Posted By: Hunt n Fish
Sometimes things work themselves out! - 05/23/16 02:42 PM
After 2 years of having various issues jump up during deer season which limited our hunting trips my wife, BHB (Best Hunting Buddy & paid hunter), and I were discussing dropping one of our spots or even just giving both up. We've been on the lease for a bunch of years but we would still have other opportunities to get a doe every now & then with other friends. I had even discussed this with the guys on the lease on several occasions starting last summer and they didn't want us to leave.
Fast forward: Lease manager, who is a good friend, calls late in the evening and has good news & bad news.
Good news: Don't have to worry about it anymore.
Bad news: Original surface lease holder who was good friends with the lease manager died.
His wife called inquiring about lease details. Called back next day and said "her" relatives from East Texas had been removed from their lease and she wanted to put them on ours. Our lease manager said there was no way this lease would handle that many people & that we had limited the number of deer taken for years to avoid decimating the deer population.
She called back the next day and said we'd have to give up the lease. Never asked for increase in price nor complained about the lease. She gave us till Aug 1st to vacate. He, I, and the other hunters have agreed that we're leaving absolutely nothing for them to use. All the blinds, feeders, etc will be stored at his place while we look/think about another lease.
Having said that I will say that I may have some blinds & feeders available if the wife and I decide to just give it up. I'm about ready to dedicate more time to fishing anyway.....but I'll still be around to make sarcastic remarks & generate discussion, anger & laughter!
Fast forward: Lease manager, who is a good friend, calls late in the evening and has good news & bad news.
Good news: Don't have to worry about it anymore.
Bad news: Original surface lease holder who was good friends with the lease manager died.
His wife called inquiring about lease details. Called back next day and said "her" relatives from East Texas had been removed from their lease and she wanted to put them on ours. Our lease manager said there was no way this lease would handle that many people & that we had limited the number of deer taken for years to avoid decimating the deer population.
She called back the next day and said we'd have to give up the lease. Never asked for increase in price nor complained about the lease. She gave us till Aug 1st to vacate. He, I, and the other hunters have agreed that we're leaving absolutely nothing for them to use. All the blinds, feeders, etc will be stored at his place while we look/think about another lease.
Having said that I will say that I may have some blinds & feeders available if the wife and I decide to just give it up. I'm about ready to dedicate more time to fishing anyway.....but I'll still be around to make sarcastic remarks & generate discussion, anger & laughter!