Is Shooting deer in backyard legal?

[Curly]

Damn dude, run-on sentence gold medal!

[BULLBLASTER]

There are things one has a right to do, but they are not always the right thing to do.

a good relationship with neighbors is helpful to a stress free life. If the neighbor was a jack I would completely disregard his opinions tho. Basically if they are good people and I like them my actions could be swayed by their input. 

[Ghost Hunter]

We harvest the "backyard" deer every now and then.  We also enjoy watching them through the year.  Our neighbors realize that the deer numbers need to be kept in check or they will just die anyways at some point.  Not a single one of our adjacent neighbors hunts BTW, we are on five acres. Educating the neighbors, once you get to know them, might be your best course of action and lead to a few good venison BBQ's with willing participants.

However, I do get sick and tired of the often, "I'm better than you because I hunt 'wild' deer" attitude I often see here.  Sure, it's nice to have the cooperation/understanding of your neighbors, but if it is legal and you can get the deer to drop on your property, honestly, too bad for them, the deer are wild animals not friggin' pets!

 
Got a little buck that has taken up residence in our yard.  Had 2 more and a doe this morning.  They have all our fruit trees pruned and love the apples.  I doubt they will be around come hunting season.  If the are, we have named one Backstrap.    If we don't the neighbors will.   As I'm writing this a new little spike buck shows up.      We live on a busy road too.

[bearpaw]

So family and I moved in to our house last August so last muzzeloader season 2015 my wife text me saying there is a 2pt and 4pt Bucks laying down 30 yards from back slider door of our house in the 2 acre lot timber so when she text me saying that about the Bucks I left work early I did some quick research and made some calls I found out that in Centralia my house is in city limits and so is the 2 acre lot I talked to a Centralia cop and they said u can shoot archery in city limits but there was some things not to do when shooting but I can't remember the details once I found out u can hunt archery in city limits I called my local game warden asked him what I need to do he said I had to find out who owns the 2 acre lot so I did and I talked to the owner and I was denied to hunt one of those bucks but I learned a lot that year that people are able to hunt archery in city limits but have to get permission first from the lot owner and have the correct tag if I had the green light I was going to buy a muzzeloader deer tag and try to shoot one the bucks with the bow but now I know what to do to hunt city limits

I don't think this is necessarily good advice for every city since laws can vary by city. I would check with the city hall or police dept of any city before attempting to hunt within any city limits with any weapon.

[KFhunter]

Hello all,

I've been looking on the inter webs for a answer and haven't had any luck. I have just bought a home in monroe and we have 8 acres. I was wondering if during hunting season would it be legal to shoot deer on my property. It is surrounded by private property all around and we are more than 100 yards away from the main road. I'm just curious because we have a few bruisers hanging around our garden. Thank you for any answers.

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Let this thread give you a very small taste of the headache shooting an urban deer can cause, and be reminded that everyone responding in this thread is part of the hunting community - whereas your neighbors will not be.

Part of shooting a deer is anticipating where it will land once it has been shot, a back yard is not enough space to hunt within and expect to recover the deer.  You neighbors cannot be legally compelled to allow a recovery.  It's happened many times where a landowner will not allow recovery and even if they call the "game warden" recovery is not assured, the game warden can be told to pound sand and go away and he/she will.  The neighbor could simply leave the deer to rot or bury it if they choose, or let it sour.