Hem
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Just tell them you are building it to keep the deer on their property, and it wont cost them a nickel.
Reverse psychology.
Reverse psychology.
How about an Eastern US hunting issue?
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Gellar
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How are you going to feel when the shoes are flipped and you own 40 acres in Iowa surrounded on 3 sides by some jack wagon who posts to much on hunttalk?
seeth07
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I thought we would be buying it together?
*too
WVmike
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My question also. Why are they shooting that many deer?
WVmike
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It's like that here on the east coast. My father in law ask me how I was going to get a deer out once I shot it where I was going hunting and I said that's what this pack is for. He laughed and said you're stupid.
Bowhuntrben
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If I have to go anywhere close to 100 yards, I've done something seriously wrong
Darkside
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If it were me, I would have a talk with them. And focus on filling them out, find out what’s on their minds, and Not being Negative. In a few years these boys might be moving on.
Good luck
Good luck
The fun part of this quote is that the literal meaning is 180 degrees from Frosts' intended meaning, which was about neighborliness and developing relationships that preclude the need for such fences. He used the juxtaposition of the tired, old saying as a way to draw attention to a better path, or fence, in this instance.
also - deer proof fencing is probably the worst idea I've heard. You shut out animal movement that they need during the other months of the year. This isn't animal husbandry, it's wildlife management.
Good topic, @seeth07. I've got similar going on around here - between the subdivisions and losing available acres, houses being built tight against public land boundaries, pushing people out, etc.
I'd love to see a map comparing hunter density as well. The western only boys would flip their shit beyond belief in how tightly packed hunters are once you get into the wetness.
seeth07
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The basic of the topic really just boils down to being a good neighbor so I think you hit that one right on the head. For me it isn't subdivisions but rather farming corporations that are buying acreage and clear cutting and adding drain tile that take away vast amounts of habitat. I personally am doing what little I can on my own property by promoting good habitat, remaining tillable acres to quality bedding areas, planting native grasses, shrubs and trees, etc.
The deer certainly aren't "mine" and I'm not trying to claim they are. At the same time, there is value to the land I own and when there are actions of a neighbor that impacts that value as well as impacts my personal enjoyment of a place I call home it gets me upset. Even as I try to think about what I should do, being a good neighbor is on my mind as I don't want the situation to get worse.
100% understand where you are coming from and I'd be feeling similarly in your situation.
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