Hunting ruined...
 

I went out hunting the other day, about mid-day, and got in my stand. Perfect day for hunting, there was absolutely no wind and I had a good feeling about that evening (you know the kind I am talking about). My stand sits on the edge of a wheat field where there is a small path that leads from one field into this wheat field. I have been hunting on this wheat field for the past two years and have noticed that all but one deer and all the turkey I have seen either exit the field at this point or enter the field at this point. I am really close to another persons property is the only downside, but if all deer are crossing this point, why wouldn't you put your stand here? Anyways, as I am sitting there, the hillbillies that live on the property next to mine starts driving all around their property in their trucks and one even drives right up to me, gets out and they all stare at my for a few minutes and get back in their trucks and start peeling out and driving all around their property again. I was about ready to put an arrow in one of their tires (the truck was in range). They even got in their backhoe and started all kinds of crap with that thing, too. Needless to say my expectations of the evening went down, although I did still see three deer.

Just wondering if anyone else has had encouters like this that would like to vent about it as I have.

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hate to hear that happened.... Some jerks just dont have a clue.

Better luck next time.

Good hunting

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If they are deliberately messing up your hunt call the local sheriff. It is against the law in Texas to do that and they can be fined $2,000. We had someone that used to wait until opening day of bow season and then come out and shoot his rifle for target practice to ruin our hunt and drive up and down the fence line. This year he tried it and we had the chief of police hunting with us and after the hunt he went and had a talk with him. He hasn't tried to do anything since.

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We don't tend to have quite as many hillbillys in MN, but yes there are plenty of idiots country wide. Even though I can relate with wanting to arrow a tire or even an idiot, good for you for not making more of it, as you don't know what could have occurred. Idiots are not really worth something more happening.

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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.

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Doesn't it feel good to just gripe about it! That's why I had to start the thread...

JeffS: Thanks for the info with the sherriff...I was unaware of that.

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Hmm - I guess I don't get what the complaint is - a landowner wason their own land doing stuff that they wanted to do?

My plan for this Sunday is to sit in a tree on my own land (100 acres) with my bow until 10am, then ride myATV all around trails I have cut myself over the past seven (7) years. The land is in NH and is not posted so the possiblilty exists that another person has put up a stand on it or near by.

Now if I noticed something in a tree while riding the ATV, stopand look, and realized it was another bow hunterI would feel bad that I ruined his/her setup. I would stop riding and go do something else- maybe go do some work with the tractor - and hope that person would come over and talk - maybe they could giveme their schedule so I don't ride the ATV on the days they are there. Depending on their gift for gab theymight evenlearn a lot more about the hunting in the area.

It will truely be a sad day when someone calls the police on me for riding my ATV or shooting a .22 on my own land.

Live free or die ! - oh except during bow season.

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Nah, it's not like that at all oam, he decides to go out and do that crazy crap as we are walking up into the orchard (the orchard is his (parents)land, where I hunt is not. I don't have a problem with anyone doing anything on their own land, but if someone is endangering MY life (shooting recklessly into the woods at nothing in particular, driving his truck at speeds in excess of 40 mph 3 feet from a person in a field) then I have a serious problem with it.

He does hunt, I noticed a couple stands in there that are new, he just doesn't bow hunt. Probably doesn't want me killing HIS deer. I've been in there once this year, he's logged a ton, just ruining an area that his parents worked so hard to maintain...just a shame. I've tried talking to him, but he won't answer the doorwhen anyone knocks and he will run inside if he notices someone approaching while he's outside (sounds touched doesn't he?) To each his own I guess, just sucks when a long term spot I've hunted since I was a kid goes away.

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it is absolutley illegal to harrass a hunter legally intitled to hunt , or prevent him from getting the animal he is allowed to hunt , what those clowns are doing to you , I had done to me ,except it was the land owners son who didnt want me hunting his moms land , really touchy situation , he would wait till an hour before sunset and ride all over the property to make sure all the deer would be some place else , I mentioned to the landowner about the sons actions and maybe I shouldnt be hunting there . she told me to call the sheriff and report him , even she thought he was a jerk. I am still hunting this property

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Oh yeah,

Landowners like you (and I) are what makes NH great oam!!

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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.

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If someone/anyone KNOWINGLY shoots a firearms toward/in the woods that I have permission to be in, I would have a hard time not shooting back in their vicinity at some point. NO one has the right to endanger your life in such a way given the circumstances. The guy reads like a real piece of you know what. I would speak witht he landowners/parents and simply quite hunting there if things did not work out. I would also punch the, you know what if the face if I every crossed his path and he did not hide away.

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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.

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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.

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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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