‘This is my land [and] he's family’: Guy gets seen ethically hunting on his father-in-law's land by a jealous neighbor, then the peeping Kevin gets denied hunting rights on their property forever

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 17, 2025 6:00 PM EST

Being a property owner has many perks, one of which, is that you can do whatever the heck you want on your own land–it's yours. This avid hunter in our next story owned 7 acres just outside of town where all the local game walked through, making it a primo spot for at-home hobby hunting. However, with that nice of a setup, the neighbors were bound to get a little jealous. 

Like a binoculared Kevin claiming to be the neighborhood watch, the guy next door started turning green over the property adjacent to his. He wanted to hunt there just like his neighbor, so, being the entitled guy he was, he assumed it was his prerogative to take claim over his neighbor's property surveillance.

Big mistake, buddy. Keep reading for all the details of this property dispute that might just persuade this father-in-law to build a 20ft wall on his neighbor's side of the property, preventing wildlife from ever walking through his yard again.

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  • "Entitled neighbor called police to my parents’ house for my husband hunting on their land"

    My parents are retired and live in a little house on about 7 acres of land. It's not a big plot of land but it's cozy and private, just outside of town, and about 6 acres are woods with a creek running through the center of the woods. It's really a very beautiful piece of ground.
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  • With the woods and creek they get lots of animals going through, including deer. A couple years ago for Christmas we got my parents a few trail cams so they can see what all is going through. My mom likes photography and
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  • she's been able to get lots of photos of deer, foxes, wild turkeys, coyotes, and other wildlife going through their yard. As you may imagine, this is some prime hunting land. My husband
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  • occasionally enjoys hunting and has from time to time gone down there for deer season but he doesn't do it frequently. My parents have had several people stop and ask them to hunt their land and they always say no.
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  • Frankly its just barely big enough to legally hunt and they don't want people all over their property all the time hunting. They have no problem anytime my husband wants to hunt, which is not often, but he's family.
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  • Family gets special privileges when it comes to land use. If I owned my own property, I'd be way more inclined to share my resources with a family member instead of with the stranger next door–especially if the neighbor has a bad attitude and deeply ingrained entitlement. 

  • There is a neighbor who lives down the road who badly wants to hunt on my parents land and has been told no repeatedly, they don't allow hunting. Last year my husband was in the woods and found a tree stand installed that
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  • wasn't his. Unfortunately when they checked the trail cams, the SD cards had been removed. No proof it's that neighbor, but they suspect him. My parents travel a lot so it would be really easy to do without their knowledge. My
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  • husband took the tree stand down and I believe the cameras were replaced with new ones that don't need SD cards. Last month before deer season started the neighbor again asked my parents to hunt and they said
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  • no, they don't allow hunting except their son-in-law if he wants to hunt. My husband decided he'd try and get a deer this year for deer season so he got a deer permit and went on the first day of deer season. He shot a decent sized buck within
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  • 10 minutes of getting in the woods. My dad was awake and heard the shotgun blast and came out to see if my husband needed help. My husband got the deer field dressed then my dad, who is the nicest guy you'd ever meet, got his tractor out of the garage and drove it to the woods,
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  • scooped up the deer in the bucket, and put it in the bed of my husband's truck. So hunting ended pretty quickly into deer season this year. About an hour later, a county sheriff's deputy and a game
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  • warden show up at my parents' house. Said they received a complaint of unauthorized hunting and deer poaching. The officer said the neighbor (actually gave his name) called and said they had been told repeatedly there was no hunting allowed on
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  • that ground. They had seen someone go into the woods with a shotgun, heard a shot, and then someone with an orange tractor picked up the deer and put it in the bed of a black pickup truck. In our state if you are caught
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  • poaching, they can confiscate your firearm, any hunting gear you have with you, and any vehicles used in the course of hunting/poaching. So the neighbor was really hopeful that they'd take my husband's gon,
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  • truck, and my dad's tractor. My dad said "This is my house and my land! And the orange tractor is mine. The black truck belongs to my son-in-law who has permission to hunt here anytime he wants." My husband produced his valid deer tags and all was good.
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  • Looks like this neighbor forgot that snitches rarely get what they want when they're crying wolf to the police over petty neighborhood drama.

  • Also, screw that neighbor who had to be watching the woods with binoculars. There's no way he could have seen all that from his yard otherwise.
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  • Major-Debate-577 People get really, really, weird about hunting. It took us years to get a cousin off of our land (without using the law).
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  • TDFMonster I'll never understand people like that. I mean, seriously, this is exactly how "hunting accidents" happen
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  • Fair Result357 If you ever get any evidence that your neighbor is hunting the land don't bother calling the police call the game wardens. There isn't a branch of law enforcement that is more dedicated and serious about their jobs than the game wardens. They will come down on him like a ton of bricks.
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  • NY568 That's what my husband said. My dad put up No Trespassing and No Hunting signs all around the perimeter of the words, but that's just a piece of paper. It's possible he hunts when my parents travel but there are no closer neighbors to keep watch.
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