how would you handle this?
#1
how would you handle this?
we had a guy on our lease shoot a buck opening morning and he was pumped but was even more pumped that he saw plenty of good bucks and was going to be able to bring his dad out to hunt with him a few days later. well after his kill he left and said he would be back to hunt with his dad later. well we have this other new guy that seems to think the grass is greener everywhere else but his spot. later that day as we are going back out to hunt he asks me and another guy if it would be alright for him to hunt that stand? we told him it was not our place to answer that so he should call the guy that owned the stand. well we all went our seperate ways and later that evening he called and said he had a buck down and it was from this guys stand which we found out later he never called the guy. pretty s####y if you ask me!
#2
RE: how would you handle this?
yup, i dunno if i would want someone like that hunting in my lease. i know one person doesn't "own" the woods/lease BUT that person did do all the work in scouting that area/stand. if it happened to me, i would be pissed.
#6
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: mississippi by way of Florida
Posts: 357
RE: how would you handle this?
Really depends upon the club and rules that it goes by.
Many clubs go on a first come, first served basis to minimize issues like this.
Others allow for "ownership" of stands not located within 100 yards of a green field and all green fields are first come, first served. This seems to be the most reasonable approach. If your club allows private green fields, or corn feeders, then the second guy absoloutly broke trust. If it was a club field or area, then what did he do wrong?
Really isn't enuff info here to really hang the guy. But, he certainly didn't make any friends.
Hank
Many clubs go on a first come, first served basis to minimize issues like this.
Others allow for "ownership" of stands not located within 100 yards of a green field and all green fields are first come, first served. This seems to be the most reasonable approach. If your club allows private green fields, or corn feeders, then the second guy absoloutly broke trust. If it was a club field or area, then what did he do wrong?
Really isn't enuff info here to really hang the guy. But, he certainly didn't make any friends.
Hank
#7
RE: how would you handle this?
That would be his last deer from this lease/club!
All clubs that I've been on, each member has their own stands and you don't hunt another's stand without permission!
My best hunting buddy and I have shared our stands forever! We have never had any problems with jealousness, but everyone cannot do this successfully! We tried it with another hunter a few years back, and you could just about read his mind, "you killed MY deer!"
For that reason, I am very reluctant to hunt another's stand! I have had some people almost push you to their stand, then want to get upset if you make a kill!
Again, in this case, this guy would not be hunting this land again, period!
All clubs that I've been on, each member has their own stands and you don't hunt another's stand without permission!
My best hunting buddy and I have shared our stands forever! We have never had any problems with jealousness, but everyone cannot do this successfully! We tried it with another hunter a few years back, and you could just about read his mind, "you killed MY deer!"
For that reason, I am very reluctant to hunt another's stand! I have had some people almost push you to their stand, then want to get upset if you make a kill!
Again, in this case, this guy would not be hunting this land again, period!
#9
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Missouri
Posts: 1,429
RE: how would you handle this?
I guess I just don't understand the whole Hunting club/lease thing. On our family farm we have a half dozen friends who come hunt with us. Heck, we all end up sitting at every stand before its all over with. There's none of the "its my stand" bs. My boy tried to lay claims to the stand he killed a decent young buck out of last year. We made a point to sit another youngster there this year.
From what you described I guess the fellar over stepped his bounds though.
From what you described I guess the fellar over stepped his bounds though.