Spotlite
Resident Homesteader
Back during the summer we found a climber on our side of the fence…..we removed it and left a note on the tree indicating we have no intentions of doing anything except ensuring we are all in agreement on where the property line is - which is obvious, it’s a fence and in this particular area the pipe markers marking the line are in the ground painted red.
No one ever claimed the climber. Last week I discovered two lock on stands on the same tree, dead on the property line……..one lock on facing their property and the other about 5 foot higher facing me. They have a home made feeder sitting against the fence. They could be filming, who knows.
This is 30 yards from a ladder stand I have. My stand is 30 yards from the fence with the back to the fence and in clear view.
I left a note on their feeder to call me. I stated “I realize you have every right to hunt your entire property, but safety is more important to me and it’s obvious that your set up isn’t considering safety and sportsmanship towards others. I will gladly move my stand if you’re interested in hunting that location but I’m concerned about you facing my property when I have a tower stand deeper in the woods less than 60 yards just on the other side of the thicket. I would like to remind you that we now have multiple trail cams in the area since we discovered a climber on our property”.
Today I checked it, the note is gone.
As far as I know nothing illegal has taken place. I’m trying to be civil with this and keep safety as my priority. There’s a way we can both hunt this area without him facing my back. My gut feeling tells me I’m going to have problems with this cat. If that’s the case, I’ll leave him alone and hook him up with Irish soap bars every 3 foot on my side of the fence and probably build a wooden ladder stand facing him about 4 foot from his feeder.
No one ever claimed the climber. Last week I discovered two lock on stands on the same tree, dead on the property line……..one lock on facing their property and the other about 5 foot higher facing me. They have a home made feeder sitting against the fence. They could be filming, who knows.
This is 30 yards from a ladder stand I have. My stand is 30 yards from the fence with the back to the fence and in clear view.
I left a note on their feeder to call me. I stated “I realize you have every right to hunt your entire property, but safety is more important to me and it’s obvious that your set up isn’t considering safety and sportsmanship towards others. I will gladly move my stand if you’re interested in hunting that location but I’m concerned about you facing my property when I have a tower stand deeper in the woods less than 60 yards just on the other side of the thicket. I would like to remind you that we now have multiple trail cams in the area since we discovered a climber on our property”.
Today I checked it, the note is gone.
As far as I know nothing illegal has taken place. I’m trying to be civil with this and keep safety as my priority. There’s a way we can both hunt this area without him facing my back. My gut feeling tells me I’m going to have problems with this cat. If that’s the case, I’ll leave him alone and hook him up with Irish soap bars every 3 foot on my side of the fence and probably build a wooden ladder stand facing him about 4 foot from his feeder.