House magically appears
 

Last year my pop and I bought 22 acres to hunt on. We spent all summer building box blinds (for rifle season) and hanging stands. I took a two week vacation and hunted the land pretty hard. I was seeing deer and knew it was a matter of time before i connected (did end up shooting a doe). After my vacation, I went home and was away from my property for three days. This past weekend i went back up north to hunt. I woke up early and went out for an exciting morning rut hunt. As soon as the light comes up I discover that my neighbor put a house on his land 70 yards from me. Guess who was not happy. I know there is nothing that I can do about it, but did he have to put it right where the deer come from? And who would have thought that they could build a house in three days!!!

Ouch, that sucks. :rant:

A 3 day house huh? Maybe it's one of those pre-fabricated things, and if you're real lucky it's still on the trailer and you can hook up to it with your truck and get it outta there til after season. Be sure to leave a note though!

Don't you watch Extreme Make Over Home Edition, that's about how long it takes them and they have to tear a house down first. Or was it aliens........lol

agree with sconny, that sucks

Don

WOW that would have to be one heck of a surprise!!! LOL! I couldn't imagine what you were thinking as the sun came up and see a HOUSE standing there... LOL! :biggrin:

The deer will just start coming from another area and you will just have to adjust to that.

dont swet the house, the deer will adjust and after a bit they wont even care its there!!!!

When I was younger that happened to me as well. I sat on a fence line, which was the interstate for the deer. There were no house for miles in each direction, but I was still about 150 yards from the road. Then one day I drive by in the summer and there I see a backhoe... a Bob Villa Road Block was being built.

Ouch. Good thing is the deer will still come in. Still kinda sucks though. In the last 15yrs there has been 6 new houses put up and now 200+acres of oak,pine swamp is being cut where I hunt. Still see deer but at definatly less.


good luck

The deer around here prefer to walk through our front yard rather than in the open field next to us (we have trees in the yard), so don't sweat the house.

I know that eventually it will be ok, but it's just the shock of it all. I didn't expect to be looking at a boone and crockett house at first light. Did I forget to mention the Ford f-150 and Chevy Cavolier there too???

Evidently a group of Amish folks got permission to use the land for advertising. Plan on putting sheds along the freeway (which borders that property). As a thank you to the owner they gave him the house/cabin. I don't know what the land owner plans on doing with the house, but I hope he doesn't use it as a hunting camp. Last thing I need is for guys to be leaving at first light while I'm sittin in the stand.

Even if that happens you'll be good. The deer will adjust and you need to figure out how they do so and hunt them accordingly. We built our house on our hunting property 6 years ago and then three more houses have been built in the past three years on the properties to the west. We all have long, narrow lots with woods and sloughs (the hunting grounds) to the south and a lake to the north. What I've found is that the deer still use primary trails within 150-200 yards of the houses but that the uptick in human activity has caused them to be most active in the hour and a half after sunrise and the same amount of time before sunset. It actually makes you a more efficient hunter in term of knowing when your chances are best. It seems to follow this pattern, even during the rut. Rarely have I gotten trail cam pics during the middle of the day.

It takes a lot to drive a deer, even an old buck from their primary range if they have food, water and cover. They may move their bedding area a couple of hundered yards or so as necessary, but they'll still be there in most cases.

in ny you cannot fire a bow or gun within 500 ft(about 170yds) of a house.

Maybe, its just a really, really nice box blind! lol On a serious note, that kind of stinks. Sorry bud

Shane

wow what a shocker

did it look like this one???

some how i think it could take more than 3 days to move this one:biggrin:
at least 2 axles came off

That stinks. That eliminates a lot of prime bowhunting. The law in Minnesota is 500 feet from houses with a gun (bows not included) unless you're on your own land. Or if its not your own land, you can if you have permission. So you could be firing you rifle 10 feet from your neighbors' bedroom window and you're good if you are on your own property or have their permission to do so.