The Best Laid Plans....ruined opener.

[Sudsee]

Haha he doesn't care or he would walk on the other fence row. He has no obligations to do so but he is acting like he is concerned about wrecking this guys hunt, continues to do so without entertaining the idea of moving to a different area of the property. Your property your rules but don't act like the compassionate one.

[MikePal]

No longer have access to a preferred hunting location. You acknowledge that he has set up in the perfect spot. Don't know why you have to walk the property line when you could concentrate your walks to the other side of the property. How I read it your actions are neither neighborly nor sportsman like.

Man you guys are way out of line....this is nuts.

for the record..not that it has anything to do with this, I still have permission to hunt the property, but being a good sportsman I have declined, but I still brush hog the trails back behind his place while I'm out back doing mine because the offer is on the table.

We are on very friendly terms and both have a passion for hunting. He would never ask me to stop doing something because it was disturbing his hunt....as neither would I. That is not how we were mentored as hunters. That's why it bothered me when I ruined his hunt...that was the point of the post.

It doesn't matter if I was walking my dogs or brush hogging the trails, or sickle mowering the hay, or running my sheep or hauling wood from the back wood lots....that trail is used daily. It goes around the hay field and is in clear view of his hunting area where he has set up. It's been that way for the 17 yrs I have owned the property.

My point was it's unfortunate that he has set up a nice hunt stand close to an active area and it will limit his success and I feel bad when I ruin his hunt. Fortunately he has options and I'm sure he will change where he hunts if he finds the activity over here to bothersome.....but I know he wouldn't blame me, he knows how it works.

Calling me out as a bad neighbour and poor sportsman is way wrong.

[MikePal]

Haha he doesn't care or he would walk on the other fence row.

as mentioned earlier....the other tree line is only 300 yds away and it's wide open across the hay field...a deer on the soya field will still see me and the dogs no matter where I walk on my property...it's a moot point you seems to have missed.

[Sudsee]

I am sure the 300 yards would be appreciated if it isn't out of your way

[onelessarrow]

I wouldn't have a problem with you walking your property at all. Why would I? It's your place. You're not letting the dog get on his side are you?
Those deer have already altered themselves to your routine.
He'll get his deer, they obviously can't resist what's in his fields.
Good hunters learn to change tactics quickly and I wouldn't have a problem with this scenario. The deer most likely run out of that field into the same spot every time and that would be my new go to spot.

And for the record, I've seen hunters so many times go out of their way to come all the way across a field, over to me to just ask if I have permission to be there.
I've never done it and never will.

[Monster29/66]

Before the lunch mob forms, Mike has walked his dogs on this fence line for some time, when the new neighbour moved in he set up in an area where Mikes existing actions can screw up his hunt. This is the way the cookie crumbles.

When I bought my farm I built two large enclosed stands in areas I knew no one could screw up my hunt or I screw up someone elses. On the only side of my property I don't have sole hunting permission ( I can hunt it but so can someone else ) I placed a couple portable stands so that if there are problems I can relocate them.

More importantly though I'm going to go on a hunch and say it's likely the other side of Mikes farm you guys feel he should walk his dogs on is likely the best part of his farm for Mike to hunt ? If that's the case why can't Mike walk his dogs on his property so that he doesn't disturb his hunting spot ? You know the one he likely has hunted for years and paid taxes on ?

I know this is hard for some to understand, particularly guys that don't own a farm. Mike has done nothing wrong, he hasn't changed one thing that he's been doing on his farm nor should he have too, as a land owner I get it.

Give those dogs a treat for me Mike. Mine roam my farm freely, I love when I get trail can pics of my dogs or my neighbouring farmer and an hour later a good buck is standing under one of my stands.

[sickofitall]

I've thought of this more from a strategic point of view, politics aside, if the OP is walking his dogs on his property and the deer are out in the field already, doesn't that mean the deer have already made it past the impending ambush? Also if the deer are feeding on the soy that is there, wouldn't it be more alarming for the deer for someone to walk through (without the dogs) in the feeding field during pre dawn as opposed to the daylight hours they are more accustomed to? We are talking about archery here right, it's not like the neighbour is taking 100yd plus shots. I know field edges are a real popular spot to setup, but I personally have done better setting up back in a bit further, the bigger bucks seem to come in the worst light conditions. Based on what I know, I would avoid morning hunts, move the stand further back from the field and get in as early in the afternoon as possible.
It's opening day, plenty of time to figure it out.

[Hunterrev]

MikePal, I won't feel bad at all about ruining his hunts. You've been there for 17 years, he's the new guy on the block. He needs to adapt to his surroundings and tailor his hunt to the conditions present. Your on your land and he is on his land.

I have a farm with sole permission that I have hunted for 10+ years. There is a new owner to the south of me that has put up a tree stand right at the southern limit of the farm I have permission on. The deer and turkeys come out of this guys property and cross the fence to where I am allowed to hunt. This guy sets up every morning I'm there between my calls and the roosting birds. Thankfully I can out smart the guy and usually end up call the birds in a couple hundred feet away after a relocation. The sound of his ATV directly to his setup may tip him off slightly! haha

Just saying ... you have to adapt to the surrounding conditions. It's so hard to get permission these days we don't need more confrontation out there.

Cheers,

[seabast]

If it's an issue for him it could move his stand, sometime life is that easy.....

[Hunterrev]

Seabast ... love your avatar!!!