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#6070583 - 12/07/15 08:35 AM
your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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THF Trophy Hunter
Registered: 06/14/15
Posts: 5694
Loc: texas
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So where I hunt in Cass county the neighboring property(timber company land) has a few guys that decided they would shoot probably 50-75 times Saturday afternoon from 2 til dark which ticked me off. Probably about 400-500 yards from me. They had to be within 100 yards of the property boundaries. They shot a few times Saturday morning, I figure they got a couple deer. To what a lot of the locals tell me these guys have been quite a bit of trouble over the last few years. Sounds like they think they own the area. I'm wondering if y'all shoot for fun during deer season or what your thoughts on it are. Mind you these are not big properties by any means
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#6070602 - 12/07/15 08:39 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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THF Celebrity
Registered: 08/18/12
Posts: 10622
Loc: Chambers County
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As long as it's legal I don't have a problem with people doing what they want on their side of the fence.
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#6070607 - 12/07/15 08:40 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Bird Dog
Registered: 09/30/09
Posts: 261
Loc: DFW-Vernon
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I am not a fan of a lot of shooting and chaos during the season...it wont bother some places due to size, but the old ones are tough to hunt as is, no need to make it harder and blast away all day long...they do have the right to do so, so i cant say bad things about them...i just wish more people had courtesy and respect for others around.
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#6070620 - 12/07/15 08:44 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 11/05/14
Posts: 2417
Loc: Hunt in Cass County, live in T...
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I got a neighbor who does that every Thanksgiving weekend. I guess they have "city relatives" that come down and since they are in the country they have to shoot guns. AK47's is my guess since there are so many shots in a row. I just put up with it and go on with my hunting. Sometimes I see deer, sometimes I don't. However, I don't know if I would have seen any if they had not been shooting.
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#6070621 - 12/07/15 08:45 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 11/08/09
Posts: 2485
Loc: North Side of the Metromess
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Never been a big fan of target shooting at the lease. However, the need came up the second weekend and we shot probably 75 rds in the early afternoon at camp. My brother killed a nice 10 point at the closest stand which is about 400 yds away that evening. I don't think it bothers them as much as we think.
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#6070642 - 12/07/15 08:55 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 11/08/07
Posts: 3287
Loc: Eddy TX.
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it happens quite often. where I hunt most of the neighbors don't hunt but on the weekends the kin come to visit and some will target shoot.dosent seem to bother the deer much
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#6070666 - 12/07/15 09:07 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Pro Tracker
Registered: 10/09/13
Posts: 1426
Loc: SMTX
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First hunt my fiance was with me this year the neighbors decided to shoot skeet in their field adjacent to ours (about 500 yards away) from 5pm-dark. Nothing I could do about it.. just made me mad bc she was with me and wanted her to have a good hunt! 2 of the 5 shooter bucks have disappeared since, but the other three are still showing up.
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#6070865 - 12/07/15 10:34 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Tracker
Registered: 05/11/10
Posts: 845
Loc: Copperas Cove
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The day before thanksgiving my girlfriend was hunting and the neighbors kids were out shooting all over the place. We were both upset at first but then two hours later she took a nice 9 point
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#6070889 - 12/07/15 10:43 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Bird Dog
Registered: 11/14/14
Posts: 263
Loc: Location
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As annoying as it can be, I would be supportive of trying to talk and compromise with them but in the end as long as its on their side and legal.... have at it cause you cant stop it!
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#6070891 - 12/07/15 10:44 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Veteran Tracker
Registered: 02/26/11
Posts: 2148
Loc: Smith County
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I do target shoot occasionally at my place. Usually checking the zero on the some of my rifles. It seems to have zero impact on deer movement and activity.
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#6070954 - 12/07/15 11:11 AM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Pro Tracker
Registered: 08/09/10
Posts: 1788
Loc: Houston, TX
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No one hunts on our place without first checking the zero on their rifle. And making adjustments when necessary. Sometime it takes one shot, but often takes more because the hunter arrives unprepared. If they arrive too late to get it done before a hunt, then I loan them one of my rifles. We've never noticed a negative effect on deer behavior.
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#6071590 - 12/07/15 04:43 PM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Bird Dog
Registered: 10/06/12
Posts: 307
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My gf was with me last year and wanted to shoot a deer. She could not handle the recoil of my 30-06 So I borrowed a 223 from a friend. We arrived at 2:30 in the afternoon so we shot it to make sure it was zeroed in. Walked the hundred yards to the stand and there were three does chowing down we spooked walking in.
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#6071640 - 12/07/15 05:00 PM
Re: your thoughts on target practice during deer season
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Registered: 09/27/12
Posts: 820
Loc: No Place to Hunt/Fish
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Last year I hunted my place during the week. About 4:30 in the afternoon They set off a line of blast in the Caliche pit 1500 yards away. I was thinking my hunt was over. 5 pm the deer started coming out of the brush.
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