Hmmm, it seems we are lacking some perspective here. We are talking about a deer, right? So that deer, as much as I love and respect the animals, is worth a human life. Don't think so.

This BMW guys sounds like a real douche, but he is simply upholding his rights as a landowner. We always have fear that our rights as hunters will be taken away, so we cannot trample on his rights regardless of the kind of person he is.

Twil, your situation really sucks man. I'm sorry to hear you lost that buck. What I would do in the future, and have done in the past is build a natural barrier on the edge of the property you have permission on in the off season that will funnel deer away from the border and make it difficult for deer to get to his land. By fall they will have adjusted their patterns and you will have saved yourself the headache of having to deal with this again.

Good luck.