Ok I have to explain the situation in order to ask the question. We have hunted the same lease for a while now. This year a clearing was made and an existing fence was pulled up and a new one was put in. We did not think nothing of it, thought they put in a pipe line of some sort. We investigated it only to find out that the new fence put up took about a 150 acres from us, still not that big of a deal not many deer traveled that particular area plus we lease over 5000 acres. All of the sudden a feeder was put up right on the new fence line less than 20 yards away. Our lease states that we cannot hunt less than two hundred yards from the fence line on surrounding properties just out of respect for surrounding hunters. This is our rule not everyones. Since we live 6 hrs from the lease we only get to make trips about once a month to check on everything. It seems that this last time we went one of our feeders was tampered with. The cover was unscrewed and the wiring and the timer was pulled out. First thought was a racoon. After looking things over a little bit we seem to think that it was vandalized, (not a normal problem where we hunt).

My question is this since I know he has the right to hunt the fence, I do not want to vandalize anything. What should we do? We have discussed the problem with the rancher and the other land owner which seems to be a jerk. I was thinking along the lines of putting some kind of repellant scent along the fence line but not sure what to use. Maybe this is just as bad as vandalizing that is why I am asking for opinions.