Deer Hunter Etiquette

Actually, if people ask permission to enter your property, then, and only then do you get to make your wishes known. If people sneak in, you just don't ever get that chance.

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Popeye

While I agree with Gravytrain's good neighbor policy, your statement is a whoops, nope. Those "NO TRESPASSING" signs make my wishes known without anyone asking.

That is correct. I am assuming that the OP has his property posted. Yet his neighbor put a corn feeder on his land without asking. Those of us who object to trespassers were taken to task by another poster.

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Common sense would dictate that you don't go traipsing around on your neighbors property without permission. A person should not have to post "no trespassing" signs to notify others that they have no business being there.

That only works if your Home Owners Association has a requirement for common sense. Otherwise you have to post what's yours. Seems easier to trespass on stranger's property than to trespass on the land owned by the guy that pulled you out of a ditch last winter and didn't charge you.

And what would make a stranger respect a "no trespassing" sign? People who trespass don't care what marks or signs you have posted. It's easier or they don't give a rat's behind. No common sense, no respect. But they would have a huge hissy fit if you step on their land.

Having the landowner or especially the local police, sheriff or game warden walk up to them and ask to see written proof of permission tends to grab their attention. Everyone around here looks out for their neighbors and are more than happy to call about strange people or vehicles. I have personally escorted 3 intrepid fishermen off my property this year after my neighbor called and let me know about cars she didn't recognize. The sad part is I would probably have let them fish if they would have asked first and I told them so.

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Heck. Just hunting my fence row is grounds for trouble. Think about how that takes away your freedom to move about your own land. All deer stands should be located far enough from the fence row to allow you access to your own property line. Also are they really planning to hunt one side of the fence.
By moving away from the line you have full use of your property and they have the same.
I hear it's the law in a few states.

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You want to use all of your property but the neighbor can't??? They should be able to use there property up to the property line. If you want control of that property you should have purchased it.You need to remember that the other side of that ''fence row'' belongs to the neighbor.

Please read my response to the thread and try to understand it this time before you go preaching, Wanda

Yes I want to walk my fence any day without a hunter sitting on it. And I offer him exactly the same courtesy. I simply said back off the fence and I do the same. No guns on my fence non on his.

The law saw the problem in some states also. And if it's that hard to understand go try setting up on the edges of a hunting lease without putting proper distances between another hunter. You'll probably lose your membership.
I had a hunter set up on my fence and I put a dummy stand right next to his. He left. Was funny to me. Guess he didn't want me to have my space either.

No I don't want to control his property. Just safety on mine and his.

And for the record I don't even hunt I let others hunt for free.

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Works only if the police and game warden are willing to show up while trespasser is on your property. Around here it takes up to 30 minutes for the police to come when you call 911. And most of the time the neighbor either is or knows the trespasser.

Had to look the word up and am even more confused about that technique Etiquette

Simple and direct seems best to me ... like running a bush hog over the feeder and blind.

SIL was hunting last year but came back in early to inform me that a couple of guys were riding around on an ATV putting up No Trespassing signs .... on our land.

I caught up to them and asked why they were posting land that was not theirs. Turned out to be hired hands of a neighbor that had moved away and left them there in charge.

I walked them to the line for clarification.

They went to remove the signs.

"You guys were not listening were you? That is trespassing."

The signs remain and the line is known. No dancing around the subject was required.

No preaching on my part. I should be able to set up anywhere on my property including up to the property line. As long as I aim toward my property and not the neighbors what am I doing wrong? I am not bothering the neighboring property and they are not bothering me. In my state if you harass a legal hunter you are violating the game laws. If I face my property and the neighbor faces his we could be setting a foot apart and both be hunting safely. If people are on the line facing your way it is a very different scenario.

Unfortunately our neighbors lease to several people who have zero respect. They put a blind on our fence line next to the gate, leave trash (beer bottles and cans mostly) and last year cut down some shrubs and cacti my husband's late father had planted to make the entrance nicer. The plants were on our side of the fence!!! Unfortunately my the land owner doesn't care, as long as they pay to hunt.
So we would have a huge problem with them crossing into our land for any reason. Most of the other neighbors lease as well. We have grown to distrust most of the hunters that lease.

If you tell the neighbor not to shoot anything on your land, you are better with him on your fence line. That is better than having him 100 yards onto his property and shoot at a deer between him and your property with the bullet going onto your land.

Leased land - In Wisconsin we have what is called Managed Forest Land. You sign up for a forest management program and your taxes go down to like 75 cents and acre. Just found out a interesting little know rule with it. You can't lease the forest to anyone for hunting or other recreational uses.

people...

I don't know about that,I seen a nice buck walk up and sniff a spot where I just took a leak,,he then scraped it and pee'd on it himself ,,like i said he was a nice buck but my buck tags were already filled
I get people who "wander" onto my land as well,my north side is all Manistee National Forest so I get lots of wanders who must not realize the National forest isn't fenced off with barbed wire,if I catch them I politely (at first) let them know it's private land and they usually apologize and leave but I have caught a couple trying to sneak back in,,I just don't get,6,000 acres to the north and you have encroach my 50

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This is because such land is open for public use. If you leased it, the person would be paying for something they already have free access to. That is the price you pay in exchange for the tax break.

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I've got a neighbor who wanted to sell a hunting lease on his property come with client across my property for easy access with out permission. I told him no. But was nice enough to show him the corner of his property. He has posted no trespassing signs on his land locked fence line. He has access through his property but has to cross some 25-30 ft washes. BTW he had never introduced himself to me.