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Hunting close property lines

I’ll hunt lines all day, but I won’t shoot onto property that I don’t have permission to hunt. If a deer runs over there and dies, I’ll try to contact the land owner first, and then DEC if need be. If it’s a 200” buck and no one cooperates, I’m an Indian outlaw, half Cherokee, half Chupacabra or however the song goes…:tearsofjoy:
 
Be a good neighbor.

Be safe.

What constitutes being a good neighbor is at least partially defined by who your neighbors are and what they are sensitive to. Ditto with safety. I've got a stand next to my driveway. I can only safely shoot in one direction from it. I've spoken to my neighbors so they are satisfied they're in no danger from me. My neighbors on both sides have offered to let me track deer onto their property, and have asked for (and received) permission from us to track blood across my property.
 
as you get older, hunting is more about the experience and less about the number of inches of antler. older people are more confrontationally adverse also. trust me when i say i will get in your face, but i enjoy it much less than years ago.

i do not hunt near property lines esp w archery equipment. i've turned down many offers of hunting small private plots in IN for same reason. just not worth it anymore.

not judging. you be you.
 
kyler1945 said:
I just try to meet my neighbors and be a nice guy and someone of value to them. Someone they can trust and rely on.

I find that starting there leads to many opportunities, of which sometimes shooting a deer is one.

Yes there’s a lot of space between being a good neighbor and the decision on where to draw a line to hunt. But not starting in the beginning is how you get shot, start decades long feuds, and not be able to recover your giant deer shot on your property.

It’s all downstream of your connection to your neigbor.

There’s some wisdom we could apply to life in there somewhere I’m sure.
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Best advice given by far!!!
 
I teach hunter safety, bowhunter and trapping for NYS certification to get the applicable licenses. In our state, if the property owner doesn’t want to let you retrieve the deer, you’re screwed. The best advice is the Golden Rule.
 
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