people like that try to ruin the sport i feel bad for your brother

Your mistaken. If you track a wounded deer on private property without permission you will be cited for tresspassing if the landowner wishes.

I'm happy to hear everything worked out well! It might be a good idea for future needs to give your neighbor a stick of sausage in thanks.

Told you so. Good job

That's terrible. Ya know you do the right thing by calling him and then people have to act like that. What a shame. Good luck though.

I'm glad that he finally agreed to let your cousin get his deer. Congrats to him on his deer. Let's see some pics!! But serisously....what a bunch of BS.

Unless the law has changed and I'm not aware of it....in MN you can go retrieve your animal on private property as long as your not carrying a weapon-just like Iowa. I thought this law was a norm across the country, but I guess not. Really doesn't make sense to me why it isn't. I have to give you credit though....calling your neighbor to ask for permission. I know I'd be in the wrong, but I would have just got my animal right away.

I'm glad things turned out ok for your brother and you.

Your neighbor on the otherhand..........

If he didn't come around for you you could have let us give him some phone calls to see if we could persuade him to do things a little bit differently?

Uncle Matt (in IL)

After I started talking with my neighbor I started understanding why he's so bitter at times. I've been living in my current home for about 2 yrs now but never really had a chance to talk with him before. He and his wife keep to themselves and it's rare to even see them out. Anyway, they own 4.5 acres of property which they section off and give 4 hunters (including the owner) each 1 acre to hunt. The problem is that there is alot of hunting pressure on nearby properties and other hunters often tresspass onto his property with no permission. In the past month they've had 2 ladder stands stolen from their property. After we talked for a while I explained to him where I had stands setup and proceeded to explain where my brother was hunting the day he shot his buck. He then said it was ok to retreive the downed deer and thanked me for taking the time to speak with him in person. He did reiterate that he still does not want people tresspassing on his property however if something like this should ever happen again not to hesitate to contact him.

Lesson learned!

SteveBNy: That's the difference between YOU and the property owner in this situation. You would give someone the benefit of the doubt to let them get their deer, if they had shot it honestly. This fella just said NO and hung up. He wasn't interested in anything else. In this case it would've been worth it for me to pay my fines for trespassing, and afterwards, I would feel good about retrieving my deer before it spoiled. If I had followed the LAW and tried repeatedly to talk to the guy and he still said NO. Then I would feel terrible for letting a deer go to complete waste. BUT, I followed the law! That's all that matters! I didn't really feel like cleaning a deer anyway.

SteveBNy: I like the system that you use. I think it is very fair and I'm glad that the hunters around you are finally starting to respect your property. I hope other property owners use your method.

There are times when some laws needs to be broken. NO, it's not "right", but neither is letting a beautiful deer go to waste.

Fine me, jail me, do whatever you have to do to make yourself feel better, BUT as long as I didn't POACH the deer, at least let me get it before it spoils.

JeramyK: glad things worked out for you, your brother, your neighbor, AND the deer! Good Luck in the future!

congrats

Awesome! I'm really glad you could work it out. Although I still the the guy is a dick at least least he won't go down in history of the biggest of all.

Give your bro a big high 5 for me!