BradB i think you handled this situation perfectly. Theres no doubt why they stood up a shooting house right there. If he could only see his property out of it he would have an argument but obviously he can see 360° out if it. However dont be surprised if your feeder gets blasted or turned over.

I would assume it would be illegal because you basically render his new shooting house useless which in turn could be seen as hunter harassment. Maybe a stretch, but a reasonable GW would most likely see the pissing contest thats going on here.

I would also like to hear from someone with some experience with this type of thing.

Definitely hide a camera looking at it.

actually after re reading it AND looking at the photo and seeing no corn from past use, it does appear the OP set up the feeder AFTER finding the shooting house.

That actually may be a problem for the OP.

I dont know if that was a good idea for a variety of reasons.

First of all it could be considered harrassing the other owner as he can put that house anywhere on his land he chooses. The fact that he chose to put a feeder right there was HIS choice and I dont think it should make the shooting house unusable for the neighbor.

secondly, why would I WANT TO FEED deer right where my neighbors line is, AND in front of his shooting house?

Thats just causing problems.


Also, Any supplemental feeding we have done has always been in the CENTER of a property to hold the deer, and far away from any actual stands.

Camera is a definite. If the feeder turns out to be a no go there is always option two. I just put the e-fence I used on the bean field back up along that boundary. Definitely no restrictions on what I can and cannot fence.

It should be rendered useless. If he couldnt see 360° out of it then he would have an argument but obviously he can see on to the OP's property and would hunt it or hed have the back of the shooting house boarded up. If it were me id agree to take the feeder down if he boarded up the back so he couldnt see my land or move the house all together.

I agree 100%.

the guy said, they have a right to hunt every inch of their property. leave them alone!! he had just said that he hadn't seen deer on that side.
you can look at the ground and tell that's not an " established" feeding site.
Nothing worse that a douche bag neighbor.

We feed in towards the center of our property as well.
I understand the OP's frustration and think the feeder is a pretty funny F U to the other landowner. However, he may end up being asked to move it. No harm no foul I suppose, unless the neighbor takes it personally and starts a whole chit storm over it.

The feeder got put there today. The point is to encourage them to hunt their place not mine. They could have spent about $400 of the $200,000 or so they put in their pocket on the cut to hire a dozer to clear a lane in the middle of their place and planted it.They would have had a much better spot than here but are too sorry to put forth the money and effort when they can just let me do it.

I would assume he put the shooting house there as his neighbor has 8 acres of beans and corn just across his property line. and deer are using it to feed there.

Deer are going to be coming and going to that 8 acre area,..and will easily cross that little wood row and property line and be standing in that clear cut, or walking along the fence line to go in and out of that bean and corn field.

heck, the other land owner has probably seen them there.

So he adjusts to his sightings to harvest one of them legally by setting up a shooting house 30-50 yards from the line, intending to shoot those deer on his side of the fence. Totally legal and some would say pretty smart.

Now Brad sets up this feeder solely to prevent the other land owner from hunting his shooting house.

Heck , he even states that in his post. He is TRYING to render the shooting house as un hunt able.

That clearly shows that it was done to prevent the other land owner from enjoying his own land.

Personally, I would never plant a food plot or an 8 acre bean and corn plot along ANY of my property lines. Deep inside, yes. On the line..no.

Id also never put a feeder up on my neighbors line or even near it,...as they would definitely be seeing and possibly shooting those deer.

looks like a good place to plant some of that tall growing bamboo.

Brad you are 100 percent wrong. You couldnt be more wrong. Where else would a person put a shooting house except down a line. Everybody owns the game. Why dont you be the better man?

The O.P. Is in the clear by feeding on HIS property as long as he stays at least 100 yards away and out of sight of the feeder.

I know of no law prohibiting someone from texercising their peace and enjoyment of their property by feeding wildlife.

The adjoining property owner/lessee's/ lessor's rights aren't superior to the OP's rights.

No harrassment here.

Yes, it's a stretch to claim harassment.

why do you need a feeder when you have 8 acre corn & bean field?

'supplement'

If I was the neighbor I would have built a tower stand like the one below about 200 yards out in the clear cut

And people complain about drama in hunting clubs.

I don't know about hunter harassment as it sounds some of you are a lot more educated on that to me. I've never read the law. But simple harassment is very simple...as its name. If you say that you felt threatened, just sign a warrant and the person will be arrested. I know of a GW had someone arrested for given him the middle finger. It doesnt even have to be against the law. Just sign a warrant, they will be arrested, have to bond out($$), hire an attorney, and the judge will determine if its against the law. If it isn't, well they still spent that money and will have an arrest record for life.

even if there is no corn in the feeder... I know where I'm parking my truck every time I'm hunting...