Of being selfish, that is. I want to pose a question to you guys. Here is the deal. Me and my Dad have 40 acres (half hardwoods/whiteoaks and half 20 year natural regrowth from cutover) that we have posted. Now this is a square block of land. The entire square is surrounded by a hunting lease. They have elevated box blinds on 2 sides right outside our property line and 2 more at one end of our property line. These guys have probably 1000 acres or more surrounding us yet this is their way of getting too close to us. Here is the question. Would it be selfish of me to install elevated box blinds right across the line on my side of the property at each of their stand sites? I intend to do this but I just wanted a varied input from you guys. I feel that these guys have so much more area to hunt adjacent to us that they could back off some and quit pressuring our land so much. So what do you think? Am I being selfish/wrong in thinking this way?

LT

well.....?

Go for it...only problem is you can't shoot the Deer on their property and by law they shouldn't be shooting (Aiming) at Deer on your property!I wouldn't waste my money time and labor on building a elevated box blind over-looking their land....but I would set one about 25-50 yards inside your timber to get any deer that would be bedding or crossing over to your land!

I didn't think this group could stay on a subject more than 2 hours . I feel your pain, but not everyone is as polite as you may be regardless of how much land they have. I deal with similar issues, but hunt harder and smarter and actually use the other guys to determine where the deer are going to be on my farm. The only other option is to befriend the neighbors and see if you can reason with them. Best of luck.

GTO, I am not intending on shooting over their property line. I am pretty much wanting to do just what you said. Simply as a deterrent to keep them from liking their stands so much.LOL

I don't know that they would ever shoot onto our property, but they might if they thought they could get away with it. I just want to let them know that they are crowding us. I know it's their land they hunt, but they know we have the Whiteoak acorns and deer on ours, therefore they try to intercept deer coming to and going from our land. Sad. Guess I will just continue to do as you do Kelly and use their stands/traffic to my advantage.

LT

id do the same thing or actually, knowing me id prolly do somethinlike use some of that deer detractant!

but it stinks that they put theyre blinds soooo close to your property!

some people are just jerks


good luck

I would probably post some "no hunting" signs right along your property line. Maybe that will deter them enough that you won't get pressured.

don't put a blind on your property line. put a food plot there. pull the deer off their 1000 acres!

They are within their right, but........

If it were only one stand against your land, I'd say get over it. But the fact that they surrounded you like that tells me they are just d^&*s. I think If my land wasthe bedding area or an area the needed to pass though, I would put up a high fence in each spot that they have a blind. That way the deer will go through a different spot. At least they will get the point. Not that they'll necessarily care though.

Crowd the line if you want. Its your property. Make it a deterrent. Apparently you have the better hunting if they want to get as close to your land as they can. They are the ones who started it. I wouldnt back off. Like I said its your property, so do with it as you see fit. Even if you dont sit in it as much, let them know your hunting there. I wouldnt shoot anything on their lease, and I would damn sure make sure they wouldnt shoot anything on my property. Lets face it some people wont give a damn about what you think, there is no reasioning with some people. So do whats best for you...