Hi.
It seems that I am going to have a problem this year with a "hunter" who has decided to bow hunt our property illegally. He own the adjoining 25 acres, and has placed a ladder stand 10 feet on his side of the property line, with the stand facing my place. It is impossible for him to even see any deer on his place from the location where he put his stand. It is secured to a very large tree.
Being the stand is on his property, we cannt remove it, and he won't returnthe phone calls we have made. We left messages that he does not have permission to hunt our property, and we would like the stand either removed, or placed in a location that does not put him in a position to hunt our place.
No one in my family bow hunts, so this means we are not out until gun season. It does not seem reasonable to have to patrol the place daily, so what do you think we can legally do? My first thought is trail cameras, followed by a call the the Sheriff's Dept. if anything turns up.
Can you think ofany other legal options?
Thanks

he is doing nothing wrong right now. If he shoots across the property line then you could do something right now I would just do something to really mess him up but you need to stay on your property

Buy his property. Thatis the only way you are going to have any say on what goes on..on his property.

Well my first thought since it is Oct., Put out a scare crow (deer). Place it right on your property line infront of his stand. Use an old smelly T shirt and some dirty socks. lol

Also dont forget to place a friendly sign aroundits neck!!

What ZEKE83 said,is a good idea.Put a posted no tresspassing sign around its neck!

Leave a note on his stand and tell him not to shoot any deer over the property line. Recheck your boundries make sure you know where they are. Make sure the boundry is clearly marked. I had a similar problem this year with a guy. He had two stands on my GF's Dad's property where we hunt. One was about 50 yards over the line and the other looked to be right on the line. I left notes in plastic bags on the stands signed by the landowner and sent one to his house. He called me up cussing me out and told me he was leaving the stand on the line. 5 minutes later his Dad called me saying the same thing. I went down to the spot, found the property stakes and marked them with ribbons, after finding the iron stakes his stand was about 5 yards over the line. He then talked to his landowner that gave him permission, and they had it surveyed. Yup he is 5 yards over the line. Still not happy the guy goes to see my girl's Dad who owns the property and he told him to move it. He just now agreed to move the stand. I think he will only move it far enough to be off the property, but still be shooting on our property, but I will be watching. He only has about 1 acre of woods and 2 acres of field to hunt, this guy is a jerk and should give it up.

10 feet inside the line? How about a motion sensor light that points directly at the stand. He gets lit up every time he moves. He'll just shoot the light, then you can have him for doing it. Maybe position a trail cam for that.

sounds like a good place to take a dump. If theyre are laws against hunting over bait...corn your side of the property line up.

Why not alow him to hunt the edges and retreive deer from your property if neccessary and ask for the same permissions in return??????????? This is an easier solution then turning out to be a Hatfied and McCoy situation.

Sounds like the fighting that goes on between the kids in the backseat during a long trip. One holds their hand an inch or two from the other one's face. Then other kid startscomplaing to mom that he is getting touched. But then the other kid deniesactually touching his sibling.