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You're arguing against yourself. Ethics and morals are in the eye of the beholder. I think it is unethical to shoot stupid, easy to kill, immature, young bucks before the reach maturity. There's no challenge to killing a first or second year buck other than being able to pull the trigger and shoot straight. That's my personal opinion. I don't fault or look down on anyone for what they want to shoot or not shoot. That's a personal decision for each of us to make on our own.

Everybody should have the right to do what they want to do with their property. The neighbor is interfering with Brad's right to try to grow the best deer he can. Brad wants to grow deer, the other guy wants to shoot whatever he wants. Other guy has the absolute right to hunt right on the line if he wants to. Brad in turn has the right to do everything that he wants to do on his side of the line to protect the deer he's growing so that they can reach older age classes. Both have rights and both can do whatever they want as long as it is legal and on their own property. Brad can fence the other guy out if he wants to. It's perfectly legal. You're essentially saying that the other guy's right to kill anything he wants trumps Brads right to try to grow older deer on his property. The other guy has no right to deer on Brads property just like Brad doesnt have a right to the deer on the other guy's property. That guy can kill the hell out of every deer he sees on his property if he wants to, and Brad can let them all walk on his property. If the other guy is smart, he'll move off the line and everyone will be happy. If he doesnt, then he has to deal with the consequences of his decision to put the house there which might mean a nice tall fence between him and where the deer are coming and going to to feed.
Brad is not fencing in the state's deer. They are free to move as they please, he would just be limiting where they can and cannot cross over onto the other property. That's Brad's right just like it is the other guy's right to shoot what he wants. If he wants to kill a bunch of deer, maybe he should spend some time and money improving his habitat so that he holds them on his property, like Brad has done. The other guy has 200 acres of cutover to hunt. There is a reason as to why he set that shooting house up on the line between his property and Brad's 8 acre food plot that doesnt get hunted. I can promise you it's not because it's the only place on his 200 acres he can hunt. He's trying to take advantage of Brad's management activities and the deer he's growing. He can do that and Brad can combat it. Both are legal in doing so.

I thought this was going to be a thread about a fish pond.

I thought this was going to be a thread about a fish pond.

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.

3 years from now Brad will be hunting the line between the bedding area in the grown up cut over and the bean field. The cut over land owner will be bitching about Brad shooting all "his" deer.

Agree, it's too obvious. Nobody puts a cornfeeder practically on top of the ground, and there's no wear underneath of the feeder. Raccoons and squirrels will sit right there and spin all the corn out by hand (which they can climb and do anyways with a bit of effort). This was set up for a picture. There's nothing there to set off a trail cam anyways

West neighbors clear cut their entire 220 acres bordering me to the west. Have not sprayed, burned or re-planted and probably will not,its a nasty mess.They don't plant squat for plots winter or summer.Buddy was checking cameras today and lo and behold what has appeared on the line, right next to my 8 acres of corn and beans.Of course I support their right to hunt every inch of their property as they wish. Glad I have the same rights.Since we do not hunt lines or this field I figured it was a great place to set up a supplemental feeding station.

Hmmmmmmm same location as 2011? http://www.aldeer.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=19886&Number=206324#Post206324

I remember that post. Looks like Brad B is still a class a douche.