Venting

[SaskHunter]

Funny, just yesterday I posted on a different thread how some hunters are the worst kind of people out there...

 

[Addicting]

Just an FYI… If it’s truly a shared driveway, I have never seen an easement agreement that allows one party with rights to the driveway to determine whom the other party with rights to the driveway may or may not allow to use the driveway.

The first half is on his side then it transitions to her side half way back. I think it was just a neighbor deal of where it worked best for the last 50 years.

She has my son mow it, guess that will come to an end. She will have to mow it herself as he clearly told me we are not allowed on his property any longer.

 

[kodiakisland]

Unfortunately what you describe is the new country. Large farms being broken up into smaller tracts. Homes going up everywhere. City folks moving to the country and bringing their “city” attitude with them.

Used to be 40 acres was a starter farm. Now it’s a large tract. Nothing is like it was.

I’ve had the run of 200+ acres the last 18 years that I can shoot and hunt on any time I want. The owner is 78. When he is gone the kids most likely will subdivide and sell. I’m currently looking for a decent 40acre parcel to buy for my future hunting.

Then I’ll have to deal with the guy who claims he’s always been allowed to hunt there. Have stuff torn up or stolen. Deal with armed assholes when all I want to do is hunt my land.

 

[Addicting]

I’m currently looking for a decent 40acre parcel to buy for my future hunting.

That will be minimum of 200k by me. Hence my housing thread, we are doing well for ourselves. But even with that we cannot afford to have a hunting property. Those days for the common man are mostly gone. That is unless you want one of the new 50 year 6.5% mortgages.

 

[Irrelevant]

The first half is on his side then it transitions to her side half way back. I think it was just a neighbor deal of where it worked best for the last 50 years.

She has my son mow it, guess that will come to an end. She will have to mow it herself as he clearly told me we are not allowed on his property any longer.

Gomer is right. He can't say that. Even if there is no formal easement, it's been acquired through mutual acquiescence. But, it might/will be messy/expensive to prove it.

 

[Addicting]

Gomer is right. He can't say that. Even if there is no formal easement, it's been acquired through mutual acquiescence. But, it might/will be messy/expensive to prove it.

Does not matter. I explained everything to my son as best I could to a 11 year old. Told him he would have to anchor any deer with a high shoulder. Explained the ramifications of what would happen if he made a bad shot being on a small parcel. Also the biggest we have seen is a 6 point. EHD hit this area hard.

Gave him the option of going north to public and exploring. The safety concerns with how crowded it would be. EHD didn’t hit that area as hard. There is a possibility of a bigger deer but it would be more road hunting as we figure out where everything is. OnX doesn’t help with prescouting as much. There will be several hunters in each square mile. Our population is high and it is the only public for quite a ways. Last time I went up there was during a muzzleloader hunt. The boundary of a good area looked reminiscent of civil war line volleys. The deer ran down the line and you saw puff of smoke every 20-30’. It was enough for me to turn back around and drive home.

Gave him another option of another small private parcel but there is only a couple small spikes and a hand full of does hanging out there. Friend hunted it all archery and never saw any other bucks. EHD hit it hard last year. He would have an opportunity at one of the spikes in a food plot.


He struggled but made a decision I am proud of. He chose to go watch his sister bowl. He has already killed an elk. The risks payed out are not worth the reward of a 1.5 year old buck. He would rather let these grow and let the area recover from the EHD losses. The public is something we can check out during the week when it’s not as crowded and interactions won’t have to be rushed.

 

[Irrelevant]

Does not matter. I explained everything to my son as best I could to a 11 year old. Told him he would have to anchor any deer with a high shoulder. Explained the ramifications of what would happen if he made a bad shot being on a small parcel. Also the biggest we have seen is a 6 point. EHD hit this area hard.

Gave him the option of going north to public and exploring. The safety concerns with how crowded it would be. EHD didn’t hit that area as hard. There is a possibility of a bigger deer but it would be more road hunting as we figure out where everything is. OnX doesn’t help with prescouting as much. There will be several hunters in each square mile. Our population is high and it is the only public for quite a ways. Last time I went up there was during a muzzleloader hunt. The boundary of a good area looked reminiscent of civil war line volleys. The deer ran down the line and you saw puff of smoke every 20-30’. It was enough for me to turn back around and drive home.

Gave him another option of another small private parcel but there is only a couple small spikes and a hand full of does hanging out there. Friend hunted it all archery and never saw any other bucks. EHD hit it hard last year. He would have an opportunity at one of the spikes in a food plot.


He struggled but made a decision I am proud of. He chose to go watch his sister bowl. He has already killed an elk. The risks payed out are not worth the reward of a 1.5 year old buck. He would rather let these grow and let the area recover from the EHD losses. The public is something we can check out during the week when it’s not as crowded and interactions won’t have to be rushed.

I just mean if you wanted to keep mowing the elderly lady's driveway. He can't keep you from helping her.

 

[Dave N]

Sounds like he's got a good head on his shoulders.

 

[Addicting]

I just mean if you wanted to keep mowing the elderly lady's driveway. He can't keep you from helping her.

It’s not her main drive. Hers is paved. This is the just the shared access to the back of her property. He has asparagus and planted it right up to the property line. So his road then transitions on to hers. He uses it as if it was his own. All of us used it to get to the back. Otherwise you would have to drive thru her lawn.

 

[Mallardsx2]

Sounds like pretty standard deer season bullshit to me.

 

[Pucky Freak]

I had permission on two adjacent parcels on the edge of town. Same deal, some is in city limits where no firearms are allowed, and also 200 yards away from inhabited structures. Technically possible in a tight space to discharge a firearm, but neighbors complain about their kids and dogs being outside, scared, not safe, etc.

I just archery hunted it. Maybe 3 acres bedding. Deer move from there to corn, and you hunt as they filter between the two areas dawn and dusk.

2nd year LO’s son comes unglued after I shot a buck. LO didn’t care, as long as I also did doe control (which I did). That was 3-4 years ago, very rarely do I hunt private anymore.

No matter how nice the LO is, as another forum member put it, you’re always dealing with/ “new permission, old permission, and no permission” among other hunters.

I’d rather risk it on public where there is less squabbling about who gets to hunt where and when. Sometimes that means skipping a couple areas b/c there are rigs there and I hunt plan C.

 

[Khunter]

It’s not her main drive. Hers is paved. This is the just the shared access to the back of her property. He has asparagus and planted it right up to the property line. So his road then transitions on to hers. He uses it as if it was his own. All of us used it to get to the back. Otherwise you would have to drive thru her lawn.

Why not walk through her lawn to the hunt area? How many feet/miles to simply walk in from her paved drive? Although first impulse is F that place altogether, life is too short to hold yourself hostage to the small place with small deer and too many headaches. If you have to pay to hunt other, better, land, do that for your kid.