Sounds like a great debate to have over a beer. I would never consider hunting off a livable homes' porch (not to mention illegel). But really, how does that differ from a run down camp/barn in the woods? Is the fact you had to hike in and don't have coffee and a bathroom the only things that make one ethical vs. the other? Why is it any different than sitting under a heavy pine to block the elements? Or a ground blind? I guess when it comes down to it...if the structure has essentially become part of the landscape, I'd say OK...but would still not do it myself for personal hang ups.

Well everybody has rules but i dont really see what the big deal is about hunting out of an old fallen down house or barn i guess its just the rules you have to go by we have a couple of old houses on our lease at one of these old houses it has a few big oak trees and all around it is a bunch of planted pines which over the years has got real thick,i noticed a couple of years ago the deer were really hitting these acorn trees hard everytime i would walk down the old road bed i would jump a bunch of deer it didnt seem to matter what time of day they were always feeding under these oaks, but anyway i decided to sit inside this old house it was the best set up i took 4 deer that season out of the window of that old house and it now is one of my favorite stands i can stay dry and out of the wind i even put a table along with a nice comfortable chair to me its no different than a shooting house just a little bigger of course to me old abandon houses and barns can be a great set up deer love these old home steads like you said a natural clover patch or like me with some big oaks i also seen deer eating the privet hedges around the house they love them but i guess its all in your rules if it was me i would try and get them to change it so you can use it to your advantage.

I've always dreamed of having a huge piece of property where I could hunt off the back porch if I wanted. I would put a feeder in the back yard & set up a tripod for my camera on the back porch. I would hunt in the woods, not off the porch except with the camera. As for the old farm houses & barns, it's the property owners call, but I don't think it's a bad rule.

There's a difference between hunting deer and shooting deer. You shoot deer off a porch, but you hunt deer from a tree stand.

Our rule is no shooting anything in the back yard...except red squirrels (for nuisance reasons though).

To me the hunt is more than just an opportunity to kill. I'm not in camp to just kill a deer, but to get out of my daily routine. I want to climb the mountain, get into the forest. I've tried a stand, but I prefer mobility (I'm talking about firearms hunting, not archery).

I bring a sling chair with me in the woods and have an easy set blind cloth. Its nice and comfortable to sit in. As far a sittin on the porch Why not. If you not gonna use the old stuctures does that mean you not supposed to be using a blind? Would be similar. Keeps you out of the elements. I know its a family thing. I would shoot off the porch if I could. Have in the past when I lived in a place to do so.

Rules are rules. Until your run the camp, follow the established order!

Teodoro is technically correct, but the guy did ask how many of us thought is was OK to shoot from the porch. And he got lots of answers to that.

We don't hunt on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.... My dad's rules... Haven't done it whereever I've been.. I hunt thanksgivin though.