where does your lease end and my property begin?

[stripernut]

hahahah hey art thats the inside joke at my dads house....we always ask how big of a spike are you going to kill this year....and my dads reply is : my tag, my kitchen window , keep that in mind when its cold and raining and your still waiting.....

[nonamesleft47]

Where my farm is located there are 3 landowners with about 1000 acres total that have an 8 point or better rule. It has made a difference, we've killed 3 B&C and a number of P&Y deer on my place in the past 10 years. With that said I hope your dad told them to kick rocks. My dad was the same way, he grew up in a generation when if they saw antler it was going down.

Deer hunting has changed in the past 20 years but one thing hasn't, if he owns the land he makes the rules. Personally unless the neighbors happen to drive up when we have them hanging I never tell them what we killed or where it was killed. Keeps people honest. I'd tell the lease guys you shoot anything with horns, that'll keep them on their side of the fence.

[stripernut]

well the leasers are happy as pigs in syrup, they each killed a turkey and one got a really old gnarly 8pt with a bow, wouldnt score real good but a neat looking deer anyway and definitely mature. they offered half the deer to my dad if we wanted it, pretty smart move im guessing their thinking was "if he's got deer in the freezer he wont need to shoot one". and a very polite gesture as well. my dad thanked them but told them "no you guys enjoy your deer meat this winter.

[IronWorker]

Deer hunting has changed in the past 20 years but one thing hasn't, if he owns the land he makes the rules. Personally unless the neighbors happen to drive up when we have them hanging I never tell them what we killed or where it was killed. Keeps people honest. I'd tell the lease guys you shoot anything with horns, that'll keep them on their side of the fence.

Ill probably get thrashed for saying this but ill say it anyway.

Twenty years ago if you sniped a deer through a little hole out in a box that was twenty foot up in the air and overlooking a feeder you were considered a joke and not a real hunter. Thats how things have changed.
Just like twenty years ago if you saw homosexuals kissing on television it was considered disgusting. Back then the homosexuals were considered to be jokes but these days if you dont accept what they do you are considered to be the joke. Oh well.

[Tim_T]

I think maybe a little more than 20 years ago on the hunting side. The early 1990's saw the explosion of portable climbing tree stands.