How Close is to close?

[Mr56Jeep]

I know a little old lady that has BB holes in her window because a "Hunter" peepered her house..  I mainly think it was becasue they chose a poor way to set up their boat...

Ya, so if they were on the property, shooting in the other direction.... problem solved   

Not that it would ever happen like that   

[White Tornado]

Ok I can see I opened a topic with a variety of responces so let me answer a few of the comments.

This is not a new house that is encroaching on someones hunting spot. There are 100 homes along here and they have been here for 60+ years.

Neither I nor the neighbors mind the noise of gunshots. Its part of the deal when you move to a location like this. My wife and I both enjoy sitting on the deck and watching the other hunters with their decoy spreads out on the flats. Its one of the reasons I wanted to live here.
Like I said in my original post, I enjoy hunting out here as well but I use common sense and stay at least a few hundred yards from the nearest home.

The ONLY issue I have is when someone sets up so close they can rain pellets on my deck or possibly worse. There are thousands of acres of huntable land out here. Its not like there is limited hunting area.  To me this seems like a total common sense issue but from some of the comments I can see there are one or two who think I should just keep quite or invite these guys to come build a blind next to my grandkids tire swing!!!   

One last comment, we didn't call the sheriff until the "Hunters" basically told my wife to @%#@ off because they were on public land!!

[Special T]

That is about what i expected... WT... Because areas to hunt have become so concentreated i think the "Combat hunting" metality has grown... I have often set up in my ideal location early only to have some jack wagon set up in my back pocket 30min before shooting...  I have also set up in a less that ideal location because i didn't want to set up too close to 2 other sets of hunters...

If i were in the boat i wouldn't have responded to your wife, escilating the confrentation... Being an A$$hole isn't illegal and i think calling the cops because one is, is a bad judgement call.  That said i would bet that the reason the boat was towed off had more to do with the boaters doing something illegal like drinking or something. 

[dirty24d]

I would reccomend going forward that you video record any incidents you or the wife encounter with guys like that.

[upwind]

I did not say i condone what these hunters did, I'm also tired of loosing more hunting spots to people who want to build on every good spot to duck hunt and think they own the  whole beach or its OK if they hunt their but call fish and game when some one else does.And yes i still think the home owner and the state is just as much to blame as the idiots shooting to close to this guys house .Their should be a buffer zone to how close people can build or live next to tidal zones rivers and lakes.

[Mr56Jeep]

Their should be a buffer zone to how close people can build or live next to tidal zones rivers and lakes.

 

[Special T]

I think more leagal rules are a stupid idea... How about not be a jack wagon even if some home owner oversteps thier bounds/athority... Most of the time when you don't respond to someone they just tire themselves out and you can go about your business. 

[pianoman9701]

I did not say i condone what these hunters did, I'm also tired of loosing more hunting spots to people who want to build on every good spot to duck hunt and think they own the  whole beach or its OK if they hunt their but call fish and game when some one else does.And yes i still think the home owner and the state is just as much to blame as the idiots shooting to close to this guys house .Their should be a buffer zone to how close people can build or live next to tidal zones rivers and lakes.

Sorry Upwind, if someone owns land and wants to build on it, it's their land. They can do what they want with it. If you don't like that, tough. Buy the land yourself and turn it into a preserve. The only fault here lies with the hunter shooting out in front of someone's home. Considering that hunters only represent 7% of our population here in WA, I would suggest that we all need to carefully consider our hunting spots and how they affect the surrounding landowners. If we don't, we'll end up losing all of our hunting privileges when the other 93% of our population votes against us on hunting issues.

[pianoman9701]

Their should be a buffer zone to how close people can build or live next to tidal zones rivers and lakes.

 

So, what you're agreeing with is that an American citizen who buys land with his/her hard-earned money shouldn't be able to build a house on it because it takes away your hunting spot? There should be no shore front, lake front, or river front properties anywhere? Does this not sound at all idiotic to you? Sorry, but this is the land of the free, not the land of you can tell me what to do with my property. There are already enough laws protecting essential habitat and wetlands. We don't need more restrictions on our liberties, thank you very much.

[Odell]

I have no problem with building a house wherever you want. Just don't expect that the public can't use public land in a safe and legal way right on your property line.

The house has been there 60 years? What would you like to bet that people have been hunting that area MUCH longer? I avoid houses as much as possible but at the rate things are going, there won't be any land left that isn't right next door to a house.

If they are shooting toward the bay from public property there should be no issue.

[Whitenuckles]

 I see both sides of this. I think its important to try and be as conscience of others and ethical as possible. Also willing to give and take alittle so both parties are happy. We're never going to live in a perfect world so we have to do the best we can with what we've got.

[pianoman9701]

I have no problem with building a house wherever you want. Just don't expect that the public can't use public land in a safe and legal way right on your property line.

The house has been there 60 years? What would you like to bet that people have been hunting that area MUCH longer? I avoid houses as much as possible but at the rate things are going, there won't be any land left that isn't right next door to a house.

If they are shooting toward the bay from public property there should be no issue.

Since the gamies hauled the boat away, I'm thinking there was an issue.

[upwind]

You are right it is a free Country for EVERYONE to use And its not just duck hunting spots I live on widbey island and their are allot of places you cant even walk on the beaches .Are boat broke down crabbing so was pulling it along the beach and some guy yelled out that we were trespass en and he was calling  the police, told him the motor broke he didn't care.Sorry i dont feel its right for any state to sell land on are nations waterways But i guess they should of thought about that along time ago.     .

[Odell]

I have no problem with building a house wherever you want. Just don't expect that the public can't use public land in a safe and legal way right on your property line.

The house has been there 60 years? What would you like to bet that people have been hunting that area MUCH longer? I avoid houses as much as possible but at the rate things are going, there won't be any land left that isn't right next door to a house.

If they are shooting toward the bay from public property there should be no issue.

Since the gamies hauled the boat away, I'm thinking there was an issue.

Yeah, but it could be anything. The OP said hunting there was legal, just not respectful. There is no law about how close you can be to a building but there are defined no shooting zones.

I know some people who shoot safely and legally off their back porch. I know a guy who shot a limit from his hot tub on the back deck.

[Madison]

Why call the sheriff if the law wasnt being broken, and you know it? Has to be more to the story than is being represented.