Another member raised a good question about setting a stand along a property line. Is it appropriate and what are your thoughts? I want to know this....would you be upset if the neighboring property owner walked by on a stroll while you were hunting?
It never makes me happy to be on stand and see somebody go by, but if they own the property, they can do whatever they want. My first sit in ohio this year I had 7 people go by me in the first hour, was I happy? hell nah, but they had permission to be there so what can I do? For all I know they were local guys that had an out of stater in their spot. If its a legal matter, I suppose its a bit different, but if the only thing they are doing wrong is messing up a hunt, then I guess its up to the hunter to find a different spot and hunt the pressure. I`ve heard a lot of guys talk about different deer that they "could" have harevseted, but they didn't... I think its happened to all of us. Its not always about patterning a deer, but sometimes or more often its about hunting on pressure.
I know all the neighbor's to the land I hunt. No one would have a problem with me hunting the line as long as I shot on the land I have permission for... which I would. I see enough slobs hunters and I will not be one of them. I also want to keep the neighbor's happy so they let me retrieve deer should it run on their side. Tim
Oh and if the neighbor property owner walked by or drove by... it is just the breaks. If they know I am out there, they usually don't though. Tim
I dont sit on property lines and I dont like stands on mine. I have had people lower my fence and trim lanes onto my property. Nothing good can ever come from sitting on the line. Fencehuggers are d-bags.
I won't hunt right on the edges. Kind of a respect thing. I felt bad when I was with in 30 yards of the line on a couple of occasions hence why I don't do it much. Honestly I would rather not have them do it although I've saw them do it countless times. It is what it is.
Don't care for property line hunters. Nothing good can come from it. They either shoot our way or "forget" where the property line is.
I guess it depends on the relationship with your neighbors. One of the areas I hunt is a long narrow strip of land. In some places maybe 40-50 yards wide. You're gonna be near a line no matter where you sit. And sometimes sitting on the line shooting back toward the bulk of the property is your best option.
I stay away from them. I don't want to deal with seeing other people or other people seeing me. I have enough to focus on with my own land without stretching the limits and hunting the edge of someone elses. Good relationship with the neighbors and they do the same. I have never seen a stand anywhere I can see with my own eyes near the edge of my land. We also have a mutual understanding that any deer that happens to cross the line after being hit can be recovered without question.
Really the issue comes when guys sit the line facing the property they don't own. You know where they plan to shoot, onto your property. If they are doing what rybo said, sitting and shooting back into their own property then I don't really have an issue with it. I hunt the majority on public land but do have permission on a farm in Ohio. On one side we have sole permission on that farm too, but the other side is lined by power line, then a housing plan. I see guys all the time walking his property line or sitting by the Posted signs hunting. Not much you can do though unless you catch them crossing the line or shooting onto your land.
I hunt the best spots to kill a big buck. If that happens to be a property line, then so be it. I will not shoot across the line, and I expect the same courtesy from the neighbors, but I certainly don't see anything wrong with sitting close to the property line. And for those against it, how close is too close? Where do you draw the line?
We have a few stands that are close to property lines, but they have been discussed then with adjoining property owners. We have a mutual agreement on no shooting across the lines, and on retrieval of anything shot that crosses the line. Only takes one time of breaking an agreement to mess up good relations with adjoining property owners.
Idk what the rest of your guys state laws are, but in Iowa if we shoot a deer and it goes over the fence line, we can leave our weapons to retrieve the animal.
I can think of a couple good reason for sitting on a property line... Granted we had permission from the different landowners on both sides of the property line... so I will let that d-bag comment slide this time. :p ( joking ) Property lines here can be the best spots to hunt as you are going from one type of edge cover to a different type of edge cover here. The deer tend to travel them. I like hunting edges. I would really be a good neighbor if I lived by your hunting land !! Tim
We have an area on our land where the neighbors hedge row ends right at the line. This hedge row is all old scrubby apple trees and thick brush leading into our woods directly from his food plots. The deer absolutely pour down this line and into our woods. We would be morons not to sit there. I think maybe the real question and the real problem comes from stands RIGHT ON the line and facing into your land. I don't have a problem with any stand on legally owned land as long as it doesn't appear to be trying to be in position to shoot into our land should the chance arise. Our neighbor has a stand 20 yards from our line facing into a beautiful part of his land where I have seen a few good bucks on their feet. Again he would be stupid if he didn't.
Okay d-bags listen up.....you are only a d-bag if you are sitting right on my property line and the stand is obviously positioned to allow you to shoot game on my side of the fence and you do not have permission. Carry on......
This.....its pretty clear when youre being an *** about it Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 2
I'm torn the land owner is allowed to hunt anywhere on their property they please. However its a sticky place to be, to me as a land owner you're sitting there doesn't do anything but give you access to shoot on my property. We've had more than one time that a neighbor called us to collect a dear that they "Shot on their property and jumped a fence" only to find the animal dropped 50+ yards on our property with no blood trail. People with smaller tracks of land might not have much choice but to hunt property lines. So again it depends I guess on your relationship with your neighbor.
If I've told you once I've said it a thousand times.........that's just the comfortable side of the tree Just because the gut pile and drag marks are on your side of the fence..........don't get hung up on little details like that.
Hope you enjoy the life sized posters of me nude in various poses tacked to the trees on my side.......:p
