ATWATER, Ohio — Richard Page has a small farm in Portage County, with more than 100 chickens, turkeys, and guineas. He admits they make noise all day long.
"I couldn't have my birds if I didn't have good neighbors," he told 3News.
Good neighbors, he says, except for one.
Last weekend, Page was hunting on his own Atwater Township land of five acres when it happened. Cellphone video captured the entire incident, with the woman who sits behind his property being heard yelling, "I will be a hunter's nightmare!"
"She was not on her property even," Page recalled, telling us her name is Luanne. "She was on the neighboring farm's property."
That's when Page says he became the hunted.
"I have nothing else to do with my time," the neighbor yells in the video. "So good luck with that!"
And then a gunshot — the woman can be seen in the orange safety vest raising a pistol in the air and firing.
"She's got, obviously, strong feelings about it," Page said, "but that doesn't give her the right to come out and harass people that are out and enjoying themselves."
After firing the bullet, Luanne is heard telling Page, "F--- you and your hunting. Get the f--- out of here." He tells us he then ran for his life as she shot at him, even leaving behind his own vest. However, he recorded it all so he could report it to police.
The Portage County Sheriff's Office does have an open case, and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources says they will work with them for a resolution.
As it was dark that night, Page says took him two hours before he could make his way home. He likes living off the land, but tells us he can't because the neighbor is trying to protect the deer at the expense of humans.
"She knows who we are," he adds, "and she's still shooting at us."
Ohio law states residents can hunt on their own property as long as they own five or more acres, which Page does. According to him, other area landowners have also been harassed by the woman.
Sheriff's deputies were unavailable for comment when reached by WKYC.