hunting-me ranting

Anonymous-0 · Sep 12, 2010

neighbor came over today,offered me 4 squash,so he could hunt on my front 5 acres-I only have 10.said no.last year he had permission,"caught me off guard".then when he saw my son out front,he told my son to call him when he would be out hunting.neighbor should be calling me when he would be out there.today,when I told him no,he asked me "well how often does he hunt." when ever he wants to,my property.been plowing his 800 foot driveway for last 5-6 years,no charge-being neighborly.but when I said no to hunting,he got p----,and now wants the property surveyed.I know where the lines are at and he is on my side.done ranting,thank you.your opinions please.

Badger bob · Sep 12, 2010

I think he will cool down about the first big snow storm. Bob

larry@stinescorner · Sep 12, 2010

you still going to plow his driveway? I think maybe youll be too buzy to plow his driveway he may have to pay someone else . Dont forget to thank him for the squash!

rrlund · Sep 12, 2010

I'll bet I could make an even longer rant than that about that subject! As for the surveying,had an a-hole neighbor went balistic on me one day,said I was plowing up his yard. I went right in and called a surveyor. I owned farther over into his yard than even I thought I did. That was SWEET! He called another surveyor and had BOTH sides surveyed since I own both sides of him. Not only was mine right about the south side,but his backed him WAY off on the north side too. I made sure he was watching when I stopped the tractor,tore his No Trespassing sign off a tree over on my land and threw it in the swamp on his side. The stakes,ribbons,everything,were gone when I came back by there a few hours later.
As far as the hunting,when I give somebody permission and they start right in with the cocky "when are you going to have that crop off" crap,bye bye! I needed some birds shot off this year and was fed up with these know nothings wanting to be the exclusive hunter,then not showing up at all,or only a few times,or the worst yet,show up every day and couldn't kill a goose by strangling it,so I've been making it REAL clear. First come,first serve. If anybody else is there,leave them alone! If not,kill anything that flies. As far as deer hunting,I've got enough family hunting that they take care of that. Birds,yes,it's open season. Deer,no,not unless they're with family.

Told you I could rant longer about it than you! And that's just the begining.

Will Herring · Sep 12, 2010

People don't seem to understand that even if the landowner isn't out there hunting doesn't mean we want a bunch of yahoos out there knockin' around. It's called trespassing, damn it. :x

Gun guru · Sep 12, 2010

2 years ago my neighbor and I put up over 50 of the "NO HUNTING - NO TRESPASSING" signs. By next spring some a-hole tore all the signs down.
In Michigan it seems that every right wing guy has the "right" to hunt, no matter where he is, even it means trespassing. I aint happy about it.
I have a very wooded lot, I cant see more then 150 feet behind my house, and my property goes 450 feet back from the house. I am sure that there have been a-holes hunting back there in the day time when I am at work.

lucas boy · Sep 12, 2010

What we have here ,is a failure to communicate..

Brian G. NY · Sep 12, 2010

Yeah, look on the bright side; you"re gonna save a lot of gas and wear and tear on your plow truck this year. LOL

Spook · Sep 12, 2010

It's gotten better over the years, but I know exactly what you mean. I have had my signs ripped down, my evergreens taken for xmas trees, stuff stolen, and so on. I grew up hunting and fishing, got my first rifle about age 10. But I have come to believe that the "average" hunter is a slob, who only cares about getting a deer. Who's property he is on, or what rotten things he does to property owners or other hunters means little to these guys. Years back, I had the privlege of listening to a drunken rank from a tresspasser on his "rights". The biggest danger to our 2nd amendment rights isn't in DC, it's the idiots with guns.

just another old geezer · Sep 12, 2010

whenever you have surveying done, set posts/ permiant markers imediatly

buickanddeere · Sep 12, 2010

Around here any moving, hiding, de-facing or removal of survey stakes/pins or standard iron bars . Is a Federal offense.

Sure · Sep 12, 2010

We have the same problem ya'al do with people hunting on our land, and have hunting stands very close to our land, so this is what I do,

I go buy the cheapest Moth Balls I can find, and fill up a pail, the day before hunting, I go out and sprinkle the moth balls on all the deer runs and close to the deer stands, and I NEVER HEAR A SHOT ALL HUNTING SEASON,

SOOOOO< if any one hunts near or -- on my land, they will never see any deer any season, ha ha on them....

730 virgil · Sep 12, 2010

send the jerk a bill for plowing his snow the last several years

rrlund · Sep 12, 2010

Guess he figured since he paid for it,he could pull them. Don't make no nevermind to me. I saw them and I know where the line is anyway. He tried to tell me "Peterman's told me where that line is!". I told him Grandpa bought this place from Petermans in 1927. Which to h*ll one is still alive to tell you where that line is?
For years,he wouldn't even go in the auto parts store if I was in there. He'd sit in front of the bowling alley and wait fo me to leave. If he was in there when I walked in,he'd walk out the back door. AAHHH,good times!

rrlund · Sep 12, 2010

Oh yea,that reminds me. The guy that I had to call the surveyor on....he and his son had a stand over the line on my place. I strung up a new 5 strand barbed wire fence between our places and they came out and asked if I'd put in a gate so they could get to their stand!

1970-1655 · Sep 12, 2010

Are you located in Iowa? My dad had an uncle by the name Peterman that lived in Iowa. Some of my cousins still live close.

JDseller · Sep 12, 2010

I have quit letting anyone hunt on my ground. Five years ago my daughter was mowing the yard for the first time in the spring. I was working in the shop and heard a loud noise. She brought the mower into the shop in a few minutes. The whole side was blown out of the mower deck. She was mowing right beside the drive by the house. Nothing to hit. Went and searched the yard. Found the remains of a 12 gauge slug. That made me remember that where she had mowed the neighboring Yahoos had parked their truck there last fall. So they had drop a live shell in the yard and the mower hit it just right to make it go off.
So you add that to: leaving gates open, cutting new fence to let their dogs through, dropping junk all over the place. I had enough NO ONE HUNTS MY GROUND!!!!
As for surveying the property line. Why have you not done it already???? IF you value what you own then you should know exactly what you own and have it well marked. I have a good line fence on all of my ground. That makes no arguments over what is mine and what is theirs. I have bought several pieces of land and I always make that part of the purchase agreement, even if I have to pay for it. I have found that a good fence and survey are cheap in the long run.

kyhayman · Sep 12, 2010

First come first served here, maybe if people kill enough of the blasted deer everyone will leave me alone.

RayP(MI) · Sep 13, 2010

Taking a walk one spring, found half a dozen 20ga cartridges scattered along a fencerow. Leaky pocket????
None of the hunters with permission on my place hunt with a 20.

hoosierhog · Sep 13, 2010

I understand you alls feelings about deer hunters but I own a good chunk of ground but no woods I love to hunt and it stinks there are so many yahoos that have ruined it for the rest of us. There ARE good guys out there that are responsible and carefull and safe and will care for your land like it was there own. it stinks that now every door i knock on the land owners already have there mind made up that im some dumb redneck thats gonna shoot up all there barns and equipment and get my self hurt and sue them. It sucks it really sucks. Im just a nice guy looking to do some bow hunting.

LJS30 · Sep 13, 2010

(quoted from post at 22:46:02 09/12/10) People don't seem to understand that even if the landowner isn't out there hunting doesn't mean we want a bunch of yahoos out there knockin' around. It's called trespassing, damn it. :x

This really troubles me because I thought disrespect for private property was more of an issue with the tools here in Southern California. I once had a guy tell me straight out that he would go on my property whenever he felt like it. Well, my Remington 870 Express made him think otherwise.

Anonymous-0 · Sep 13, 2010

Surveying a property may not end a dispute, I have an issue with adjacent land owner, had my property surveyed. He had his property surveyed. Surveyors indicate different location for same description for point of beginning. How can this be in a time of GPS etc.? We settled on a mid line of overlaps.

Dave from MN · Sep 13, 2010

This weekend I discoivered some one drove through my beans, 4"tall and loaded with pods. Layed thema ll down, must have been pulling a trailer. Was on a peice I just picked up this spring. Turns out it was the brother in law of the owner, AND some one I have been friends with for 10 years. His only comment was sorry, you should have left a road for us to use between the feild and the woodline. WTF. I told him the tillable was leased, therefore it is my ground, and they have no right, mine field or some one else"s to drive over rented lands crops, even if they have permission to hunt the land. That frinedship is worthless to me now but I want to salvage the landowner relationship with myself to keep farming it. What makes me mad is they could have drove to the spot from my house had trhey stopped in.

just another old geezer · Sep 13, 2010

good fence don't always do it. Had a neighbor cut MY fence, so he could ride his atv on to my cropland to bait and hunt deer on my land without my permission. when I kicked him off, he told neighbors I was too fussy about my fences.

VaTom · Sep 13, 2010

Hog, I see ads here for situations like yours. From my experience, any landowner who doesn't designate who hunts is making a large mistake. Somebody's gonna hunt, better for the landowner to know exactly who.

My suggestion is to form a small group of friends with similar interest, then approach landowners with money in hand. If that doesn't work for you financially, offer labor, or both. For their protection and mine, the first rule is to run off anybody who doesn't belong. My woods are effectively policed. That's more important to me than anything else.

My guys get full rights, same group for the past 15 years. Membership organized by them, not me, though almost never a new face. We recognize the legal liability limitations so that it works for everyone. I get several hundred bucks, and some help when I ask. They know their tree stands will still be there the next year, waiting for them. Deer, turkey, and coyotes are automatic. Bear we negotiate (I want a substantial share).

Win-win.

pete 23 · Sep 13, 2010

It is always tough to find a place to hunt around here unless you have a personal relation ship with the land owner or renter. I have some friends that I do a lot of work for that always let me hunt their land and I hunt some state management areas. Wife's folks farm was always my favorite to hunt and she had a small acerage interest in it and we sold it to pheasants forever and now is state owned so still my favorite place but of course I now share it with a lot of others which is good. I used to put (still have it) a no hunting sign in my tool box at the dealership for people who didn't want me to hunt on their land as someone was always wanting to borrow a wrench or two for something. Most ignored it but it did bring a lot of comments and explanations.

Nancy Howell · Sep 13, 2010

I agree with the other posts. Set permanent markers and stay off his property (that includes plowing his drive). After this, he just might be looking for any way to get even.

dbernie · Sep 13, 2010

Tell him your son needs the practice huntin',
otherwise you'd let him have at it.
Got to raise your kid to be a good shot, right?
That takes practice, and you want him to be good at it, right?
Neighbor might understand then.
Just a thought.
Just hard dealin' with alot of people anymore, seems like.

bison · Sep 13, 2010

I let nobody hunt on my land,no friends,no neighbors,nobody.
I tell them,go buy your own plot if you want to hunt or go hunt on crown land.

Nancy Howell · Sep 13, 2010

In Tx you don't have to have a no trespassing sign. You can paint a purple stripe on a tree. Has to be about 3ft long and 2ft off the ground.
Can't be "torn off".

Tx law requires hunters to know where they are and if they cross a fence, regardless of whether or not is has a no trespassing sign, they can be in big trouble.

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