how do you handle this?

[The General]

Not directed at Cody but to those of you who are going to sabotage this persons hunt. My second thought is as long as this person has the stand on his/her property and shoots the deer on his/her property stop complaining.  I also hope you would be sportsman enough to allow this person to go on to your property to retrieve a wounded animal that he/she shot on his/her property.  I also hope he/she would allow the same if you shot an animal that ran on to his/her property.  

You could also put up a 15 foot high fence all the way around your property to keep deer from coming in or getting out.  God forbid someone else shot a deer that stepped foot, at one time or another, on your property.

[beeker]

no one likes to be cut off, it's just bad manners regardless of what type of land your on public or private. and to set up in an area where your that close to a known boarder facing the neighbors land.. hard to think that they wouldn't at some point be scoping that area, your just inviting trouble regardless of how nice a spot it is/ the trail doesnt' start in that exact spot move over make room.. why invite issue. it's not saying much for sportsmenship on the person who set up the stands behalf.

[Outdoors Junkie]

Not directed at Cody but to those of you who are going to sabotage this persons hunt. My second thought is as long as this person has the stand on his/her property and shoots the deer on his/her property stop complaining.  I also hope you would be sportsman enough to allow this person to go on to your property to retrieve a wounded animal that he/she shot on his/her property.  I also hope he/she would allow the same if you shot an animal that ran on to his/her property.  

You could also put up a 15 foot high fence all the way around your property to keep deer from coming in or getting out.  God forbid someone else shot a deer that stepped foot, at one time or another, on your property.

From the information provided by Cody, this person(s) is not (or has not in the past) been very respectful.  Cody has described trying to talk to this person(s) and having him ignore each conversation.  I like deadeye suggestion of making an agreement to have stands 100 yards off property line (so that neighboring stands would be at least 200 yards away) but it sounds as if this person(s) is not willing to do that and continues to push the issue by moving closer and closer and place stands facing the property line.  It is hard to work with someone that is not willing to work with you.

General, I like your post and feel it is great to remind everyone to take the higher road and be sportsman.  Some of us get caught up in the emotion because of having to deal with similiar people in our past experiences in the woods.  It is fun to joke about what we could do to negatively impact these peoples hunt...I can think of a lot more.     But in the end, it is up to us to take the higher road, lead by example, and be sportsman first. 

[Cody Gruchow]

its all fun to joke about, like already said. but im not going to sabotage anyones hunt even if they are diliberatly(sp) going against what we asked them not to do. i could care less if someone else on neighbooring propertys shoot a deer and it crosses just as long as they call us and let us know, heck im even more than happy to help look for the deer. but when your on stand and you all of sudden have guys walking down the 4-wheeler trail towards you but they dont see you and you confront them. theres always going to be someone tresspassing thats "looking for a deer that they crippled" never mind asking me if i seen it come by, and try to continue walking, until i get annoyed and tell them to leave the property and come back in the morning. but thats only somewhat related to this topic. what it comes down to is if they actually care or not, and lets face in there are more than a few that care.

[The General]

I know you would Cody you seem like a pretty good person.  Sorry I didn't see this person isn't a very nice guy.  But I still believe some more information needs to be known.  I have a 20 acre woods/CRP as one of my bow hunting spots.  I have 2 stands on the edge that I can get in and out without spooking the deer and the wind chooses the stand for me.  If I had to go a 100 yards from the property line it would be a worthless spot to hunt because I would scare all the deer out getting to my stand.  Plus the guy the rents the farm land but not the CRP or the 10 acres of evergreens.  But then owns some kick butt hunting land about 400 acres that butts up to the land I hunt (I only hunt this a few weeks out of the year).  He thinks he owns every deer in the Tri-county area.  He has come right out to my stand before while I'm hunting to lay the "RULES" down.  I have never said anything but "yes sir" and he is still a complete arse.  In my mine I'm like FFS you have some of the best land around to deer hunt.  It's only me here hunting and I'm only allowed to take ONE deer.  Now if he was going to tell me where I could put a stand I would put my foot up his

[dakids]

Cody patern the hunters and use them to your advantage.  Pick your stand acording to the wind and how they get to their stands and their stand locations.  Go big.  What I mean by this is get a big arial map and mark ALL stand locations, Yours and theirs. Mark all trails and bedding areas.  Keep updating the map with beds, sightings,  Old scrapes, rubs.  Add all the pieces together and get a game plan.  The other hunters can help you more than you know.

[Cody Gruchow]

well it has altered the deer movement a little but not to much. there more of gun hunters than anything, and i dont gun hunt in that part of the woods. its more of the fact that they do it to bother us it seems like

[thunderpout]

For sure they are.... if they aim their stand right at your land its hard to take it another way... its one thing to put a stand on an edge or corner of their land (all the power to them!), but they are definatly sending a message setting it up the way they did.....