ImThere
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Different hunter different outcome. Don't try this in a small town!
How close to someone dying!
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BSK
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Very, very dangerous situation. I sure hope the police visited that neighbor very soon after the encounter.
That was kinda hard to follow but did he just get threatened because he was hunting near the property line?. If I was the hunter I would press charges.
Any indication of where that was at? Sounds like it could be out in the area I hunt.
Weegee
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I've seen some folks on this very forum recommend taking such action 
That's what it sounded like to me. Sounds like toward the end, the guy with the AR realized he messed up. I'd press charges to the fullest extent of the law. Ridiculous.
Nope ain't happening!!!
BSK
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Actually had a neighbor threaten me "if anything happened to his dogs" that were running free and chasing deer on my place. Ummm, good luck with that.
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Reading the comments on that post is wild.
Nothing like unnecessary escalation without facts.
Nothing like unnecessary escalation without facts.
Taking a bow to a gunfight ain't what I'd call brave ...stupid maybe but I'd got my stuff and skeedaddle . There are idiots out there brothers . I'd figure out from landowner of the property I'd leased to be definitely sure I was in the right and take a sidearm necks time .
I was on a lease that had something similar happen once but it was a trespasser on our lease who was held at held at gun point by a neighbor. My dad was over the lease and the trespasser called my Dad because he thought it was one of our lease members holding him at gun point. Come to find out the neighbor was on our lease property (trespassing) holding him at gun point for riding his 4 wheeler through his fields and tearing them up. Upon finding this out my Dad told him buddy that is your problem and you work it out. Dad called the sheriff about what was going on and they basically said they would check on it if they had time.
If this is as transparent as it appears, I think so to. The AR guy allowed himself to get too worked up and adrenaline was flowing. He was nervous himself and carrying a firearm and trespassing. That could have ended horribly one way or the other.
AR guy took the wrong approach to address his concerns and I think he finally realized it as you said. The hunter was about as reasonable and calm as could be expected. The hunter did not have to change his location but would likely have been agreeable with a simple conversation and didn't need all the cussing and serious threatening.
ImThere
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It was crazy but no way I hell I would have put my phone down with out dialing 911
ImThere
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Yes.
The guy accused him of trespassing then backed up crazy
That sounded to me like the hunter was set-up near a property line where he thought it was part of his leased ground since the property owner told him to move 20 ft away and he would be ok with it.. He used OnX to determine this (which is off by about 30 yds on one of my property lines). Also sounds like it was immediately behind the property owners house, This is the part where I would have a problem with - you know you're very close to a property line which is apparently not marked, you're very close to someone else's house and trusting OnX to be that exact. Not saying he should be shot over it, but I'd be pissed off too.
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Exactly as I saw it.
The AR guy asking, "are you threatening me?" makes it sound as if he was ready to pull the trigger if the bow guy moved even slightly wrong, and he was ready to pull the, "I was in fear for my life" card. It could've gone very, very wrong in an instant.
Screw the ar guy, what a dbag. I definitely would have pressed charges. Move 20' and he's fine with it? He was way too worked up and brought his dog. He could have tried to talking to the hunter like a human.
Definitely went south and could've ended up in someone getting killed. If AR guy is right and he's close to his house but still legal he could've talked to him and asked if he would move.
