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Except this guy isn't trying to hide hunting our property.

Our road in is on an old rail bed that we own.we only use 3/4 mile to drive on. Last 1/4 we let over grow. Area is about 1/4 mile by 250'. Deer love it.

I figure let the deer have it to bed in, etc. We own just under 100acres.

New neighbors to the south put a tree stand roughly 5 yards from our " no trespassing sign " facing our property.

Stand is on his property so can't say anything about that. What I think I'm gonna do is extend our road the 1/4 mile and I'll park my truck right there and walk in.

We have so many line hunters covid can't even get in.

Put your own stand within sight and hunt it a few times when you know he’s hunting. Parking the truck is a good idea but I would be within sight of it.

Brother in law mentioned putting one of our stands there but no one is willing to waste hunting time to stop someone. Somehow it always ends up on me.

I have a truck with a rusted frame, that really shouldn't be on the road anyway, I'll use. I'll set up a camera. It won't catch an arrow but if someone walks to the truck it will.

I have a stand about 200 yards up, where I can see this area. If I park and see someone sitting, I'll just double back and watch. If I'm in my stand and see a headlamp I'll go creep in watch.

Get ahold of renegade50 and Slumlord for some pointers on dealing with line hunters. They've had some fun using Irish Spring.

I have to deal with crap like this all the time. Takes the fun out of it for sure. Hope you find a way to deal with them.

We had a problem with a guy from a neighboring club setting a stand on the line looking at us. One of our guys makes a habit of walking that top ridge line in the hopes of pushing any deer deeper down the bank, into our property. When he was making his usual rounds one day, he saw the offending guy in his stand, looking over onto our property. Johnny got directly in front of the guy (about 40'), dropped his drawers and took a shiet. We all know what that can be like after a few days in camp. When he was all done, he pulled up his pants, smiled and waved to the guy and yelled to him to have a nice hunt.

Some states have laws regarding how close one can hunt to another person’s property line.

May be worthwhile to check that out.

3 gallon pump up weed sprayer with a bottle of aftershave mixed in it.

Just walk the property line and spray.

You could get some cheap wind up alarm clocks and set them on 15 minute intervals. Scatter them around close to the stand but on your side of the line. It can make opening day interesting for your neighbor and you help to keep him from falling asleep while on his stand.

If he shoots one on your property, call the game warden and press charges on him. A few trail cameras scattered around should do the trick on catching him.

Just hang Christmas tensile and a whirly bird or two around his stand. It'll move in a slight breeze and the deer can't handle that.

Good ideas. I've heard the Irish spring thing, gonna have to try it.

Frustrating. Guy to west has a 40, sits on our line for the most part. Guy to the north has 55, bunches our line. East, 120 acres but he atleast splits it up. Where he parks I know where he's hunting

This new guy has 40. All their land is good land so it's not like they need to find a tree.

Get over it. I absolutely cannot imagine bitching about someone hunting on their own property. It's a deer, for fuggs sake

Really nothing to be done if they're not
shooting across a boundary.
That's very illegal here.
I don't really understand the grass is greener
attitude a lot of people have. With a couple of
exceptions, everybody in my area has roughly
the same amount of ground, but the amount of
trespassing is nearly insanity. If you're not on
site all the time, there's little to be done besides
inviting the game warden to sit in your blind
when the offender is in place

No I'm not gonna get over it. They are facing our property 5 yards away from the line. Do you only have a 5yard shooting lane? If the stand was actually facing their property, no big deal, don't like it but whatever. This guy is hunting our land. Unless he thinks something is gonna walk directly underneath him just happened to come from our land.

Had some guys with 3 elevated box blinds within 15’ of our property line. One was literally on the line. A brace was nailed to a tree on our side. Our buggy trail to this back area ran along the fence/property line. They had a big hayfield with feeders. We had woods. That became my 4 wheeler parking spot after a guy bailed out at midmorning one day moaning that I ran a deer away from him. Every time I came out in dumped my P bottle there.

treestands have been known to get schit in. right on the seat.

So if the deer does not originate from your property you can't shoot it? What if they left his property then came back. Are you sure none of the deer you EVER shoot aren't coming from his property? Sounds like typical buthurt because you're scared that someone might shoot " your" deer.

Here's what you should do, high fence your place so no game can leave your property to get shot. Like I said, it's a flea bag deer. Get over it.

Any other legal activities that you don't allow him to do on his own property?

Once more.

Wow....drama

If he missed it on his property, and I seriously doubt he waits for it to cross onto his 5 yard shooting lane, maybe he should turn his stand the [bleep] around.

Sounds like some here don't mind hunting off other people's property. They can say my stand is legal on my property and the deer walked right up to me type of thing. You guys my neighbors?

It's the principle of it. No one gives themselves a 5 yard buffer when your 12-14' up a tree.

How hard is idea that it's private property, we pay the taxes. Don't hunt it. It's not my deer and if they shoot it legally on their property, hats off. In 9 years here I haven't shot a buck yet. None met my standards. I've seen pics of the dozens shot this fall, maybe 1 I woulda shot. I'm sure I'm not missing out.