Wouldn't you know it. Update

Man, that sucks. I hope everything works out. I always wonder why people cant just talk to people when they have issues. But it sounds like these people would probably ignore any thing you told them about the measure you take for safety judging by the "bb gun" comment. But sounds like you will be laughing soon enough : )

Hey Billy,
Obviously do what you choose with the pesky neighbors, but one thing you might want to consider that might get you more mileage out of the neighbor and seeing issues more in your favor if I could be so bold as to suggest. Introduce yourself and explain what your doing and that you want to be a great neighbor and you are taking every precaution not to do any damages to their property, etc, etc,. That you so want to be such a good neighbor that you are simply willing to overlook the fence issue....for the time being....If you keep the fence issue in your back pocket as a little neighborly leverage it might serve you well down the road. Problem is if you pull the pin on the grenade and make them move it, then you don't have your leverage any more.....just a thought. sorry to hear your having some issues with backyard shooting and the neighbors. It sucks. I made it a point to explain to my neighbors what I am doing and that only adults would be using the guns and that I have pellet stops and back up stops as well and that I would assume responsibility should anything be damaged. I even invited a few over to shoot so they could see my guns and get hooked on air-gunning themselves.

Might want to pull up your towns "city ordinances" lots of towns have them on line, and see if they say anything about airguns or "bbguns". I know in my particular town they are totally legal as long as I don't shoot across anyone's property or the streets. good luck!

We had a similar experience one year in northern Wisconsin. My dad owns a dairy farm that has been in the family for over a 100 years. Our family has always hunted there. The farm is only a few miles out of town and the way urban sprawl has happened we have many houses crowding in to the point that the few hundred acres is difficult to deer hunt on and we have to really know what we are doing. But a couple years ago we had a call from the DNR. They kind laughed at the complaint that came in but it was a warning sign to the change in mentality. A neighbor called the police on opening morning of deer season because they heard gun shots. That was the complaint. They heard gun shots. If you know anything about Northern Wisconsin you would understand that most children over the age of 12 are out of school for that week and 20 years ago it sounded like WWIII. Now it is relatively calm with a shot here and there. I think the new neighbors were a bit exasperated when they called the police and they chuckled at them, but for us it was an indicator that we are being inundated by anti-gun mentality. I often sit at my window with a pellet gun. I am careful not to walk around the yard with it openly and if I see neighbors outside I know enough to kill the session for the day, but I feel like a criminal sometimes. If I was out shooting a bow and arrow at a target I would be seen as a sportsman. But anything that looks like a gun (especially a black one) I would expect nothing less than a swat team to be on its way. This is a huge warning to all those people out there that think that AR replicas are a good idea. If the cops show up, there is a good chance you will not be lucky to get out of it with some laughs. People have lost their minds and seeing the news these days and taking into account the limited knowledge average people have about weapons I can't necessarily blame them. Shoot on. Use your head. Talk to your neighbors. And, for GODS SAKE, don't do anything stupid while you enjoy your sport. One person with a pellet gun can create national news these days and it blows my mind. (NOTE: I am not saying that there is anything wrong with a 'tactical' rifle) as long as you comprehend that millions of people all over this country see that plastic in your hands and instinctively hit the dirt with the gut reaction of end of days style combat.) Rambling Rant Over.

I know how it feels I had the same trouble with jerk neighbors and shooting in my backyard. Just be careful to not become the jerk neighbor yourself when enacting your revenge. You don't want to start a war.

Holy crap that would make me raise hell on them. Do what you say about the fences but make sure that you ask them if they called the police. Be polite and explain how safe your hobby is with all the backstops. Explain your sport and how far a pellet flies compared to a powder burner and how it isn't a firearm. Then if at last resort if they don't heed your offer of surrender, smite them!!!!!!!! Ehehehheh just my suggestion. Good luck and be nice since your neighbor will stay there for a long time so it's better to have him/her as a friend not enemy. I'm sure you know that good luck!!!!

Man I hate to hear all of this, I guess I grew up in a better time. I we used to roam the neighborhood and shoot birds out of people's yards and we never had a complaint, times have changed I guess. We didn't have to worry about a nut case coming in to a movie theatre and gunning us down either.

Sorry to hear about this. I've been wondering if I would find myself in a similar situation. I just started shooting PCP air guns within the last six months and I would have to say that I really enjoy it. I enjoy the fact that I can shoot a lot more due to the ability to shoot in my backyard. I know law is in my favor as I'm not breaking any laws by shooting the air rifle. And like yourselves, I make sure to shoot into a backstop. I'm not worried about the neighbors getting annoyed by the sound of me shooting, but to someone who hasn't seen modern air rifles with an LDC/moderator it can look like a powder burner rifle with a suppressor. So, even though I'm not breaking any laws, I not only take precautions to reduce the noise by shooting with a moderator and dampening the pellet impact on the backstop, I pick strategic locations as much out of sight as I can.

I feel for you billydjann!
No fun to get new neighbors that starts rocking the boat.

I live in an area that you can shoot a powder burner and it is legal. I want to shoot a air gun to keep the peace but my neighbor has a dog that if very aggressive and I talked to them about it. I now hear how me shooting my air rifle bothers there dog to the point that they feel the need to report me to the proper authorities. I am taking the higher road for now, but I am not breaking any laws. I will ask you to be careful what you do with your neighbor it might affect all of us.

once your neighbor finds out that there is no ordinance about "BB" guns they might try to change that....
If there is an ordinance about discharging firearms in city/township/county, all that is needed is to change the wording from discharge firearm to discharge weapon and now you are braking the law. 
so pay attention to the township meetings.

I had set up my "shooting bench" in the front yard so that fifty yards were available to me. The airgun that i was shooting was an RWS Model 35 in .177 caliber pushing the RWS 8.4 gr pellets well below the speed of sound. Hits were well within the 3/4" marine grade plywood back stop and were not penetrating through. One neighbor is a retired Navy Rifle Team member. He approached and asked if that was a bb gun that I was shooting. He appeared satisfied with my explanation of ballistics, penetration and limited range. The person living on the other side of my property has been judiciously avoiding nearly all contact with me since I complained, not only to him, but to the County Animal Control about his dogs barking 24/7, escaping his pen to enter my yard and attack my dog. The Animal Control Officer closed down his unlawful and unlicensed breeding compound. I'm not on his Christmas card list! I did have to ask him about all the cats around his property. He stated that they were not his. My wife began feeding the scrawny critters and we have actually adopted three of them. My shooting is done, primarily, from inside the house and through the opened office windows. the only noise generated is from impact with spinners and paper targets on my , now 10" thick, wooden backstop. In this part of the county, it is lawful to discharge firearms in one's back yard, so long as the projectiles stay within your property. Realistically, shooting any firearm would be grossly negligent as there are many residences within the danger zone of all firearms. Many of my other nearby neighbors have invited me to dispatch their nuisance birds, squirrels and rabbits, knowing that I shoot very accurately and with safety paramount in my dealings.
I hope everything works out to your advantage billydjann!

Good for you! Cool heads prevail. I would almost bet the neighbor is afraid of you since you "have a gun". Unfortunately you would probably have to make the first step to be friends since they "fear" you. Might go a long way in taking over some chocolate chip cookies and welcome them to the neighborhood. (ok those are my favorite lol) Besides a good laugh, you might either become good neighbor friends or at least embarrass them that they called the cops on you and you were so nice to bring them cookies. Heck show them your clown ink, bet they can't help but like that, who doesn't like a clown? take care and enjoy shooting!

"I will have last laugh… he has many fences hooked to my border fence and guess what…. my property runs 14 inches other side of said fence on their side…"
I keep thinking about this and thinking in some areas if someone has been using your property for a number of years without being aware of the property lines they have been given that land in court when disputed. I really don't know what it's called but remember reading about it when I worked for a title company in the 70's. Probable nothing to it. hope you and the neighbor become friends.

Squatter's Rights is I believe what you're thinking. If you don't actively protect your property, your tacitly giving it away.

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Squatters+rights

I live in the country, so no laws or ordinance that I have to worry about. But, I do have neighbors on both sides and across the street. I have lived here for 11 years and only had trouble with one neighbor. He had no legal grounds to call the cops on me and never did, but he was nosey and a pain in the ass!! Ends up he was more curious than anything. I decided to try to be cool with him and it worked. I ended up fixing his home defense piece for him and all has been good since. I do go out of my way to keep things good with him. I give him handloads and other ammo from time to time and even gave him a Gamo bull whisper scoped with pellets. I now have zero neighbor issues and also gained a good neighbor.

This might not work for you, but it might be worth a try to break the ice.