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In some states there's a "stand off" distance (a hunting stand can be no closer than ___ feet to the property line). What I would do, put up stands (cheap ground blinds) on my property facing the other stands. Then put up cheap trail cams watching the other hunter's stands. This will give the other hunters pause, shooting toward a stand would be frowned upon.
If your property isn't posted regarding hunting/trespass now, do it. Pay attention to sections where the deer stands are. Puts everyone on notice instead of assumption.
This is the answer. Even if they shoot a deer on their land and it ran onto your land, they would have to come and ask you for permission to go onto your land to retrieve the deer. When they ask, that's when you get the Game Warden involved.
Putting up feeding stations is very unsportsmanlike! It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Btw I was married to a deer hunter and enjoyed the yearly venison but would never do such a thing.
Putting up feeding stations is very unsportsmanlike! It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Btw I was married to a deer hunter and enjoyed the yearly venison but would never do such a thing.
Putting up feeding stations is very unsportsmanlike! It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Btw I was married to a deer hunter and enjoyed the yearly venison but would never do such a thing.
When I was attending the University of Alabama in the late Sixties I belonged to a very large Deer Hunting Camp over near the Mississippi border. One weekend Department of Conservation representatives came to our clubhouse and asked us to help them out with game management on a downstate conservation effort. They had what they called “dog deer” (very small full grown deer) that were overrunning the browse capacity on the conservation area they managed. They indicated we could help them by hunting the stunted deer by any method we chose (to include baiting) to reduce the deer population and re-establish the browse capacity in that management area. It was a long running project and I did not participate, but I can only assume that eventually it was successful. We have bountiful numbers of deer in Alabama to this day and I believe that hunting over bait has been allowed in this state wherever necessary to manage habitat and deer numbers.
I've got a family who (as of this year) has sole hunting rights on my 66 acres, surrounded by 3 other hunting properties. In exchange they are mowing and clearing, using their equipment. They have a feeder station with cameras. They're continuously investing time and effort improving my property and I love it.
All 3 of the other properties have deer stands on the very edge of my property, facing my property. 2 of these were just set up since the feeder went in.
I've talked to those two hunters and they assure me the stands are not on my property. But.... aren't they still hunting on my property?
I'm not going to make waves. I'm just looking for feedback.
I'm in WV and none of this is residential.
No.
They're doing nothing wrong.
You don't own the deer, no matter how much work your hunters do to improve the hunting/habitat/etc. In fact by adding a corn feeder they likely caused your neighbors to set stands there by changing deer movement.
Oftentimes, with no intention as far as hunting goes, property border areas are prime hunting areas.
On the last 40 acre tract that I leased, all 4 stands were within 30 yards of the property lines. Part of the land bordered a bean field. The other part bordered a much younger clearcut. My lease was mature forest.
The area that bordered the bean field, was a high traffic area for deer for a lot of reasons. They'd hang out there because the field edge meant that more sun penetrated that first 10-15 feet of my lease and it grew thicker and had more browse. Deer would hang out there and meander the border before walking out into the bean field, often at dark.
The other two were on a path through the corner of the property between a young clearcut and another neighbor that had a feeder. The younger clearcut pine plantation grew up and deer bedded in it. They'd come into my lease to feed on mast and browse during parts of the season and through it to the feeder or bean field other times.
Pushing deep into the interior of the property to hunt it mostly just meant that I pushed deer off the property.
Putting up feeding stations is very unsportsmanlike! It’s like shooting fish in a barrel. Btw I was married to a deer hunter and enjoyed the yearly venison but would never do such a thing.
It doesn't matter what you think. It's legal in many States. We use live bait for fishing too but not many seem to have a problem with that. Why with bait?
Lot's of people have levels of what they think are integrity. The bow guys think someone using a gun is cheating. The spear guys think someone using a bow is cheating. The vegans think anyone eating meat is a horrible person.
If the stand(s) was at the property line and facing my land I wouldn’t be very happy about it.
I would take pictures and review them with the local DNR office to get their input and advice on this matter.
Different areas have different laws regarding this behavior and you should find out how this pertains to your situation.
I would also install game cams that can clearly show the activity of the deer stands.
While you don’t own the actual game you do own the land they may or may not be hunted on.
If they are indeed hunting on your land they are stealing from you and you have every right to be compensated.
I’m not sure about your area but I do know that in Texas they have really strict policies when it comes to this. They view it as stealing your income and get all Texan about it.
If the stand(s) was at the property line and facing my land I wouldn’t be very happy about it.
I would take pictures and review them with the local DNR office to get their input and advice on this matter.
Different areas have different laws regarding this behavior and you should find out how this pertains to your situation.
I would also install game cams that can clearly show the activity of the deer stands.
While you don’t own the actual game you do own the land they may or may not be hunted on.
If they are indeed hunting on your land they are stealing from you and you have every right to be compensated.
I’m not sure about your area but I do know that in Texas they have really strict policies when it comes to this. They view it as stealing your income and get all Texan about it.
Are there really places that have laws regarding which direction a deer stand can face? Really?
Are there really places that have laws regarding which direction a deer stand can face? Really?
There *might* be states that have rules about distance to a property line but I have a hard time even believing that, having lived and hunted in a large variety of states. There are rules about shooting X distance from a home/church/etc. Supposedly some states have trespass by projectile. But even still, people are making all sorts of assumptions based on where the seat/ladder of the stand face.
That's patently ridiculous, for a lot of reasons. For example, where I recently got a deer, I sat facing north, with deer coming from the northwest, but when I shot the deer was broadside and the projectile was directed almost due west, which makes sense if you're a right handed person.
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