You've said this a bunch, and probably others too, but can you explain to me like I'm stupid and never hunted a day in my life what exactly is disrespectful about putting a blind on your property next to a fence line?
Neighbor Fence Line Blinds
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You are a good Ag with a degree from TAMU so I know without saying that you are not stupid by any means. If you have owned land and grown up rural its all a matter of respect for your neighbor and does not need an explanation. Kinda like its impolite to ask a man how much acreage he has.
Actually I think it does require explaining! I have hunted on my family land where we have a stand that has been on our fence line since before I was born. It's the best and most efficient way to hunt the west side of our property! By your reasoning we should not have it there, yet I have a shooting lane 40 yards wide and 500 yards long to my left and 700 yards long to my right. Then I have the neighbors wide open pasture in front of me, do I shoot in that pasture nope. But I do shoot animals that come outta that pasture or come outta our trees heading to that pasture! That is the nature of what you do with low fence places, you hunt animals that don't just live on your place (or at your stand) as this ain't no Brad,Mitch or Jerry situation! Also helps to have an extremely good relationship with your neighbors and coordinate which bucks are too young and which bucks are target deer. Oh and a shared hatred and understanding to murder any pigs seen during daylight hours and doesn't matter what side of the fence they are on!
Hey you do you. Good for you that's ok. I was brought up that its not right. Lots of old time landowners and others believe and have been taught the same. On our place now we have land with old time heritage landowners pretty much surrounding us that have owned their ranches for decades and they adhere to the same belief....and they don't have a single blind on any of the fence lines. I will always respect them as well as they return the same. If your neighbors are ok with it then by all means hunt the way you want to.
I wont give my neighbors any reason to not be ok with it as I wont be doing it. Just the way I was raised I guess. Understanding maybe some dont agree.
I wont give my neighbors any reason to not be ok with it as I wont be doing it. Just the way I was raised I guess. Understanding maybe some dont agree.
I've enjoyed the discourse on this one. What comes to mind was a cold December morning in McMullin County. I was probably in my 2nd year of hunting alone in a stand on this 400 acre lease that my
Grandfather had for decades. Great property. To the west was the Donnell. All low fence. Beautiful deer all over.
Anyway- to the East was another property where a blind was on the fence line. My tower was about 300-400
yards inside the fence. I never saw any activity in the adjacent blind.
BOOM! The crack of that rifle on this particular still quiet morning scared the ever living, compound, complex hell outta me. While he was hunting his property, I immediately realized I don't want to be that close to another hunter I don't know.
Carry on with the discussion.
Grandfather had for decades. Great property. To the west was the Donnell. All low fence. Beautiful deer all over.
Anyway- to the East was another property where a blind was on the fence line. My tower was about 300-400
yards inside the fence. I never saw any activity in the adjacent blind.
BOOM! The crack of that rifle on this particular still quiet morning scared the ever living, compound, complex hell outta me. While he was hunting his property, I immediately realized I don't want to be that close to another hunter I don't know.
Carry on with the discussion.
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My grandfather always taught us never to put a stand on the fence line out of respect for your neighbor.
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So now "on the fenceline" has become 20 yards off the fenceline?
For archery that is more than adequate. For rifle, well shooting along a fenceline is a) not illegal and b) safer than shooting AT a fenceline. Having sightline to a feeding area/water source is not uncommon, getting game in transit is legit unless dove are involved.
Now with all that said, Government Code 229.002.
For archery that is more than adequate. For rifle, well shooting along a fenceline is a) not illegal and b) safer than shooting AT a fenceline. Having sightline to a feeding area/water source is not uncommon, getting game in transit is legit unless dove are involved.
Now with all that said, Government Code 229.002.
Quote:
...regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:
(1) a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 10 acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or
(2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 50 acres or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.
Quarterback can't throw the ball lying on his back.
Side windows too. I can shoot in 3 directions.Gunny456 said:
I got it. You sit in your blinds on the fence and stair out and shoot out of your front window only.
I specifically did not put anything on the back of the blind because it faces the othe property. Only thing on that side is the door to go in and out. Only time it gets opened is going in, leaving and when I have to make a run to the emergency deuce tree or take a leak.
Here is my setup. As you can see, because of the density of the woods, we can't just set up anywhere. Even bow blinds are challenging at times because the bottoms are so thick. My blind faces down the ROW (down on the pic) and I can shoot left, right or forward. Behind me is the other property. Blinds are essentially ground blinds, only elevated about 2' off the ground. Get much higher than that and you start having issues with tree branches, so if I had my blind on the ROW further down in the pic, I'd both be shooting towards the neighbor's property and eliminating two shooting opportunites at the same time.
https://instagr.am/p/DB1ojtfx53s
Nice set up. Hope you get a wall hanger sir! Nice looking place. Have you seen any good ones yet?
We have a handful of shooter bucks. 1 buck county, 13" rule so we have to be pretty selective to make sure it's worth pulling the trigger. Our deer aren't all that big, but they are our deer at least.
Roger that. Maybe a big boy will show up.
The ranch road that leads to my spot takes me right by the neighbor's stand. Opening morning of rifle season a few years ago he even waved at me as I went back to camp. It's a low fence place so these deer are going to go wherever the hell they want anyways so it is what it is. I'm thankful to have a place to hunt that is still somewhat affordable.
Coming out here for the first time in a couple months, I did notice they moved another feeder that was about 50 yards from the fence line last year with a stand that looks directly towards the property line. Stand is still in place but no feeder.
It's a warm 79 degrees in McCulloch County this afternoon but the breeze helps ever so slightly.
Coming out here for the first time in a couple months, I did notice they moved another feeder that was about 50 yards from the fence line last year with a stand that looks directly towards the property line. Stand is still in place but no feeder.
It's a warm 79 degrees in McCulloch County this afternoon but the breeze helps ever so slightly.
JeremiahJohnson said:
So I have this "friend" that hunts 1000 acres and they have a neighbor with a less than 10 acre sliver of property bordering 3 sides of the 1000 acres. That neighbor puts 4 box blinds in the fence line including 3 looking at your food plot. Will not answer to reason or discussion. What would you do? One blind would be unavoidable but 4 that's just ******* behavior
Doss???
moth balls and barbershop sweepings usually does the trick
On a small property< It makes sense to put your stand on the fenceline. That way, you are shooting across your own property. Just my 2 cents
Gunny456 said:
You are a good Ag with a degree from TAMU so I know without saying that you are not stupid by any means. If you have owned land and grown up rural its all a matter of respect for your neighbor and does not need an explanation. Kinda like its impolite to ask a man how much acreage he has.
Perfect example of only understanding their way of doing things.
Most properties have cleared fence lines to keep fences repaired and fire breaks. It's natural to use them for shooting lanes. Doesn't mean they are hunting across the fence. The deer belong to the state, not you.
You can high fence, but unless they're actively crossing or shooting off their property there's nothing wrong with it. No matter what the justification.
Agreed, you have Schmelba's diagram, which is rude according to Gunny (if I understand him correctly), but makes perfect sense to me from a standpoint of safety and maximizing the huntable portion of a plot of land.
that's out setup primarily in east texas. back to the property line, looking along the lines and into the property. But there also aren't cleared lanes on the neighbors property, just straight woods, so its not like you could shoot into the neighbors woods if you wanted.
there's a property i know similar which is a section, but backs up to a much larger piece of land, and the previous hunter on the section would put feeders along the property line to lure in deer and hunted the heck out of them... the larger property owner eventually put a fence just along the adjoining property lines (where yellow and red abutt) but did not high fence in his full property.
there's a property i know similar which is a section, but backs up to a much larger piece of land, and the previous hunter on the section would put feeders along the property line to lure in deer and hunted the heck out of them... the larger property owner eventually put a fence just along the adjoining property lines (where yellow and red abutt) but did not high fence in his full property.
Absolutely incorrect. The deer belong to the people of the state of Texas.
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Hunting on 10 acres seems crazy to me.
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