Jeff H
Well-Known Member
I've read all of the neighbor issues on this forum and the old forum and I've always been grateful to have not been involved with any of these sorts of problems....until now.
I had a neighbor move in last October. His place butts up to my most productive area. I introduced myself a week before gun season and wanted to give and get info on where /if he was going to hunt. He had never deer hunted before but said he had planned on hunting in the old blind at the edge of the field. I explained that the blind was on my property and that I would have my 16 year old son in that blind opening morning. I showed him where his line was. He was off by a couple hundred yards.
For the record I have no issue with him hunting on his place. I tried to be encouraging and willing to share info with a new deer hunter.
This year I've been building a new box blind and it seems every time I show up he ends up shooting near the edge of his property line. Last Saturday he was close enough that we could hear the slide on his pistol as he chambered another round. Again I have no problem with someone shooting on their property as long as they are safe and responsible. He may shoot every day when I'm not there I have no idea. Sunday my wife and I are working on the new box blind when we hear 4 shots and then a WOOOSH. He hit the power line and it dropped to the ground. The line runs at the north end of his property and bisects mine. It is also 40-50 feet from my box blind.
Yesterday I called the power company to report it. The tech that went out to check on it called me to let me know that this guy has a target set up on the edge of his property and 100 yards down range is my box blind.
So I called the Sheriff with that info. I had my 2 kids and my wife down range of his target all day Monday.
Hopefully he, the Sheriff and I can have a civil discussion about it later today. I'm hopeful the guy is just clueless. I can work with clueless.
I had a neighbor move in last October. His place butts up to my most productive area. I introduced myself a week before gun season and wanted to give and get info on where /if he was going to hunt. He had never deer hunted before but said he had planned on hunting in the old blind at the edge of the field. I explained that the blind was on my property and that I would have my 16 year old son in that blind opening morning. I showed him where his line was. He was off by a couple hundred yards.
For the record I have no issue with him hunting on his place. I tried to be encouraging and willing to share info with a new deer hunter.
This year I've been building a new box blind and it seems every time I show up he ends up shooting near the edge of his property line. Last Saturday he was close enough that we could hear the slide on his pistol as he chambered another round. Again I have no problem with someone shooting on their property as long as they are safe and responsible. He may shoot every day when I'm not there I have no idea. Sunday my wife and I are working on the new box blind when we hear 4 shots and then a WOOOSH. He hit the power line and it dropped to the ground. The line runs at the north end of his property and bisects mine. It is also 40-50 feet from my box blind.
Yesterday I called the power company to report it. The tech that went out to check on it called me to let me know that this guy has a target set up on the edge of his property and 100 yards down range is my box blind.
So I called the Sheriff with that info. I had my 2 kids and my wife down range of his target all day Monday.
Hopefully he, the Sheriff and I can have a civil discussion about it later today. I'm hopeful the guy is just clueless. I can work with clueless.