Deer Hunting
last year i was hunting in a cedar swamp at my my uncles hunting cabin and i heard 3 shots from the neighbor and saw horns flash about 200 yards away. about 10 minutes later the same deer crossed the stream in some thicker foliage about 80 yards away on to my uncles property he walked about teen feet and i got a clear shot so i took it. he dropped i kept the scope on him for about 5 minutes he was hit in the back and as i walked up to him he had used his front legs to cross the stream again some how. i walked up to him and he stood on his front legs so i shot him again as he scooted further away. tough deer kept going so i shot 1 more time and he laid down and died right there about 30 yards from where i 1st hit him. I stood for about 3 minutes and just to make sure he expired and as i walked up to him i saw another hunter walking towards me. I looked down to admire my first buck an 8 pt with a 18 inch spread. He walked up and asked me if i new who's property i was on i said well i just shot this deer over there about 50 yards away. He said well you are on my property. i said ok i ll b sure to leave as soon as i can i grabbed the horn of the deer and started to drag him away to which he said wait my son shot at that deer about a half hour ago. I acted surprised and said well i think he missed. he looked at the deer and said that the shot to the back of the deer could of been his sons and the deer could of gotten away. I said no that shot broke his back and the other 1s were in the heart area. he couldn't except that and wanted to argue with me about it. i left my knife at my stand and he wanted me to field dress it to make sure it wasn't just a gut shot. the whole time he lectured me about trespassing and how he should call the warden and that my stand was to close to his property and that i could of never made the shot that i made from 80 yards claiming it was to far and to thick for my Weatherby 7-mm 08 with nikon scope couldn't make that shot. when i was almost done field dressing the deer his son walked up and said that he had missed and the man still could not stop. i then pulled out a large piece of vertebrae broken with a piece of my bullet in it as his son was using an 870 express it made him almost mad and he again started to preach at me about the stand and i finished field dressing the deer and picked my stuff up and said well what do i owe you for using the knife. in his grumpy tone he said a case of beer. I was and still to this day am alittle angry at the way that man acted and the way he tried to talk me out of taking my deer. Easy way to make a consensus out of this is opinions of hunters and land owners what's your opinion on the situation?
my opinion is if the deer is shot in a public or a property that is owned by the hunter he/she has the right and the duty to retrieve it.
When a deer you shoot crosses a property line to which you do not have permission to hunt, you should ask permission to retrieve it. This jerk would likely not have granted it though, and you'd have lost your deer. If that happened i'd call a warden. Good for you for not letting this guy bully you out of your deer. As far as your stand being "too close" to his property, you need to know where the lines are and not shoot across. I'm sure it's loaded with Posters now. Sounds like you shot a nice buck. Congrats.
Me and my uncle have the same problem on his farm with the neighboring farm
Lousy neighbors stink
I would have brought him the case of beer just to rub it in...lol...
I am so sorry that you got yourself in that situtation. And I am not implying that you did anything wrong. An event like this certainly takes the thrill out of the hunt, doesn't it? Anyway, anytime you shoot a deer on your property or on property that you have permission to hunt and the deer crosses a boundary line, make sure that you ask permission from the property owner before you make an attempt to retrieve the animal. If you do not do this, you are technically tresspassing. Many states have a law pertaining to this. Law or no law, it is the right, considerate and decent thing to do. If you are not granted permission, you may then want to contact a game warden to see if he or she can or will intervene for you. It appears to me from your writing that you actually harvested the deer on your property and the man who claimed the deer was his was actually trespassing. Is this correct? All in all, he is a miserable jerk! He is lucky that you did not kick his caboose. It sounds like he needed an attitude adjustment to me; however, I am glad that you took the high road. I am proud of you!
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When a deer you shoot crosses a property line to which you do not have permission to hunt, you should ask permission to retrieve it. This jerk would likely not have granted it though, and you'd have lost your deer. If that happened i'd call a warden. Good for you for not letting this guy bully you out of your deer. As far as your stand being "too close" to his property, you need to know where the lines are and not shoot across. I'm sure it's loaded with Posters now. Sounds like you shot a nice buck. Congrats.
I would have brought him the case of beer just to rub it in...lol...
Me and my uncle have the same problem on his farm with the neighboring farm
Lousy neighbors stink
I am so sorry that you got yourself in that situtation. And I am not implying that you did anything wrong. An event like this certainly takes the thrill out of the hunt, doesn't it? Anyway, anytime you shoot a deer on your property or on property that you have permission to hunt and the deer crosses a boundary line, make sure that you ask permission from the property owner before you make an attempt to retrieve the animal. If you do not do this, you are technically tresspassing. Many states have a law pertaining to this. Law or no law, it is the right, considerate and decent thing to do. If you are not granted permission, you may then want to contact a game warden to see if he or she can or will intervene for you. It appears to me from your writing that you actually harvested the deer on your property and the man who claimed the deer was his was actually trespassing. Is this correct? All in all, he is a miserable jerk! He is lucky that you did not kick his caboose. It sounds like he needed an attitude adjustment to me; however, I am glad that you took the high road. I am proud of you!
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