Maybe i just like to hunt more than other people. I pay for all the feed and all the up keep on blinds and feeders, game cameras all year, and then when it comes time to hunt, they ask me how much money are they going to need for the trip.Then my brother asked if he needs to drive after i take care of everything all year. come on, its a free hunt on my family's ranch to hunt mule deer.I was going with a friend and my brother this Tuesday but i think i would just rather just go by myself. i give up! Too much trouble. Everyone knows that this is an expensive thing to do. Don't ask how much and just be ready!!!!!!

Let him drive or pay for something who cares, if you take him up on it maybe he wont offer next year. If you dont like taking care of all of it then just take care of yours and go it alone!

Been there and I am still doing that. Pay for the feed, buy or build the stands, clean up the camp, fill the feeders, haul off all of the trash, and then get accused of not being able to get along when I mention you others might want to help some. I can identify with you. My brothers are so cheap that they want to pay for the one kernel of corn that the deer is eating at the time they shoot him.

i feel ya on that one. hunting with a buddy that doesnt put in as much work as i do on loading the vehicle or scouting. bout ready to give up on him. i told him if he was lazy and didnt feel like putting in the time and getting up early to just let me know so i can find some new hunting partners. even worse doing all the driving and doesnt offer to help out with the gas.

Hey for a MD hunt or any for that matter I'll drive, buy gas, groceries, refreshments, work, not whine, not get lost, not shoot what I am not supposed to, guide, cook, provide as much humor and sarcasm as needed, and certainly appreciate the oppurtunity!!

Some people just don't get it.

West-tex, you and I are is the same boat. but... my brother lives next door. So I have to listen to crap all the time. No help at all, not even a shovel. Forget about the feed, forget about the taxes. I quit messing with the drama years ago, and just did things myself. Did what i had time for, lot less stress.

Don't be afraid of hurtin their feelings! Tell them how it is. Make sure they don't forget!

really ticks me off to load up and go to bed early. wake up at 2 am and he calls and says he drank one too many the night before and isnt up to it or blames not going on the weatherman. this is going to be a good venting thread i can see.

I don't understand which part you're itchin about...
They didn't help you do the work?
" " pay for the feed and gas?
Both?

Myself I'd just put a price on it...
(him)"How much money do I need?"
(you) "Oh $580.00 ought to cover it..."

like i said i am on the edge of just calling them and telling them i have to work and just going by my dang self.. If i am gonna have to tote the note by myself i might as well go by myself.

Yep I'd go alone and in the future I'd feed me a couple of secret spots and that's all.

For me, it is better to go by myself than to have to mess with someone that wants any kind of reason not to go or does not want to do their part.

I usually have to go along behind the others on my big lease and fix all of their screw ups. But they mean well.

I don't deer hunt but I would rather someone offer money and me turn them down than to just show up and go. Some people have busy lives and can't afford the time away from home OR the biggest problem I have ran into in the past is I can go about as much as I want because my wife and I don't have kids and a lot of my friends do or the have a wife who doesn't allow them to go as much as myself.

Always better to offer than to not offer and be a free loader...

Good luck and I hope y'all can go have fun and enjoy it!

BEEN there. DONE that!! STILL doing it!! I have just learned to not worry about them anymore. I take care of myself and my son and to &*ll with the rest of them. They want to hunt....go get it ready cuz I ain't got the time no more!! Spend a lot of time hunting by myself now.

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Looks like TxTechsan and I are your new best friends.

Tell them.....

X3 and I am a damn good camp cook...

I told them last week and this week we are having the same talk. i just want to hunt with out all of the frustration.

i know whats going to happen already! i am going to load up my truck and trailer tomorrow by my self and then they will show up or want me to go pick them up.

People back out all the time had buddy going to our lease this weekend was gonna pay for half fuel for trip and hunt hogs all weekend for free called to back out. If I tell someone I am going then I am going it freaking stinks 4 days before we leave to call and back out sux.

Help me understand the frustration here, because your brother has offered to put up some money to off set your cost and the work you've done, and asked if you want him to drive, you're frustrated?

Was your brother and friend informed that you needed them for some work days and some money to help with feeders and other items?

Sorry, I went through this crap yesterday with the wife. Got all up set cause, "things were piling up," and I wasn't helping. No one can read minds, so if you don't speak up and say what you want or expect, then don't get your feelings hurt if folks don't figure it out.

You need to be direct with your bro and friend in the future that if they don't help through out the year, don't plan on hunting the stands. You also need to let them know the cost to maintain everything and you expect to have the bill split.

And do you really not want to hunt with them?

Let's be honest, hunting deer is sort of an individual sport. Sharing the camp and memory with them should be more important, unless you flat out like being in camp by yourself.

If you do decide to go without them, then be honest about it. Tell them why you're frustrated and you rather they not come.

Just remember sometimes things happen out of our control. But, you should always try to do you best to do what you say your going to do. A person is only as good as his word.

I assure u he had no valid excuse, but it's ok I will roll without him

my case is more than likely a culmination of yrs of getting on eachothers "nerves" i guess. but i sure do feel used and abused. i let it happen so i guess i just need to start goin at it alone to spare myself a bad ending to a good friendship.

Had similar problem last year with family member on our ranch, so I changed combos and locks out...Got everyone attention when they couldnt get in the gates. This year they have been so much better....but only time will tell....good luck