So I drive for miles to go hunt. I take time off work. I study the lessons of others. I work on my shot with bow and gun. I purchase scent cover and special clothing. I keep my boots in a bag with leaves and dirt. I practice calling in the car when no one is around.


What is my reward? No deer down so far but when I step out my back door to let the dog in the house I see four doe staring at my dog!!! In a woods that's surround by my neighborhood and can't be more than 2 acres.

Seriously?!?! I'm out of city limits. Wonder if I could drop one with my crossbow quick enough that the neighbors wouldn't notice me dragging it to my truck in the driveway?


Here's a pic of the one who decided to let me take her picture to add personal insult to the matter.

I'd say, go for it! Or, better yet, I'd put up a tree stand right there beside the dog kennel, if there are no restrictions.

No need for a stand, my deck is seriously like 8 feet behind me. Maybe a 30 yard shot if even that.

A few years ago when I lived on the southside of Indianapolis I put up a tree stand on the 3.5 acre yard and shot an urban buck that died in my neighbors small field. Now, everyone owned 2 to 5 acres in the neighborhood and hunting was legal so I shot doves, geese (fly overs), fox and deer in my yard. Had the lady behind me call one evening after I had shot a goose as it flew over and ask if I had been shooting. I thought, here we go. But, instead, she said her husband had also killed one and it had landed on the roof of his house and he didn't have a extension ladder big enough to get on his roof. So, she wanted to borrow mine. Post up a picture of your backyard harvest when it happens!

lets start a thread titled "Stuff I shot in my backyard"

I would have had a doe from my upstairs window but I hit a Okra and deflected the arrow ,, Its always something

I feel your pain. I have been hunting my arsh off in bow season and gun season and can't hardly even see a deer. Last Sunday I hunted till 11:00am and saw nothing. I then walked around a good bit carrying my shotgun and never seen so much as a track. So I head home to set out some traps. I get everything loaded on the 4 wheeler and drive right past my tractor shed(Which is 100 yards from my house)and stopped. I grabbed a DP coon trap and walked 2 steps from my 4 wheeler and heard one heck of a racket, I looked up and see a good 8pt looking back at me 40 yards away. All I had was a darn trap in my hand. I almost threw the darn trap at him. I then threw the trap back in the bucket and put all my traps back up and went hunting. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

Here we go Gotta have TWO categories..... #1 is shooting through a window or door while both feet are IN the house, and #2 while standing outside!!! Off the back deck/porch counts as outside!

twthomas, I'd put up a camera back there. You might catch a real toad moving through there!

he has the orange on, he's legal

Ha.. that is too funny! I just purchased a house on 3.5acres and have some deer that cross the property I keep my gun safe close to backdoor in the walkout basement just in case one chooses to investigate the landscape!

Heard the dog barking yesterday looked out the front door and he had a 140 plus buck bayed in the WSG out front, buck started attacking the dog with his feet and antlers wife came out was yelling at deer to keep it from hurting the dog I think it was probably hurt I was assessing the situation when the wife started yelling and ran every one off was the best Buck I have seen all year real heavy and white as said Imagine That