Friendly neighbor

[Foggy47]

Dealing with NEW neighbors takes just a bit of time. After enough time goes gy......usually a decent understanding evolves. Having said that.....there are exceptions.

I had really worried about one neighbor early on.....but he turned out to be the best I could ask for. Give him time....as said.....some just like to be social.

 

[Ben.MN/WI]

Any updates on this neighbor situation?

 

[hunts_with_stick]

So the cell phone I was using as my personal phone was my old jobs cell. They finally shut it off this past spring so I had to get a new phone and new number. I also stopped mowing the path that went past his place so that all grew up. I haven’t heard from him since the phone number changed. I feel bad a little bit, but I also like not worrying about it.

Another funny thing happened. There is 2 or 3 acres that is landlocked that borders mine. I contacted the owner (different guy)and offered him a fair price but he turned it down, said he promised his mom he’d never sell. His lawyer sent an offer to buy an easement but I turned it down, I don’t necessarily want people driving through my property, although I guess if I get him to put in a driveway it would benefit me as I don’t have one now……. He also texted me right before the rut to see if he could walk through my field to get to his property so he could see what needs to be done to clean it up and make the small pond fishable. I never returned his text as I wasn’t sure what to say. He also mentioned about putting a house or cabin on the property. I don’t want to be a dick, but how is he going to “clean up” his property without accessing it through mine and if he has an easement with the neighbors on the other side, why wouldn’t he just access it through that, just very odd. I even told him he’ll have a hard time selling to someone that isn’t one of the neighbors because it is landlocked…. He is a nice guy and I guess a long time ago his great or great great grandfather owned most of the land in the area.

 

[Electrodigical]

I saw my new neighbor up north this past weekend. Didn't talk with them, just saw them drive by a time or two and saw their car parked. Volvo station wagon. That's not a good sign.

 

[KY wild]

I have 50 acres separate from where I live and a new person bought a house and 10 acres next to it. The first time he saw me he came over all smiles and shot the bull and then said he hunted but I was welcome to hunt on his 10 acres anytime I wanted, I didn't take the bait and simply left the conversation. A few weeks later I was getting his kid riding his 4 wheeler on me so I went up and caught him and then went over and told his dad that I didn't want his kids riding on me all the time. Then every time we went up there his young dog would follow us to the stand or to the turkey blind, once and again I knocked on his door and told him he has to fix the problem. I put real and fake cameras up everywhere. He hates me I think, but he and his stays on their side of the line, which is what I wanted as a hunting property. My point is I think probably best to have cut and dry at first for both to stay on their own land and then lighten up work out some compromise later but can't give them freedom to start with because most cannot respect your dirt. For example I would let his kids ride on some upfront trails and maybe squirrel hunt on me after deer season but you can't work with people which shows no respect for ownership. Let him be mad

 

[jsasker007]

No good deed. Things always start off just peachy and then someone has to push their luck too far. Hopefully no one here ever has to deal with someone getting injured on their property.

 

[Bowsnbucks]

No good deed. Things always start off just peachy and then someone has to push their luck too far. Hopefully no one here ever has to deal with someone getting injured on their property.

Pushing the luck / boundaries - had it happen here. One of our camp members thought he could ride his wheeler wherever he wanted ...... then he was caught. All kinds of excuses & whining - but it wasn't his property to ride on. It's simply respect for other folks' land ...... or it should be.

 

[bwoods11]

There’s a landlocked property that borders my farm and a guy called me saying he was going to hunt it … He would access it on the easement. I said “there is no easement”

I did my research and found out it’s truly landlocked , before bought this farm. The guy sounded surprised and then said , “ok well I don’t want to start any trouble “…

I said no problem, glad you called and allowed me to point out there’s no access to that parcel .

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I saw my new neighbor up north this past weekend. Didn't talk with them, just saw them drive by a time or two and saw their car parked. Volvo station wagon. That's not a good sign.

That's what @SD51555 's neighbors said when they saw his Subie..

But really, beats the hell out of a 2002 Silverado or minivan decked out with mossy oak and "if it's brown its down" stickers!