TLDR: Is 90 yards from my property line okay safety & etiquette wise to place a treestand on a narrow property? Most use would be bow/crossbow, but could maybe use for rifle?
I own property with my BIL. We manage it and use it together, but we've discussed how it will be split when one/both of us are gone. Although we own a pretty big piece, my portion will be a parcel that is about 320 yards wide and about 90 acres. I've hunted elsewhere on the property for the past several years and am now refocusing on the land that will go to my children and grandchildren. I want my kids to make their hunting memories on our land.
So, anywhere on my land I will not be farther than 300 yards from my neighbor's property. The prime hunting area I've found so far is about 16 acres. I have a treestand right now that is about 240 yards from the property line. I'd like to put up another one for next year closer to the convergence of a major deer trail and a trail that has had multiple scrapes two years in a row. That location is 90 yards from the property line. The neighbor has a treestand that is just about on our property line.
So, is 90 yards from my property line too close? I don't think the neighbor bowhunts much and even if he did, I think we'd be safe during bow and crossbow seasons. I think this location may be too close to the property line and the neighbor's stand during rifle season. That's okay because I don't need to be so close to the convergence of the trails during rifle. I could easily hunt my current stand during rifle or another location I found that would cover both of these trails with shots of under 80 yards.
I own property with my BIL. We manage it and use it together, but we've discussed how it will be split when one/both of us are gone. Although we own a pretty big piece, my portion will be a parcel that is about 320 yards wide and about 90 acres. I've hunted elsewhere on the property for the past several years and am now refocusing on the land that will go to my children and grandchildren. I want my kids to make their hunting memories on our land.
So, anywhere on my land I will not be farther than 300 yards from my neighbor's property. The prime hunting area I've found so far is about 16 acres. I have a treestand right now that is about 240 yards from the property line. I'd like to put up another one for next year closer to the convergence of a major deer trail and a trail that has had multiple scrapes two years in a row. That location is 90 yards from the property line. The neighbor has a treestand that is just about on our property line.
So, is 90 yards from my property line too close? I don't think the neighbor bowhunts much and even if he did, I think we'd be safe during bow and crossbow seasons. I think this location may be too close to the property line and the neighbor's stand during rifle season. That's okay because I don't need to be so close to the convergence of the trails during rifle. I could easily hunt my current stand during rifle or another location I found that would cover both of these trails with shots of under 80 yards.