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[FTG-05]

Sorry you had to experience that. Hopefully it never caused any friction between your neighbor & yourself. That is something I'm sure the hunters didn't even consider or care about, but they would have if they were smart. I think it's a matter of perspective. Too often hunters see private land permission as a resource to be tapped rather than relationship to be fostered and grown. They're so focused on the immediate selfish goal of killing a deer that they ignore the generous hospitality of someone allowing them inside the personal sanctuary of their property. How much better would their experience have been if they'd have been courteous & respectful, or even sent you a thank you Christmas card with a venison summer sausage or gift card to Cracker Barrel? Small but genuine expressions of gratitude often make a tremendous difference. At the bare minimum they'd have expressed their respect and you'd have reciprocated with mutual respect to them. But many, many times for me it turns into being invited to hunt new properties. You may not have invited those fellows to hunt your place but another neighbor in the area very well may have.

I built this for them:

Took me 3 hours per pole and 2 days to dig the holes; it flat wore me out.


Your post also triggered another memory I had almost for gotten about:

As I said, they lived 1 1/2 hours away from here near Moulton, AL. Yet, I know of Six People around here who were very familiar with them. A friend, two neighbors, a big time trophy hunter who used to hunt another next door property (my then UPS driver) and the then local GW (I don't recall the 6th person, CRS ). Not one had anything good to say about them.

My UPS driver was very familiar with them because they used to trespass all the time on my property before I owned it. The previous owner (elderly) would not allow anybody to hunt (rabid anti-hunter) but the UPS hunter constantly had his hunts interfered with even though he hunted the opposite side for where they had permission.

When I called the GW the first time and I mentioned their names, I could see him rolling his eyes - over the phone. He was not the least bit surprised.

Sorry for the hijack - thanks for letting me vent.

 

[Harold Money jr]

My favorite place to hunt anywhere is a 6.92ac patch of woods inside a 107ac cattle farm. I always think when I'm hunting there, what if this is all I had? I could make a fine living of hunting just there. Rarely do deer make it on the neighbors and we have an understanding. I have 5 prepared trees for different winds here as well. When hunting Small parcels and some big ones you must have neighbor support or at least understanding.