Hunting ruined...
11-01-2006 | 10:06 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Abilene, Texas
RE: Hunting ruined...
I don't care that they were on their own land doing whatever they were doing. It sucks though that they drove right up to where I was hunting, within 40 yards got out and stood around for a while. We have also had problems with them comming over onto our land and breaking into a little hunting lodge that we have and stealing this out of it as well as breaking deer feeder motors and other things of this nature. I am merely saying that they shouldn't come over to my area and screw up my hunting. It is really funny how about two to three weeks ago, they put up their first deer feeder on their property (can can look over their entire property from my deer stand) and then come over and start doing crap like that. From their actions, it seems like they are trying to delay a deer or two from getting shot at until rifle season starts. Here in Texas, bow hunters get all of October to bow hunt and then general season (rifle or bow) get to start in November.
11-01-2006 | 10:54 AM
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RE: Hunting ruined...
ORIGINAL: kenman
Oh man, you are gonna get me going....
I've hunted this orchard for the last 10 years. You don't need permission to hunt private property in NH, but I have permission to hunt there. Well, the land has been passed on to the useless kids, the parents are still alive, and I still have permission to be there.
Last year I walk up the hill through the orchard and set up in my area, about 100 yards from the edge of the field. About half an hour later, this $%&#head comes out of the house, up the hill and starts shooting his .22 into the woods non-stop for the next hour. I was actually afraid of being shot. I could hear bullets impacting trees probably 50 yards from me. So after he is done shooting I get out of there and call fish and game.They say 'any more incidents like that call us',they said 'it's his land, and you don't know for sure if he was shootingAT you'. OK-fair enough.
The next time in there, I am walk in and butt-boytakes his truck up into the orchard doing doughnuts and honking the horn for what seemed like an hour. At one point, he drove so close to me and my buddy we could have reached out and touched the truck, could have easily run us over. Didn't even bother to call fish and game, we just don't hunt that piece like we used to...
I could bitch about this for a long time....sorry.
Oh man, you are gonna get me going....
I've hunted this orchard for the last 10 years. You don't need permission to hunt private property in NH, but I have permission to hunt there. Well, the land has been passed on to the useless kids, the parents are still alive, and I still have permission to be there.
Last year I walk up the hill through the orchard and set up in my area, about 100 yards from the edge of the field. About half an hour later, this $%&#head comes out of the house, up the hill and starts shooting his .22 into the woods non-stop for the next hour. I was actually afraid of being shot. I could hear bullets impacting trees probably 50 yards from me. So after he is done shooting I get out of there and call fish and game.They say 'any more incidents like that call us',they said 'it's his land, and you don't know for sure if he was shootingAT you'. OK-fair enough.
The next time in there, I am walk in and butt-boytakes his truck up into the orchard doing doughnuts and honking the horn for what seemed like an hour. At one point, he drove so close to me and my buddy we could have reached out and touched the truck, could have easily run us over. Didn't even bother to call fish and game, we just don't hunt that piece like we used to...
I could bitch about this for a long time....sorry.
11-01-2006 | 11:14 AM
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Typical Buck
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From: NH
RE: Hunting ruined...
I know Red Lion, I know. This guy really is a piece of work. The parents (who are the landowners) are now in an old folks home. He is just waiting for them to pass on so he can sell the land to a developer...real loser. I've filed a couple complaints (unfortunately we don't have severe hunter harassment laws here like other states have), so the law knows about him. Like I said, I've only been there once this year just to poke around and check for sign, he's logging it...I'm just moving on.
11-01-2006 | 11:36 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Harford Co Maryland USA
RE: Hunting ruined...
I've had a neighbor at a place I used to hunt wait until he saw me go in and set up and THEN start running his 4 wheeler back and forth right on the property line with 6 GERMAN SHEPHERDS running along behind him. He did this from about 1/2 hour after I got there until almost sunset. I stayed put even though I was sure my evening was shot. A few minutes later a doe came out with a nice 8 point running her all around the field in front of me. I grunted a few times, he turned to the doe as if to say, " 'scuse me while I go kick this guy's butt" and proceeded to walk to me. When he hit the only lane I had at 25 yards, I drilled him and he piled up just inside the woods. He was a very nice buck for the area and I was surpirsed to get that chance after the start to the evening.
11-01-2006 | 11:54 AM
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RE: Hunting ruined...
kenman - I agree but I think your situation is a bit different than that of the orignal post. I read the orignalpost several times and I couldn't see anything that the landowner did that couldn't be explained as some guy having a good time tearing up his field in a beater truck.That saidit is difficult to get a sense of the landowners intent through a post on a fourm.
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