Boundary Line Warriors

[Mortenson]

Amen. Also I’m sorry but if don’t have enough land to not hunt on the line…you may not have enough land to hunt

No one can ever convince me that a guy with 80 acres has to hunt a line. Lol get real

But yeah I agree, if you're on 2 acres and must hunt the line, either have it worked out all rosy with the neighbors you'll be using and needing, or buy your meat at the store.

 

[willy]

I see we will not change each other's minds. Have a good day, and happy Thanksgiving to you all.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

Each situation is different. If a neighbor is lined up on your property line with no appreciable habitat to hunt on their side of it, it’s kind of shitty. On the flip side, if there is no appreciable habitat on their side of it, I don’t see anything wrong hunting it if there is good habitat on your side of it. Also, If one side is understanding and tries to work with the other and the other gives zero consideration and only takes advantage..

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

I think it nuanced. I absolutely have neighbors that hunt the line. We are mostly cool. I don’t like it, lost a 160” 8 to a guy on the line. But I didn’t say anything cause they didn’t do anything wrong. I also have a stand across a big creek on the line (the creek is the line). Same neighbor. We get along well. The neighbor I don’t like is an outfitter. I’ve documented my issues. I’m not going to assist him in any way whatsoever. My hope is for him to go out of business not thrive.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

No one can ever convince me that a guy with 80 acres has to hunt a line. Lol get real

But yeah I agree, if you're on 2 acres and must hunt the line, either have it worked out all rosy with the neighbors you'll be using and needing, or buy your meat at the store.

I have 3 parcels between 40 and 120 acres and two of them have a great natural crossing within 20 yards of the property line. I have no issues hunting that close to the line since that’s my land. Neighbors can hunt that close too if they choose. If a wounded deer runs over the property line, ill talk to the neighbor and request permission to track and they will be able to track on mine if they allow me to do the same. Most neighbors are reasonable in that regard. I’ve never been turned down and it is a pretty rare occurrence in our area. I’m not taking a weapon, just walking over to find a hopefully dead deer.

If a neighbor turns down the request to track and wants us to let a wounded deer rot on their land, then that is their decision and I’ll shoot another buck. And another one after that if needed.

I’d look at annual tracking requests a little different than the neighbor who calls to track a deer once every 10 years as bad shots happen occasionally.

 

[T-Max]

Again I think the big difference is neighbor vs someone leasing neighbor’s land. Love thy neighbor. You don’t have to love everyone they let abuse their land…


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[Bill]

Again I think the big difference is neighbor vs someone leasing neighbor’s land. Love thy neighbor. You don’t have to love everyone they let abuse their land…


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That's where I am most of the time. If you're a neighbor I'm going out of the way to help you out within reason until you give me a reason not to. If your the friend of the neighbors sisters daughters boyfriend I don't like you from the start, you have to earn it.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Again I think the big difference is neighbor vs someone leasing neighbor’s land. Love thy neighbor. You don’t have to love everyone they let abuse their land…


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I’d also be upset at an outfitter on a neighbors place if they were setting clients up on the fence line. That is much different than a farmer’s grandkid hitting a deer a little far back and needing to track a deer occasionally.

 

[Brian662]

This is an interesting and nuanced conversation. I can see both sides and generally want to be as neighborly as possible. I have several blinds/stands on my property line(s) or very near on different properties. This is due to using my boundary as an access depending on wind direction. I normally am a very passive hunter who picks and chooses when to hunt based on conditions and winds. All of this is critical to my strategy and success. NONE of these stands/blinds face the neighbors and none of their property gets hunted by me.

A few years ago I had a food plot which didn't get hunted by me due to poor access. It was just a sanctuary spot for deer, but then I noticed a neighbor put a ladder stand on the line facing towards my plot. The next spring I planted a double line of Norway Spruce to block their sight line to the plot and then I planted the plot into NWSG mix. Once the spruce are tall enough in about 10 more years, I'll make it a plot again. Ironically that ladder stand went away the year it wasn't a plot anymore. No ill words were spoken, no arguments had, I get along with the neighbor and I will continue to utilize my borders for access/hunting and they can continue to do the same.

For guys who bow hunt and don't hunt/utilize their boundary for access or hunting...let's just say I'm very surprised by that. I blow my scent into my neighbor's land as often as possible and keep my scent out of my sanctuary areas as often as possible. Usually my neighbors land I'm referring to is an open ag field and the cover is on my property, but not always.

 

[Bill Loser]

I think it nuanced. I absolutely have neighbors that hunt the line. We are mostly cool. I don’t like it, lost a 160” 8 to a guy on the line. But I didn’t say anything cause they didn’t do anything wrong. I also have a stand across a big creek on the line (the creek is the line). Same neighbor. We get along well. The neighbor I don’t like is an outfitter. I’ve documented my issues. I’m not going to assist him in any way whatsoever. My hope is for him to go out of business not thrive.

So you"lost" a 160" 8 ? That explains everything right there with that 1 line. You'd be pissed if the neighbor shot that wether he was perched on the corner marker or dead in the middle of his land.
I hope all you guys who refuse permission to retrieve deer, remember that when you shoot the buck of a lifetime and it runs on the neighbors who you've just spent a season f ing with because you don't like where that hunt
Here and idea, instead of assuming you own the deer, and being pissed or all knotted up Everytime you heard a shot, be happy for your neighbor that they were able to score on a nice deer.
We all have neighbors who do things we don't like sometimes, doesn't give you the right to be a dick to them

 

[gjs4]

I will admit it’s sometimes difficult but how does that old adage go about a wise man and knowing the things we can change and things we can’t and the wisdom to know the difference.

Never understood why people get tattoos of quotes ..... then i bought land... and l learned the serenity prayer

 

[gjs4]

If you don't own a ton of acres the neighbors can really impact you. If they are hunting legally not much you can do. Stressing over it is not going to do any good. If your neighbors suck your best option is probably to move unfortunately. I've had to sell a property cause my neighbor was poaching deer on my property. If they shoot a deer and it runs into your property you have the right to not allow it. That being said there will probably come a time a deer you shoot runs into a neighboring property so it's a double edge sword.

No doubt. I used to hunt with a very well known guy on a highly managed 2700ac in the right area of the midwest. There were two neighbors (120 & 200) that were tanking the neighborhood to the point of a very gratuitous purchase price of both from the owner.

My outfitter neighbor is making sure my taxidermist wont get rich. What is the old expression, "it only takes one ingredient to spoil the soup"? Its hunting culture.both macro and micro.

We all talk about and hear the need for a good neighborhood, adjacent sanctuaries, etc. No doubt it right. Whats wrong is the premise you can determine a neighborhood from afar. Maybe at times...but folks outside of my tax bracket, buy-build- then determine to keep or sell for a profit.

 

[RGrizzzz]

The drone thing is scary. A good bit of my property is old field type stuff. Someone could just fly over and run deer towards them or off of me if they wanted. I might need to carry a shotgun around. I wonder if any FAA laws would be broken if I shot it down? They would have proof if they had a camera recording back to them. The more I think about it, the more worried I am. I need to look into those droneshield handheld countermeasure guns.

It's definitely a felony to shoot down a drone.

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

This is one I just deal with. I like the neighbor and we are on the same page with management but I’m not a huge fan of the stand. I measured it at 14’ from the line on onx. This stand killed the only big deer using this farm. If it were anyone else I’d likely make a road down the powerline and park my truck on the line when I hunt.

 

[letemgrow]

I line sit a lot on my property, but not to the detriment of the neighbors.

The winds hunt better this way since my scent is blowing out to open fields on the neighbors and not into the cover on my property. I can keep intrusion to a minimum this way with little effect to their hunting also.

Here’s one stand site for example I hunt with a south wind. It's about as good as it gets to walk down the fence line and get in the stand on top of the ridge here where the wind blows my scent out into the field.

 

[Mortenson]

Obviously there can be exceptions. I thought that went without saying. Sounds like some of you have agreements worked out with certain neighbors. We've personally never gone done the path of having or wanting to coordinate with neighbors on when to share a spot. Wouldn't work out very well for 2 hunters to show up at the same spot for a hunt. We get along well with most our neighbors, and that's for appropriate reasons. Most deserve respect. Some don't hunt the lines just as we don't. No issues with either of us retrieving deer. Interestingly we haven't needed to cross a line for a retrieval often. I can think of once in the past 20 years. Also having young kids starting to become hunters I know that's likely to change, although I hope not.

A few other neighbors pound our lines. They've never asked for cooperation or input on the matter, or offered turn taking or anything like that. They never reached out before hanging stands to ask how we feel about it and what our thoughts on retrievals are. Just users. I've never said no to a retrieval yet. But the favors are frequent (yearly) and I'm about to the point.

To the original poster, I heavily post the lines where all the stands are. If I find a stand, it gets purple paint and multiple signs. I use combos of real and dummy cams. Occasionally you'll find they back the stand off a ways, or maybe altogether. So a win. Now with the latest being hang and hunt, and saddles, the list of concerns grows.

 

[gjs4]

It's definitely a felony to shoot down a drone.

BUT! There is some paperwork that involves the FAA out there on harassment and surveillance from private persons that can be filed. Not sure what the recourse is, but the needed laws are catching up. Even in the communist republic of NY we have these. My buddys wife does the hot tub, cold tub thing and theyre currently going down this road with a nosey neighbor.

 

[gjs4]

Forgive the overposting nature of my highly caffeinated self today...


Heres another big miss on hunters and layout pros.....not remembering that if your wind blow off your property you could still be ruining travel to be capitalized on and/or your line sitting neighbor may be blowing into your place and pressuring it regardless of whatever you do or dont do. This almost always in a part of ignorance in the layout game/vids...esp from the YouTube superstars.

 

[Mortenson]

I line sit a lot on my property, but not to the detriment of the neighbors.

The winds hunt better this way since my scent is blowing out to open fields on the neighbors and not into the cover on my property. I can keep intrusion to a minimum this way with little effect to their hunting also.

Here’s one stand site for example I hunt with a south wind. It's about as good as it gets to walk down the fence line and get in the stand on top of the ridge here where the wind blows my scent out into the field.

Letemgrow, not to pick on you at all, just using your map because it lent itself well to my holding 4 pens in 1 hand. Just curious if your northern neighbor hunts, where he hunts, if he hunts on your northern line, or how you'd feel if he chose to have stands in these locations. Looks like a prime property line for you both! I agree with those saying this topic is nuanced and situational.

 

[letemgrow]

Letemgrow, not to pick on you at all, just using your map because it lent itself well to my holding 4 pens in 1 hand. Just curious if your northern neighbor hunts, where he hunts, if he hunts on your northern line, or how you'd feel if he chose to have stands in these locations. Looks like a prime property line for you both! I agree with those saying this topic is nuanced and situational.

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Northern neighbor hunts and has a stand (not sure if it is used much) on the trees on his side close to where I sit.

Granted we know where the deer are coming from and where they're going back to if he were to shoot one there, but I've never seen anyone hunting that line. That stand is in the back corner of my neighbors property (property ends at the crop field). They would have to walk through the entire 160 acres of their property to hunt this back corner....not a very smart move for them IMO if they chose to do so.

Also the property (trees) west of the crop field is cattle pasture, so that is not very dense at all to harbor deer anywhere north of me in any vast amount.