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Typo has been corrected.

Yeah he must make custom Dillon Tower Box Blinds.

1000 acre land owner has tried to talk to him and he was an *******. So if you treat someone like a dick, be expected to be treated like one in return.
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Just buy the property in question, problem solved. He can do what he wants, he owns it or you buy it.
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Is this located NW of Fredericksburg near a small town which shall not be named?
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I grew up on 40 acres or so in the hill country in Comal county. We had the river on one side and three large ranches around us. My dad would not build blinds along our fence lines and he told me to not sit on the fence lines to hunt. Our neighbors did not build blinds along the fence nor did we ever see them hunting along the fences.
My dad's reason was proper neighbor property and hunting respect and etiquette. It was common in those days.
We were on a lease of 600 acres in Blanco county in the 80's and one of the guys on the lease shot a nice buck across the fence of a neighboring ranch. He got caught and almost cost all of us to get kicked off the lease.
He simply said temptation got the best of him.
Best not to hunt on fence lines and test temptation.
Because respect and hunting etiquette are no longer important to some folks.

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Gunny456 said:

I grew up on 40 acres or so in the hill country in Comal county. We had the river on one side and three large ranches around us. My dad would not build blinds along our fence lines and he told me to not sit on the fence lines to hunt. Our neighbors did not build blinds along the fence nor did we ever see them hunting along the fences.
My dad's reason was proper neighbor property and hunting respect and etiquette. It was common in those days.
We were on a lease of 600 acres in Blanco county in the 80's and one of the guys on the lease shot a nice buck across the fence of a neighboring ranch. He got caught and almost cost all of us to get kicked off the lease.
He simply said temptation got the best of him.
Best not to hunt on fence lines and test temptation.
Because respect and hunting etiquette are no longer important to some folks.



When you lease your property out to people not vested in the property all kinds of craziness can happen. Or you neighbor leases theirs out.
Gunny456
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Yep. That's why many landowners have quit leasing their land for hunting.
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JeremiahJohnson said:

It's not that there's one blind with in view. That wouldn't be a big deal. There are 3. And all 3 have clear cuts to allow them to see food plot. That's pretty suspect. The 4th blind is down the line.

4 blinds on 10 acres is a lot no matter how close they are to a neighbor.
I have 4 blinds within probably a 10 acre area on my lease in the area I hunt. Granted, 2 of them are tree stands. Only 1 is a pure gun blind. And it's on the fence line to boot.

Not disagreeing about this situation, I just find the angst about fencelines hypocritical most of the time they are discussed on here.
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Propane cannon.
Fence. Big Fence. Really Big Fence.
Outward facing lights.
Banging his Ole Lady.
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All 4 are tower box blinds. They hunt all 4 at the same time.

Not my property but would upset me if it was. I hunt down the road and am friends with the 1000 acre land owner.
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HDeathstar said:

If fence is split or not on your property, put up a bunch of political sign metal frames with shiny tassels or ribbon hanging down. Deer will avoid it. Or put it on the fence if it is yours. Scares the deer.


Only initially. Deer will eventually get used to anything.
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Gunny456 said:

I grew up on 40 acres or so in the hill country in Comal county. We had the river on one side and three large ranches around us. My dad would not build blinds along our fence lines and he told me to not sit on the fence lines to hunt. Our neighbors did not build blinds along the fence nor did we ever see them hunting along the fences.
My dad's reason was proper neighbor property and hunting respect and etiquette. It was common in those days.
We were on a lease of 600 acres in Blanco county in the 80's and one of the guys on the lease shot a nice buck across the fence of a neighboring ranch. He got caught and almost cost all of us to get kicked off the lease.
He simply said temptation got the best of him.
Best not to hunt on fence lines and test temptation.
Because respect and hunting etiquette are no longer important to some folks.


Just about every one of our blinds are on the fenceline - facing into our property.

I'd rather blinds be on the perimeter facing in so when I am shooting, I am shooting into my property and not from the inside out towards other's property. There is no reason I should sacrifice the use of their land simply because somebody on the other side of the fence doesn't like it. I don't mess with the land on the other side of the fence, as far as I know they don't mess with ours either. Deer jump the fence all of the time, I work to make it more attractive for them to be on my side
Gunny456
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Don't understand your sentence of "sacrificing use of their land". We set up our stands and blinds interior of the property to insure no bullets are going into our neighbors land without putting any of them on fence lines. Our neighbor's (except the kid I'm dealing with now) have, for years all done the same and we have no issues like what's being discussed.
It's really all about the ethics of the hunter that's in that fence line stand as to whether things can go bad or not and nothing else.
Us and our neighbors have always been agreed to not do it…. that way it eliminates any chances of conflict.
It has worked well for all of us so far.
To each his own.
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Would put cams there and a no trespassing sign. A very clear sign you know and are watching. Give them the chance to hunt their property legally and safely, but any shenanigans happen and the game warden is getting a call.
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If you are shooting from the inside out towards another landowner, my opinion is that you are limiting the use of your land because there is nothing that can guarantee a projectile doesn't cross a fence line. Now, this is all dependent on your setup, size of land, etc. - but bottom line is that you limit yourself and what you can and cannot do by shooting in a direction that your projectile can go off your boundaries.

Just my opinion.
Gunny456
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As always I enjoy and respect your opinion. I was brought up being taught that it was unethical and disrespectful to put blinds or hunt on our neighbors fences…. and all I had to hunt on was about 40 acres…. but it's what my family taught me and when we got the ranch in the hill country all the old time landowners lived by that rule as well…. and did not mince words making you aware of it.
We were blessed with a pretty good size hunk of ground so we never felt having blinds well off fence lines hurt our hunting success.
In fact it helped us as our deer were not spooked by activity on our neighbors places with shots, ATV noise, voices etc…which would have been the case if our blinds had been on our fence lines.
80% of our blinds were tower blinds and therefore always shooting into the ground. Our ground blinds were always situated shooting down into canyons or into hill sides … totally eliminating any chance bullets would cross any fences. We basically had no shooting directions going toward fence lines.
JeremiahJohnson
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You and I were raised the same. I guess not everyone shares the same thoughts on what is proper etiquette.
Gunny456
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Yes sir.
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It seems some people don't have an issue with the neighbor blatantly hunting across the fence, and think it's ok to have a fence line blind...

So on your side of the fence, build a high plywood wall along your fence line, between his stand and your food plot. Sixteen ft 4x4's, 1/4" plywood, sack crete.
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JeremiahJohnson said:

All 4 are tower box blinds. They hunt all 4 at the same time.

Not my property but would upset me if it was. I hunt down the road and am friends with the 1000 acre land owner.
I still can't comprehend four blinds on 10 acres. Unless you're a stick and string hunter, I don't see how this is plausible.
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AggieMarkSA said:

1.) shoot hog
2.) place hog in offending blind at end of hunting season
3.) slit hog open
4.)?????
5.) blind gets moved/trashed


Gross. I can actually smell this post
Goodest Poster
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Cameras, cameras, cameras, and a wind chime
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Always the most goodest
HDeathstar
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On our lease, most of our stands are on the perimeter shooting in. Most are off the fence line, but to say they are all in the middle of the land is not a true statement. They are ground blinds and you really can't see the other persons property, but they are just a long stones throw away from the fence.

I assume most hunting is like this. Lease roads are on the perimeter, take a left or right and go off the road a little ways and hunt. I think this is fine.

What we have here is tower blinds that can see and shoot easily well into the neighbor's land if they wanted. I think this is optics that people complain about the most. Where it looks like a set of East German guard towers watching the Berlin wall.

I wouldn't care about a ground blind on the fence line that has brush behind it or no back windows, where it looks like they can't shoot your way.
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SunrayAg said:

It seems some people don't have an issue with the neighbor blatantly hunting across the fence, and think it's ok to have a fence line blind...

So on your side of the fence, build a high plywood wall along your fence line, between his stand and your food plot. Sixteen ft 4x4's, 1/4" plywood, sack crete.
You're making sht up. Who on this thread has said that?
Wearer of the Ring
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I was on a lease with some buddies and the neighbor put a feeder right on the fence line. Every time we were there each of us would pee through the fence at that spot at least once a day.
Gunny456
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Porn game camera footage.
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Hang 20 or so pie plates down the fence line on your side. Them blowing in the wind and the sun reflecting off the aluminum ought to work.
Better yet, go with a set of wind chimes.
Old Town Ag
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The real question is why the guy with a thousand acres is planting a food plot next to a 10 acre fence line? Who i s being unreasonable?
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JeremiahJohnson said:

You and I were raised the same. I guess not everyone shares the same thoughts on what is proper etiquette.
One size does not fit all.

Shocking concept, I know huh?
schmellba99
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Goes back to what I said about situation/setup. Hill country is different than coastal plains or east Texas for sure and I really didn't think about that aspect.

We have zero hills or topography outside of cow wallows, ditches and natural drainage channels that are all of 2-3 feet deep, so we don't have the luxury of having canyons to shoot down or hills to have as a backdrop. Lots of ROW's and the "roads" on most of the fencelines are some of the only clear spots to do any shooting down in the deep heavy wooded river bottoms; just a different setup.

Around here you'll find most blinds are set similar where they are on fencelines but shooting towards the center of the property for that very reason.
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Wearer of the Ring said:

I was on a lease with some buddies and the neighbor put a feeder right on the fence line. Every time we were there each of us would pee through the fence at that spot at least once a day.
You probably ended up helping him attract deer by doing this unfortunately.
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Old Town Ag said:

The real question is why the guy with a thousand acres is planting a food plot next to a 10 acre fence line? Who i s being unreasonable?
1. Becaus he can. His property and all that jazz
2. Without knowing the setup, it may be one of the only places he can plant a food plot. Simply because it's 1k acres doesn't mean that all 1k acres are useable or capable for something as specific as a food plot.
Gunny456
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I got it. You sit in your blinds on the fence and stair out and shoot out of your front window only.
JeremiahJohnson
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schmellba99 said:

JeremiahJohnson said:

You and I were raised the same. I guess not everyone shares the same thoughts on what is proper etiquette.
One size does not fit all.

Shocking concept, I know huh?


For sure. If you are friendly with your neighbors and have the approach you do, more power to you. That's great. This is not that case.
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Old Town Ag said:

The real question is why the guy with a thousand acres is planting a food plot next to a 10 acre fence line? Who i s being unreasonable?


I agree here but it was a good spot for one due to accessibility to water. It's a really dry county. I told him to abandon it and try somewhere else. It was planted well before the neighbors.

One side of the food plot is 150-200 yards from the fence line. It's 2 acres. They used to hunt it from a ground blind 400 yards from fence line. Due to elevation change and the way the property is set up they are not shooting towards the other 10 acre property. The other property used to be heavily wooded before they cut shooting lanes and set up a tower blind 20 yards from the fence.
Gunny456
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Agree. On our little 40 acres we had growing up it was river bottom land and flat flood plain....little to no elevation change. Our neighbors were mainly flatlands as well. Regardless we were just taught to not put stands or blinds on our fence lines...mainly due to respect for our neighbors. They respected us the same, even though we had a little place, and did not put blinds on our fence lines either. Everybody got along fine.
The neighbors would not let me deer hunt on their lands during deer season but did allow me to hunt doves, rabbits, varmints, etc. out of deer season...my dad had that good of a relationship with them.
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