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He was turkey hunting. Turkey is open season right now, and no orange is needed. He should not have been in your yard, unless he was retrieving woundd game. In that case he could have unloaded his gun, an called a game warden, or rang your bell. He was deffinately in the wrong. You could walk into the woods like 100yds and put up some posted no trespassing signs, they have to be every 100' , maybe put them up in an Arc or semicircle. If it was me I would have called the cops first, then waited for them to confront the guy. They could have got the scoop. By your wife confronting the guy, he knew he was busted and was'nt hanging around. Also I would never confront an armed individual, unless I was armed myself.
By the way in Mass discharge of a firearm within 500' of a home or dwelling, without the owners permission is a citable offense. Also hunter orange is only mandatory during the shotgun and muzzleloader seasons for deer, and when hunting on a wildlife management area for any game except ducks, and geese you need an orange hat only.
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