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Look this thread seems like two totally different things... bad neighbors is the big thing here. I actually don't care where people hang their stands. It is well within their rights to do so. What you do on your land is all up to you. I may not like it but it is still your right to do so. However their intensions may change that opinion. I have had bad neighbors purposely hang stands on the property line in order to get shots in the fields on my side of the line. I have seen this too many times to count. It actually makes me laugh. You own the woods but for some reason you would rather have the field, Ill trade ya! Bad neighbors always seem to think the grass is greener on your side. I will also play Devil's advocate. All of my ground is heavy agricultural. It is literally property chopped up into squares and rectangles with the majority of it consisting of fields. The small wood lots associated with these properties is really all there is. If I had to guess I would say that almost every one of my stands are within 100 yards or less of the property line. It is just the nature of the beast. With that being said, in all of my hunting life (25 years) I have had to contact the neighbors for permission to retrieve deer only 5 times. The first time was gun opener when I was 18. Shot a buck and dropped him within 50 yards of the property line. I watched the buck drop so I walked up on him after waiting ten minutes and impatiently bumped him onto the neighbors. The neighbor was hunting, witnessed the whole thing, met me at the property line (as I was blood trailing), and walked me to the dead deer in his field. Once was deemed unnecessary because in hind site deer never made it onto the neighbors Once was a bow kill about 50 yards from the property line and deer ran onto the neighbors an additional 20 or so and died Once was a gun buck shot 70 yards from the property line and we tracked/retrieved it 100+ yards into the neighbors And last and most recent was a wounded bow buck. Shot within 20 yards of the property line. It eventually went onto the neighbors and lost the blood trail The point is every time I needed to access to the adjacent property, I reached out to the neighbor for permission. My point is bad neighbors are bad neighbors. Doesnt matter where their stands are. It is very important to know your neighbors (good or bad) and make sure they know you. I make it a point to meet my neighbors and exchanged information. I do my best to be a good neighbor. And always remember zero tolerance. And of course trespassing is never acceptable.