how close is too close??
 

I have several friends that camp pretty close to me. We are on a 34,000 acre lease so there is plenty of room to hunt. Anyway several times in the past if I mention where I am hunting they go in and hang stands. For example I had a spot for my kids on the youth hunt that started Friday and I told them where we would be. Thursday night they stopped to let me know they hung a stand there too. When they figured out I was upset they said they were hunting a different set of deer 300 yards from me. I told them I was hunting a point with 2 trails up it and they cut one off plus if I have to move for a closer shot I can't. I took my stand down. Should I tell them to hunt elsewhere when they do this or am I the one being an ass?? They have done this 6-8 times in the past 3 years. I feel like I am doing all the scouting for them!!

Just a bit more info: the point leads to a bedding area up high and spreads out a couple hundred yards wide at the bottom with a trail going to hardwoods straight off and a big mineral lick if you angle off the side. It is not really a distance issue but I think I was cut off. What are your thoughts on handling this with no hard feelings? I will not hunt there but do not want to feel followed again.

If you're hunting 34,000 acres and they're only a few of yall, yes that it bad on their part. Why you would hunt 300 yds from someone with THAT MUCH LAND is just dumb.

I think you're right.

We have less than 100 people hunting it!!

I would say next time they ask where you are hunting, tell them a place on the other side of the property of where you actually intend to hunt. With that much land, there's no reason for them to be right on top of you like that.

Well, a case can be made about "the sincerest form of flattery" in that they rely on your scouting and your expertise is selecting a certain area............ That being said, I would select area that I did NOT intend to hunt. I would sacrifice an afternoon, and really make it look like I was interested in the area (like erecting a stand, maybe constructing a ground blind, make shooting lanes, hanging yardage markers, leaving hunting gear (drag rope, empty scent container, etc).......... Then I would REALLY advertise about this NEW HOT SPOT and provide very accurate description on how to get there.............. Then I would really find the spot I wanted to hunt and NOT tell anyone!!!!!

From now on I would tell them something that was opposite from where I was going. That sounds like plenty of room, 1 per 340 acres, even with the open land ya'll probably have.

yea give them GPS cords for grand lake or texoma:s2:

HMMMMMMM, sounds like "radlad" and "timbercruiser" have a devious mentality, just like me !!!!!

Have not thought of doing that but it may work!! Probably better than my idea of burning up about 300 rounds of low brass squirrel hunting right by them on opening day. A guy told me yesterday deer camp is where you see who your friends really are and I think he is right.

I like the squirrel hunting idea mixed with telling them a different area that you are hunting. You have fun getting some squirrels (and spending time with your kids) as well as preserving your spot so you can have a succesful youth hunt.

Well no disrespect intended but my advice is to grow a set. Flat out tell them where you intend to hunt, where your stands are set and where you expect things to be moving from/to around you along with your alternate set ups.

AND TELL THEM TO KEEP THE HECK AWAY, DON'T DARE DISTURB YOUR SET UP AND THERE IS PLENTY OF GROUND FOR THEM TO SCOUT, PLAN AND HUNT.

Let them clearly know you are sick of their BS and disrepect and you wouldn't do that to them and you expect the same.

Sure you could tell them you are setting up somewhere else or refuse to tell them where you're setting up. But those are friggin' games. Games are for kids.

And they sound like some grade A buttholes. They deserve nothing - especially any respect or consideration.

This is what I would do too.

This is what I would do.

This is what I would do!

At least Uncle Matt is honest. That is really what a guy should do, I will see if I can swipe my set out of my wifes purse.

I recently had a situation where I was invited to hunt an area where there were numerous stands set up over about 600 acres.
The landowner gave me a tour in his SxS to show me the area, traffic zones, and where the stands were located.
Being that I'm a guest, I took extra care to ensure I wasn't close to anyone elses setup, even it it meant I didn't have the worlds greatest location.
Seems rude to me to have someone else sitting on my position that I put the hard work into to find, scout, learn, and plan for hunting it, especially if I hadn't invited them.
I'd do one of two things - I'd either give them a rash of grief in a highly vocal fashion and embarrass the snot out of them, or I'd pull their stand, deliver it to them, and politely inform them that they were right on top of mine and I don't appreciate their being inconsiderate.
If all else fails, inform them that you're hunting in the middle of a swamp/thicket/impossible terrain that you saw a MONSTER FREAK buck moving from, and shhhhhh....it's a secret.
Folks that will set up on your site would jump at such a thing, and set themselves up for it.

Well I occasionally find mine in my wife's purse too. But I just take them out and throw in a couple cue balls. It usually takes her a couple months before she even realizes that the cue balls aren't the real things.

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hey bigdaddy, what would you do??????????:happy0157::happy0157::happy0157::happ y0157::poke: