and place them on my land line and your brother-in-laws so they are clearly visible, and blocking the view from their stand!  A few cameras around too.   

[Jerkbiat]

I was thinking the same as Leech. But, my sign would be a 4x8 sheet of plywood.

[glenn57]

I was thinking the same as Leech. But, my sign would be a 4x8 sheet of plywood.

make sure it's treated, lasts longer.

[deadeye]

I'm thinking of planting a deer decoy about 100 yards across the field on our land. I would put it back in the woods so they wouldn't get a good view of it in the shadows probably put on some small antlers.  It would be hard to deny shooting small bucks on our land when the decoy is blasted opening morning.  Could put a damper on their hunt as well.   

[dakids]

I'm thinking of planting a deer decoy about 100 yards across the field on our land. I would put it back in the woods so they wouldn't get a good view of it in the shadows probably put on some small antlers.  It would be hard to deny shooting small bucks on our land when the decoy is blasted opening morning.  Could put a damper on their hunt as well. 

Now this is funny.

[savage270]

Some idiot did this to us at our old farm, building a stad about 10 feet off the property line. I built a stand in the exact same place,  10feet onto our property and put a trail camera on one of the legs,  facing his stand. That seemed to do the trick for us.

[LPS]

Do they know where the line is DE?  They would be better off 100 yards into their land at least.  Maybe they just don't realize that.  ????  So they are set up to shoot deer that leave your land onto their land.  I am sure it is hard for them to resist shooting anything they see.

[deadeye]

LPS,
Yes they do know where the corner is located. They are the ones that put the rock (right on top) on the survey pin. I usually tell the neighbors that we should each keep our stands 100 yards off the property lines that way we are 200 yards apart and generally no issues.
It doesn't work here because they only own 25 acres and due to the shape keeping stands 100 yards from neighboring property would leave them 3.5 acres to put stands on. 

Steve-o,
I have pictures of them dragging a deer off my brother in laws land.  I don't plan to get in the middle of this as my property starts almost a half mile from theirs. My brother in law isn't too aggressive and simply hunts someplace away from them. It's just isn't very neighborly the way they act. I may put up some cameras.

[snow1]

I'm thinking of planting a deer decoy about 100 yards across the field on our land. I would put it back in the woods so they wouldn't get a good view of it in the shadows probably put on some small antlers.  It would be hard to deny shooting small bucks on our land when the decoy is blasted opening morning.  Could put a damper on their hunt as well. 

great idea,maybe add remote control for head movement.


this neighbor has issues,first it's illegal to shoot across property lines,but to put that house 10'off the property is a d---head move.These people have the attitude "what's mine is mine and what's yours is mine B.S. could be a saftety issue as well,I would chat with these folks convey your thoughts,heavy on no shooting across property line for starters,if need be get the CO involved showing him the deer drag,clowns like this know what you have from your planted fields to your deer herd,your doing all the right thing's/work D.E. and these clowns reap the benifits.I understand getting along with neighbors....BUT.

[deadeye]

During the almost 30 years I’ve owned this land I have only asked people to leave three times. Each of the three parties knew full well where they were. I have learned that it doesn’t matter how nice you are, what you say or do, the story will come back that you am a horrible person and did this or that and threatened them, and ran them off. Not sure how to change this as the stories spread like wildfire in the local bars.

 I watched a party of 3 shoot a turkey.  They acknowledged being on my land and knowing they were not invited.  I let them go with their turkey. They were relatives of a neighboring landowner.  Years later during conversation with a local I was told about how I had run them off, called the DNR got them in trouble etc.

While working at the land (not hunting) during muzzle loader season I heard a few shots on our land. I went to the area and found three hunters. Again they were relatives of a neighbor.  At first they indicated they were on the neighbor property but soon admitted they were not.  Being the neighbor’s brother in law was in a stand not on my land I walked with the others to him showing them where the property line was. I then proceeded to GIVE them permission to hunt 80 acres on the west end of our land. Years later I heard about this encounter in a different light. Again I was the bad guy running them off the land. Nothing said about letting them hunt the 80 acres. 

Basically same story when after seeing damage in a field I checked a big jacked up truck to see if it had grass pinched in the rims. I told the owner what happened and was in no way indicating he was the one. He was the nephew of a neighbor and I later heard from the neighbor that I accused him of this and that and threatened to call the Sheriff. None of which was true. 

The local’s gossip and make false statements and stories more than you see on Facebook.  On the bright side, other than some people thinking I’m an A-hole, word may get around that it’s not ok trespass there.  It’s funny how people will tell a story about their trespassing and then trying to make the landowner the bad guy for asking them to leave.     
 

[Steve-o]

Seems to me the Good Book says somthin' about not bearing false witness against your neighbor - or coveting your neighbor's goods.

I've even seen that carved into some tablets that used to be displayed prominently outside of city hall buildings, but those to are getting harder and harder to find all the time.

[snow1]

Well D.E. you are a patient man....more than I would be under these circumstances,"as the bar stool turns"


all the pics of your land I donot remember seeing a "no tresspass" sign?

all this brain damage from slob hunters,even tho they know the property line,post it up tight,maybe chat with your local CO and express your concerns with rifle season near,but the warden driving down your property line on opening day with slob hunters in they're stand might help,put the "hey,this guy is serious".

Seems,folks like this alway imbellish stories,so make it true,never know one day things could get ugly,as these encounters keep happening.

remember the deadly trespass encounter several years ago in wisc opening deer season,land owner and a couple of his friends were shot dead by a trespasser they were evicting.,being nice ain't working,or start a scentline,have your group pound some beer,then wheeler out to this stand and mark the heck out of it,enough beer hit the fence line.

But I do like you decoy idea,wardens use remote control to really finish off the slob hunter

[Leech~~]

During the almost 30 years I’ve owned this land I have only asked people to leave three times. Each of the three parties knew full well where they were. I have learned that it doesn’t matter how nice you are, what you say or do, the story will come back that you am a horrible person and did this or that and threatened them, and ran them off. Not sure how to change this as the stories spread like wildfire in the local bars.

 I watched a party of 3 shoot a turkey.  They acknowledged being on my land and knowing they were not invited.  I let them go with their turkey. They were relatives of a neighboring landowner.  Years later during conversation with a local I was told about how I had run them off, called the DNR got them in trouble etc.

While working at the land (not hunting) during muzzle loader season I heard a few shots on our land. I went to the area and found three hunters. Again they were relatives of a neighbor.  At first they indicated they were on the neighbor property but soon admitted they were not.  Being the neighbor’s brother in law was in a stand not on my land I walked with the others to him showing them where the property line was. I then proceeded to GIVE them permission to hunt 80 acres on the west end of our land. Years later I heard about this encounter in a different light. Again I was the bad guy running them off the land. Nothing said about letting them hunt the 80 acres. 

Basically same story when after seeing damage in a field I checked a big jacked up truck to see if it had grass pinched in the rims. I told the owner what happened and was in no way indicating he was the one. He was the nephew of a neighbor and I later heard from the neighbor that I accused him of this and that and threatened to call the Sheriff. None of which was true. 

The local’s gossip and make false statements and stories more than you see on Facebook.  On the bright side, other than some people thinking I’m an A-hole, word may get around that it’s not ok trespass there.  It’s funny how people will tell a story about their trespassing and then trying to make the landowner the bad guy for asking them to leave.     
 

  deadeye, your a land owner who has spent a lot of time and money on your own property improving it for yourself, family and friends.  If you want to run an amusement park for the neighbors, then hang a great big damn"Deadyeye's Amusement Park" sign out front!   Or start raising some cane with these folks to stay the hell off your land!  I would rather have everyone think I was some crazy bast-ard and stay off then be a push over they can take advantage of.  In a good Cristian way of course! 

[Steve-o]

Maybe you could get one of these signs and post it between the neighbor's stand and the brother-in-law's tree line...

It might be fun to count how many bullets the guy wastes plinking it.

[KEN W]

You say you "drive through their land to get to get to yours." Can they close the road to you if you make a big stink? If not.....I wouldn't put up with this crap. They know no boundaries. Even putting a stand on your brother in laws land, and shooting a deer on his land.