Need Help! Retreiving deer off of someone elses property...

[Beekissed]

I have property next to us that is owned by an absentee owner that rents it to one guy for hunting and another guy to cut hay off it. If I kill a deer and it runs to this land, I will be calling the DNR to help retrieve it. The fellow that rents it to hunt has already indicated he doesn't want us on "his" land....not just us, everybody! We never venture on this land but if a deer falls within sight of us when it dies, you can bet I will be retrieving my meat from that land. I have a family to feed and those deer raid my apple orchard every night.

My dad was always harassed by gunhunters all our lives from fellows straying over from the public hunting lands. This was always a sore spot and he has even had these guys point guns at him and threaten to shoot him....but he would still let someone come across that property line to retrieve a deer that was shot off the property. It's common courtesy between hunters. Sometimes deer just run the wrong way.....

A good neighbor knows this and should escort you on the property and off again.

 

[Birdgirl]

I agree

 

[FarmerChick]

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great for hunters and walkers definitely...not for those horse riders..LOL----Great idea. steps over fences. never thought of it actually.

but lately I noticed less and less riders over the years. I think the older riding crowd is slowing down now and less new people can afford horses.
or the interest is not as popular any more.

 

[twentynine]

I own 14 acres surrounded by 400 undeveloped acres. Horror stories I got. Everything from an unknown stranger discharging a high powered rifle within feet of my home. All the way to distruction of my property, fences and injury to livestock.

One question---
You said your husband shot the deer "tonight" assuming you actually meant late afternoon, right?

Tresspassing is tresspassing. Stay off of my property unless invited. Makes no difference to me your reasoning, you are unwelcomed unless invited. I don't care what the deer has been eating or where he was shot. Unless you knock on my door to ask stay out and off.

 

[chixie]

behind my dads 100+ acres is a hunting club... one year someone shot my dads rotty in the bback and the dog was on my dads property.. hunters have also been known to cut his fence to get onto his property..
we are surrounded by woods and people hunt right passed our house... I had to put no hunting signs all over my property ... i haven't caught anyone on it since.. but if someone asks to go get their deer they shot I woud let them get it...

 

[Wanda]

I agree, no one should be trespassing on anyone else's property, especially when they've been told they weren't welcome. Don't remember this being mentioned but I think another issue might be proving who's property it was actually shot on. I think someone else mentioned this and I have also seen cases where people set up stands right on the property line and I'm betting they don't hesitate to shoot no matter what side the deer is on. Also, maybe this guy isn't in to hunting, even for food if he is a vegetarian and feels if he allows someone on his property to retrieve the deer, he is ok'ing it. Though, if the deer is badly injured, he should have it humanely destroyed.

Wanda

 

[Equus5O]

It's great that the landowner was asked for permission. However, the bottom line is that permission was denied. If the hunter enters that property anyway, that's Defiant Trespass. I wouldn't recommend it.

 

[Birdgirl]

this is bow and arrow, you cant take good shot from a large distance, so yea it was on our property, the deer just decided to run the wrong way. it was a good shot too so not like he was being irresponsible. and we didnt tresspass we called the man and asked him first. We were just trying to do the right thing. and yes the deer was shot in the evening during daylight.

 

[SarahFair]

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So since you werent allowed to get your deer does it still cost a tag?

 

[Bettacreek]

Please tell me that you guys went and got the deer. I can't stand jackassery when it comes to neighbors. It would be one thing if you guys were on his land destroying things or something similar, but just to retrieve a deer? What the jerk doesn't know won't hurt him.

Just about a week or two ago, someone was archery hunting on state land. They didn't do anything illegal, but, the deer just happened to have one heck of an adrenaline rush and managed to die on state prison grounds. All that I know right now is that the prison watch were sending it over the radio and keeping an eye on the vehicle, and that there were several troopers, numerous game commission and two prison patrol vehicles. I'll have to ask the boyfriend to figure out more details...