BugleMIn
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I live in an acreage area, I call it horseyville, every one has a 4-7 acres and some horses, I have 7 and no horses. I have a neighbor #1(our properties are joined, he has a 12 acres total) who has timber on his land and he lets me bowhunt. Not surprisingly it is only good during the rut, the bucks don't typically come that way.
Neighbor #2 doesn't live out there but has 38 acres of land. He thinks the deer belong to him, a real jewel, neighborhood dislikes him. He is buddies with a farmer who owns a CRP field that butts up against the fenceline I hunt. Last spring the guy cut every tree in the fence line, if they fell on his side he drug it away and burned it. If they fell on Neighbor #1's side he left it. I know it is his right to cut trees. He even cut good healthy trees on my side. I mentioned it to my neighbor #1 and he didn't want to raise a stink. (I would have sent him a bill for the value of every tree he cut)
Now I noticed the fence he repaired is like 5-6 feet high right where my tree stands are, other sections of the fence are knocked down he didn't even fix it. His intention is to keep the deer from crossing to my side.
Is this illegal? I think it borders on sabotage. I know he is not out there in a bunny suit protesting us hunting and sabotaging our hunt but he is altering the normal deer movements to prevent us from enjoying our land and hunting. I kid you not there is only a 100 yard section that is built up high, the rest is normal height or even laying on the ground.
Last year on days when he or his son saw us walking to our stand he would have his son ride the ATV along the fenceline to keep the deer from moving in our direction. I talked to the DNR Officer and he said it would be tough to prove harrassment from the ATV, the guy has a right to use his (his buddies) land.
What are your thoughts?
If I tear it down or cut the top two barbs he'll know it is me.
Neighbor #2 doesn't live out there but has 38 acres of land. He thinks the deer belong to him, a real jewel, neighborhood dislikes him. He is buddies with a farmer who owns a CRP field that butts up against the fenceline I hunt. Last spring the guy cut every tree in the fence line, if they fell on his side he drug it away and burned it. If they fell on Neighbor #1's side he left it. I know it is his right to cut trees. He even cut good healthy trees on my side. I mentioned it to my neighbor #1 and he didn't want to raise a stink. (I would have sent him a bill for the value of every tree he cut)
Now I noticed the fence he repaired is like 5-6 feet high right where my tree stands are, other sections of the fence are knocked down he didn't even fix it. His intention is to keep the deer from crossing to my side.
Is this illegal? I think it borders on sabotage. I know he is not out there in a bunny suit protesting us hunting and sabotaging our hunt but he is altering the normal deer movements to prevent us from enjoying our land and hunting. I kid you not there is only a 100 yard section that is built up high, the rest is normal height or even laying on the ground.
Last year on days when he or his son saw us walking to our stand he would have his son ride the ATV along the fenceline to keep the deer from moving in our direction. I talked to the DNR Officer and he said it would be tough to prove harrassment from the ATV, the guy has a right to use his (his buddies) land.
What are your thoughts?
If I tear it down or cut the top two barbs he'll know it is me.
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