I was doing ok with this thread and was getting a bit disturbed by the farmer killing off so many deer, ok, that is right up to the part about the farm land being in very very small plots of land. I don' t know about Pa. law and farmer' s rights but here in Ga. if deer are destroying private property the owner can take action against the deer without impunity. Numbers don' t matter in this case either. But the question is lingering now in my mind about the 400 acres with food plots throughout vs. the small plots of farm land. We have a similar situation here with a neighbor except he had leased his land to a couple of ' good ol boys' to rid him of the deer. The leasees never showed up and the deer have destroyed the property owner' s crops repeatedly. He finally approached us with the delima. We agreed to take a look at what we can do. Now the problem, the farmer' s neighbors have done everything possible to keep us from hunting this poor guy' s land.They have even gone so far as to make pets out of as many as they can and we have had the deer walk up to us literally as we got out of our vehicles looking for a handout. We have talked with the neighbors and it has taken several years now to get them to accept what we are trying to do, but slowly as it has gone we are making progress and perhaps by the end of this season we can begin to help the farmer out. Patience is a virtue and diplomacy is usually a good tool to use. Bottom line is research what Pa. law says about this situation, talk with the people at the top of the food chain in the wildlife enforcement division. But try to talk with the farmer in civil terms and then try again and keep trying being sincere with him not bashing him or putting him on the defensive. Listen to his problem with the deer and gently guide him in the direction of letting you and your family help keep the deer off his property. Then if this fails, remember you have 400 acres to hunt and I know of many many hunters who would love to be able to hunt that large a piece of property. Approach the actual land owner as was suggested and see if you can buy out the lease.