A Lyndon Station man has been charged with aggravated battery in Sauk County. Dale Fleming, 35, is accused of hitting a Reedsburg man in the face with the butt of his rifle on Thanksgiving Day.

Charles Goad suffered a broken nose and other injuries after confronting Fleming and a teen hunting on his land, prompting Goad to say next time he sees a stranger on his property, he won't confront them without a gun.

Goad was getting ready for dinner with his family, when he spotted two hunters in his field. He drove to the hunters' location where he also found a dead deer. The hunters claimed they shot it elsewhere and the deer ran onto Goad's property.

Goad didn't believe them, and pushing broke out between him and the 16-year-old. Goad said Fleming intervened.

"He kicked me in the privates, then I rolled over and he hit me in the eye with the butt of the gun," Goad said. He claims he took a butt to the nose and a boot to the ear as well.

At that moment, Goad told News 3 he thought of the dead and wounded hunters in Sawyer County.

"Come on, I'm 64 years old," said Goad, who was treated at a local hospital for injuries. "(They) start pounding a guy with a gun butt and start kicking him on the ground? I mean for that long and that hard? What are they going to do next? What would you think -- what are the capable of?"

Sauk County Sheriff's officials said the Sawyer County hunter shootings have made everyone a little nervous.

"There is a raised level of concern based on what happened up in Sawyer County," said Sauk County Capt. Chip Meister.

But investigators and DNR wardens firmly believe the Sawyer County shooting that killed six and left two injured was an isolated incident However, trespassing problems are not.

"There are incidents every year of this, the key to it is if you're a property owner, and you see something out on your land, maintain composure and take a deep breath," said John Buss, a conservation warden with the Department Of Natural Resources.

Landowners should take down back tag and license plate numbers and call authorities, officials said.

"We'll come out take the complaint," Meister said. "That's what we're prepared to do. That's what we're trained to do."

In this case, Fleming of Lyndon Station was arrested for substantial battery and trespassing.

"Next time I see somebody out there, I'll call the law, and I won't go out there without a gun next time either," Goad said. "Do you have to carry a gun on your own property? That's what the deal is."