I do not blame you for being upset. I would be too. I do small game hunting (pheasant/partridge) , my Dh goes big game hunting with some friends. I have 50 acres of land and my neighbours on the one side also has 50, to the other side that neighbour has 100 acres. They both at one point or another have come knocking on my door asking if they can hunt moose and bear on my land. I flatly told them no, that not even us hunt on our land, I enjoyed them as my neighbours and have great respect for them, I also told them that there were more reasons than the fact that I didn't want to upset the habitants on my land, but for family and pet safety too. I refuse to allow anyone to hunt on my land. there is a lot of crown land for hunting and I prefer my land to stay the way it is. I have moose, and bears, a pack of wolves that come back every year as well as ducks, herons, and many foxes too, I am sure I got more animals residing on my land as I have seen them out there just haven't found their homes.
Every hunting season I find hunters on my land, who have found their way in through the surrounding crown lands, they respectfully abide by my no hunting rule and move on elsewhere.
best thing you could do is tell your neighbour that you have realized after talking to the person who leases your land that hunting on your property would be detrimental to the cows on the land. She would honestly understand that and have no problems with it at all. Hunters, in any place would understand that livestock is important. Here however, where I live there is not hunting at all near private livestock or residences, it is illegal and the fines are excessively high, and there is also prison time.
Breathe easy and remember those cows come first :-D and this will preserve your beautiful deer :-D
Every hunting season I find hunters on my land, who have found their way in through the surrounding crown lands, they respectfully abide by my no hunting rule and move on elsewhere.
best thing you could do is tell your neighbour that you have realized after talking to the person who leases your land that hunting on your property would be detrimental to the cows on the land. She would honestly understand that and have no problems with it at all. Hunters, in any place would understand that livestock is important. Here however, where I live there is not hunting at all near private livestock or residences, it is illegal and the fines are excessively high, and there is also prison time.
Breathe easy and remember those cows come first :-D and this will preserve your beautiful deer :-D