Cool Hand Luke
5 year old buck +
Ok guys, I hate to be another one on here posting about neighbors but having a hard time coming to terms with it. All the properties around us are 30 acres+ except for 3 small -5 acre parcels between us and every one else. I met the guy two doors down this summer when I borrowed a planter from pheasants forever, he wanted to use it for another one of his property’s he hunts and picked it up when I was done.
He seemed nice enough, I told him I was glad to meet him and then he asked me if I was planning on doing much hunting. I could tell he was beating around the bush and I kind of sandbagged about it. He then told me that he sits on the fence line of his property during gun season, but never sees much. I kind of figured that wasn’t true, but also with the lack of deer in the past, that’s bringing me to a situation in real time. He’s running a trail camera in his backyard and getting pictures of big deer because they travel from the other big properties to mine. We’ve never spoken since that day until tonight. He texted me and asked me if I’ve seen the big buck that he’s hoping to get and if not he hopes I do. The problem is, he does not have permission to shoot out into the field that he’s sitting on. Also, the biggest kicker, he is not legal distance of neighboring houses as that has to be 300 yards for firearm, he’s 140 to 150 from both of his neighbors physical houses and 50yds to both property lines if I drop a pin on either side of his property to his neighbor’s houses.
Here’s the point, I’m not trying to be a dick and the Christian part of me really wants to love my neighbor, but after asking around, I hear this guy is kind of one of these braggy type hunters in the local community. What do I do? Send an anonymous tip and let the DNR handle it or confront him myself and then cause a dispute with a neighbor and live with that for who knows how many years. I just came from a situation like that with our last property except there was about 30 houses/people that hated me. I hate having that relationship as a neighbor. But the truth is, he has no right doing what he’s doing and he knows exactly what he’s doing. All advice appreciated!
He seemed nice enough, I told him I was glad to meet him and then he asked me if I was planning on doing much hunting. I could tell he was beating around the bush and I kind of sandbagged about it. He then told me that he sits on the fence line of his property during gun season, but never sees much. I kind of figured that wasn’t true, but also with the lack of deer in the past, that’s bringing me to a situation in real time. He’s running a trail camera in his backyard and getting pictures of big deer because they travel from the other big properties to mine. We’ve never spoken since that day until tonight. He texted me and asked me if I’ve seen the big buck that he’s hoping to get and if not he hopes I do. The problem is, he does not have permission to shoot out into the field that he’s sitting on. Also, the biggest kicker, he is not legal distance of neighboring houses as that has to be 300 yards for firearm, he’s 140 to 150 from both of his neighbors physical houses and 50yds to both property lines if I drop a pin on either side of his property to his neighbor’s houses.
Here’s the point, I’m not trying to be a dick and the Christian part of me really wants to love my neighbor, but after asking around, I hear this guy is kind of one of these braggy type hunters in the local community. What do I do? Send an anonymous tip and let the DNR handle it or confront him myself and then cause a dispute with a neighbor and live with that for who knows how many years. I just came from a situation like that with our last property except there was about 30 houses/people that hated me. I hate having that relationship as a neighbor. But the truth is, he has no right doing what he’s doing and he knows exactly what he’s doing. All advice appreciated!
