Last year, a man and his son were hunting on the RR tracks and close to the back of my property. The RR tracks are private property, of course and you can only hunt there with permission.
In the meantime, here is the NY DEC regulation for hunting and the distance from residential houses. I did not give consent to hunt in my backyard and I do not have to post my property as the line is not more than 500 feet from my residence.
I hope the guy with the gun does not come back this year. I do not live in the middle of the country. I live in a suburban area and close to a school campus. I should not have to worry about someone shooting in my backyard.
It is too bad that some hunters can't follow the rules. The majority know the rules and follow them.
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Discharge of Firearms and Bows
It is illegal to discharge a firearm or bow:
* so that the load or arrow passes over any part of a public highway,
* within 500 feet of any school, playground, or an occupied factory or church,
* within 500 feet of a dwelling, farm building or structure in occupation or use unless you own it, lease it, are an immediate member of the family, an employee, or have the owner's consent.
* You may hunt waterfowl, over water, within 500 feet of a dwelling or public structure as long as neither are within 500 feet in the direction you are shooting.
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We live outside of Rochester and have a similar situation. A hunter has set up a deer stand 2 feet from our property line with the stand facing onto our property. The way it is set up, he can only shoot on our property. DEC claims there is nothing we can do about it because the stand is not on our property, and the best I can do is tell him that he may not come onto my property.
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