I was sitting up reading late Wednesday. At 2345 some one fired off a round just below my house. It was about 50 yards away. I killed the lights, and stepped outside. After a few minutes I heard someone drive off. I can see the road above my house, in the direction the truck went, and I watched for a short time, but never saw anyone drive past.
Thursday morning I walked down to where the shot was taken. I could not find a critter, spent brass, or blood. There were quite a few fresh elk tracks. I took a load of wood to the other house that afternoon, and I did not get back until Friday afternoon.
Friday it rained most of the day. The guy who purchased the property next to mine showed up Friday afternoon to have a chat. He had game cam pictures of a man with a rifle coming down the property line between his place and mine. Between us we have about 75 acres, but he lives in town 45 minutes away.
The pictures were time stamped about ten minutes or so after the truck took off from below my place. The guy with the rifle was about 300 yards max from my house when the picture was taken. I have no way to tell how close he came to the house. I did not get a picture of him on my camera in that area.
Today I walked around a bit with my dog, and I found quite a bit of elk sign in the area around where the picture was taken. I hope the pictured person was a poacher, because living out here a mile or two from any neighbors makes me take a dim view of anyone sneaking around my place at night. Being armed automatically makes them a threat. Poaching would have been the best thing he could have been doing.
Thursday morning I walked down to where the shot was taken. I could not find a critter, spent brass, or blood. There were quite a few fresh elk tracks. I took a load of wood to the other house that afternoon, and I did not get back until Friday afternoon.
Friday it rained most of the day. The guy who purchased the property next to mine showed up Friday afternoon to have a chat. He had game cam pictures of a man with a rifle coming down the property line between his place and mine. Between us we have about 75 acres, but he lives in town 45 minutes away.
The pictures were time stamped about ten minutes or so after the truck took off from below my place. The guy with the rifle was about 300 yards max from my house when the picture was taken. I have no way to tell how close he came to the house. I did not get a picture of him on my camera in that area.
Today I walked around a bit with my dog, and I found quite a bit of elk sign in the area around where the picture was taken. I hope the pictured person was a poacher, because living out here a mile or two from any neighbors makes me take a dim view of anyone sneaking around my place at night. Being armed automatically makes them a threat. Poaching would have been the best thing he could have been doing.