When I informed him that I did not want him hunting in my pasture and to remove his blinds from my area, he started making arguments why we should change the rules from what we agreed upon when they joined the lease.

We have community blinds and first come first serve - it works well and allows each hunter to hunt all of the ranch. We also have a clear set of rules that is signed each year prior to the season so there is no backtracking or misunderstandings on what is expected.

As the guy running the lease I spend a lot of time up front before a new member comes on. Meet with them, talk to references, and try to make sure they are a fit for us but also that we are a fit for them. I try to be realistic about what to expect to see when they hunt.

Our group respects each other and we keep drama out of the equation. Last thing any of us want is to get away to the deer lease only to have drama in camp. We share video and information on deer openly without the fear that another hunter will cut your feet out from under you. I also think it is important for the lease boss to pay what everyone else pays and to abide by the rules the same as all other members.

Not perfect but has worked well for our group for 8 years.

It sucks when the lease manager makes rules for every one else but rules do not apply to him. Now I am lucky to have been on the same lease for 14 years and have become the lease manager. I have a good group of hunters where we respect each other and take care of our own hunting area and have our own campers to take care of. One advantage that I and the LO have is a yearly contract. In the past there were a couple of hunters that were on a different page from the LO and could not follow common sense policies and respect the few little rules that are in place. LO caught said hunter bringing guests without permission more than once so with the yearly contract we just let the contract expire then inform the hunters that a new contract will not be offered.The hunter that broke the most simple rules then threatened to sue for the money and time he put in to the lease. Idiot and good riddance to knuckle head hunters.

Yes, but some view the lease as a place to "let go" a kid that cannot be controlled at home.

That one might just take the cake.

I bought a newish Travel trailer last year. It is the �Hilton� compared to everyone�s 80�s era trailers.
I guess when im not there they make them selves at home and track mud for me to clean up when I get the chance to come down.

Gets old but I really don�t care� my mind set changes as soon as I pull in the gate.

I did make some new rules

1. Leave it like you found it
2. No rocking an deuces in the bath room PERIOD
3. No rocking your old lady in my bed

So far so good�Although I can�t verify rule number 3�

We have few problems with the 8-9 that we have with the exception of one. The one never comes out without the wife and young kids. Not a problem except they take over the cabin. I get back from hunting and I want to cook breakfast and get whatever chores need down before the mid day or evening hunts. She is always in there cooking and the kids are hogging the TV and table. They have a trailer and do not sleep in the cabin like the rest of us. Also, she will run on the lease roads. She wears the pants in the family and the dad has no control over her or the kids. On top of this these people have money and we have to listen about complaints about nannies and such.

My biggest issues with leases:
Everyone knows more than everyone else, and everyone thinks that they should be in charge because everyone else is an idiot.
Everyone thinks thinks they are doing more to improve the lease and doing more chores than everyone else.

me always killing the big one.....

Just to reiterate...^^^

It's already the cause of grumbling for the 2015-2016 season bc "someone" knows a certain wide deer won't just get its pics taken by me this year. Already bad mouthing me to my kids, telling them how mean and hateful I am.......

This, open blind access with fully understood and agreed upon rules cuts the ambiguity down and gives everyone a fair and equitable chance at the chase. I think a lot of problems occur when hunters feel they are "confined" to only a small piece of acreage pie, "wrong, right or indifferent".

Cows

It would be if every stand/feeder set up were created equally. But they aren't. I was on a community lease where each member had a location they were responsible for maintaining. Each location is used on a first come first serve basis. I had three stands and two feeders (throwing 300 lbs each every 3 months) set up (two bow and one rifle) and going year round. The guy who used it the most barely got corn going before season at the set up he maintained. Feeder throwing 3 seconds twice a day. One pop up set up that only worked with a north wind and no one wanted to hunt that set up.

Second issue is work. Some members have the time and wanna to go to the lease and work on things that need attention or to just improve things for the lease experience. Others don't. But they don't mind enjoying the fruits of others labor.

Personally I like having my own area with reasonable restrictions on how far I need to be from another hunter's set up. If I wish to hunt in another area occasionally it is up to me to cultivate relationships with my fellow lease members and possibly create a reciprocal use agreement with them.

Fortunately this lease I'm on has the best of both worlds. Individual areas with some family/community set ups as well.

I don't know that I would go back to a community stand set up again.