Idiot Poached My Spot
 

Well Some nitwit set a ladder stand up next to my ground blind.I have had my blind there for a month. I dont know what to do. It is private property and he does have permission to hunt there. I have other set ups I can go to on the opener on saturday. Either I go and keep him company and mess up both are chances or back down and use one of my other spots. I can hunt everyday,he probably has to work during the week. Plus usually after the first week most of the hunters around here slow down.I have 5 weeks in bow. Im going to probably leave a message on my blind. " This ground blind was set up 1 month before you set up your ladder stand.Maybe you are blind and didn' t see it. No sense messing up my day.I will be a sportsman and sit in one of my other locations today,but will return. Dont know what you were thinking???? Good luck and please dont shoot the buttons or baby does. Naraganga negative on you,Cardeer. " What would you do??????

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I would probably handle it in a similar way. Then guy who moved in on you is a turd, but no sense ruining your hunt on Saturday. I have left notes in the woods in the past for my " neighbors" explaining to them that bowhunting is not a team sport. For the most part, the not so subtle hint' s have been taken. Good luck!!

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Try leaving a note like this on his ladder stand:
Hey stranger! I' m so glad to see someone else will be out here hunting with me. I hunt every day of the season and it gets awfull lonely seeing as the only one I have to talk to when I' m hunting is my black lab. Anyway, I look forward to meeting you and having lengthy conversations while we hunt!
P.S. Now that I know I' ll have company I' ll bring along a couple extra summer sausage sandwiches and an extra 6 pack of Rolling Rock!

;)

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That' s good!

I would prolly handle it the same way you mentioned. Is there is a chance he/she didn' t see your ground blind? I would always be polite about it at first. If that doesn' t work, move on to other means :) I would just hunt another spot opening day. Don' t let that ruin your day.

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I would do as you say you are doing,then after the mornings hunt I would walk by and say hi.
then if that doesn' t work I would have a good talk with himand explzin things.if that didn' t work we would hunt side by side and talke all the while,then he would get the hint.
as you say you can hunt every day,and him only on weekends,so if his only days are spoiled he will move on.;)

Good luck on settleing the problem.hope you get a big one.

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Being the type of person who doesnt like confrontations idd probly move on. At least hunt it during the weekdays when he OR she is most likely to be working.

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If you don' t hunt your blind, at least leave some dirty underware in it or up wind from it.
good luck!

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Almost the same thing happened to me on private property 5 years ago on land I had hunted for many years. Seems some guys got permission and set a treestand only 10 yards from mine(which was up already). Nevertheless I let him have the spot. I didn' t figure it was worth hunting if we both would leave that much scent around. As it turned out I am glad I did, the newbies rode ATV' s up to their stands, scouted the woods before getting into their stands every time and besides.......I had it better across the farmer' s lane.

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I' d handle it in a similar way. I would' nt be so blunt!!!!! Don' t act like a jerk in your letter. I would leave a note and ask the guy to give you a call. You should be able to work things out with him. Find out when he hunts.

Jay

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CD,,,The land owner should have his tel#. Try calling him and explaining you were there first. If he is a good guy he' ll move.

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hek, man i would move my blind to another spot. hunt his stand when he' s not around. get the best of both worlds. now you would have 2 spots to hunt.

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I feel for ya cardeer, what I' d do would be to get into your stand very early before him. Then if you do see him, talk to him and explain that you have been there for a while before he set up his stand. He may have made an honest mistake and there is a chance that he is a decent guy. A face to face chat has always worked better for me then a telephone call.

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A note or passing by opening morning would be the best thing to do.
If anything it could work out for you, if he doesn' t hunt on a regular basis you
could make good use of his stand.

Good luck.

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Cardeer, I enjoy reading your posts and I know you don' t need any advice from the board about what to do.;) We' ll be waiting on the outcome anxiously.:D But as arkansasbowhunter said 2 spots are better than 1. Though every one had good advice if you can' t make it work fix him, I mean it not him.;)

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Ouch that stinks! I hate confrontations. There are idiots all over the place. Probably no chance to talk to the guy before the opener either. Is that the blind where you said there was a big brute of a deer that had left tons of sign? I would hunt it on Saturday first thing. Too much time scouting and setting up to have some jerk ruin it. I would try bribing him with a cardeer necklace but a bit of a curse on it might fix his wagon.

Problem is if he is that inconsiderate maybe you should switch locations anyway. If he is that sloppy about stand placement probably isn' t that worried about scent either and that is a sure way to have that spot go cold in a hurry.

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No that is not the spot where the sign of a big buck was found. I was saving that spot for closer to the rut. The big buck spot is at a weird location and I noticed no interference from any other hunters. I have 7 more spots prepared I will just go to one of them. I was back today to deliver the letter,which is not nasty . And I seen another stand 40 yards from the other stand.They can have the spot and kiss each others butt all day. I just might go to the big buck spot . Maybe it is just what I' m suppose to do.

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If both of you have permission from the landowner to hunt there then I would go have a nice talk with the landowner. I would thank the owner again for letting you hunt there and then explain that you went out and scouted and set of a blind a month ago and now this other person put his stand right on top of you. Hopefully the owner will talk to this person. I had a simular incident a couple of years ago and thats what I did. The other guy gave the owner an attitude like too bad for me so now that person has been evicted from the property.

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CD,
Had a similar experience few years back. Only the other guy put up the stand right before opening day. He arrived 30 minutes after sunup rode up on a four wheeler and talked with his buddy for about 10 minutes while drinking coffee. Then the buddy rode off on the 4x. Guy sat on the stand and chain smoked.

After about 5 minutes I got up and left. Long story short I killed a very nice deer that stumbled onto this guy and was running away spooked. Better lucky than smart anytime.

Cannot blame you for moving and its the best thing. Stop by the local barber or beauty shop. get a trash bag full of cut hair. ;) spread it around both stands. then go to your big buck stand.:D

Seriously I know you will take the high road.

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Hey Cardeer, use it to your advantage. If their that close together(40 yards), chances are their novices or might be an adult with a youngster. If this is a good spot with a lot of deer traffic, the deer will change their route when they sense something out of the ordinary. You just have to figure out in what way their route will change.
Good Luck either way.

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Let them crowd each other out and sit in your other blinds. If anything, they' ll push the deer from that area, and hopefully to you! I' d leave it alone and consider that area a loss for myself hunting this season.

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Might just be the same person with two or more stands. I' d leave the landowner out of it as he proablly doesn' t want the trouble and might kick both of you off. :(

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Well here' s what happen to me as the guy that placed a stand up near someone else' s once. Not on purpose mind you,haha. I was setting stands on my Uncles land, not ever thinking he' d given someone else permission to hunt it. A few days later some guy called me up being very nice, and telling me who he was. Turned out to be a old friend to my uncle, and I' d accidentally placed my stand about 50yds from his. I offered to pull mine, but he said it wasn' t necessary. We worked it out so I hunted mine on the wknd' s, and he hunted his during the week being retired and having more time. It was a decent spot, and both of us saw deer, but passed on small bucks. As it turned out him and I became good friends. We had alot of similar likes, and ethics. I enjoyed that fall sharing stories of that area, we chatted quite often.
So I guess my point is I' d try to call the guy before season starts, and have a nice chat. He might turn out to be a decent guy, and if he isn' t you' ll know heads up to stay clear of him, and not waste your hunting woods time worrying about him!;)