Hunting Near Building Site

[Viking]

My brother lives on 20 acre hobby farm with cattle and dogs.  He is surrounded by 130 acres of farmland.  The other night he came home from work around 11pm and his dogs going were going nuts and the cattle seeming on edge.  After some investigation, he discovered that someone was using a rabbit distress call coyote hunting within 40 yards of his buildings (on the neighboring property).   

Besides being bad hunting etiquette, are there rules against hunting close to a building site and/or farm animals?

[Go Big Red!]

There is a certain distance you must be away from a building before discharging a firearm.

1. On another person’s private land or a public right-of-way, a person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a building occupied by humans or livestock without written permission.
2. A person may not take a wild animal with a firearm within 500 feet of a corral containing
livestock without permission.

[deadeye]

Like big read said, way too close.  Someone might want to wander over just to say hi, and mention your brothers concerns.

[whiteoakbuck]

yep big red hit it on the money 

[HUNTER2]

The way I read that is, your brother would have to own the land that guy  was on for him to need written permission. But I do know there is a distense he has to be.

[Go Big Red!]

The way I read that is, your brother would have to own the land that guy  was on for him to need written permission. But I do know there is a distense he has to be.

Or can you hunt on the neighbors land and get permission from the brother to allow you to shoot that close to his buildings and livestock. 

[naturalistmn]

By law, the hunter was too close.   No one can shoot within 500 feet of an occupied building or livestock, period.   The only way you can, is if you have permission from the person who owns the buildings or cattle.   It breaks down to just under 167 yards, another great use for a rangefinder.   This is a fairly common problem and simple to solve, get permission or don't do it.