I knew it was trouble the day dad and I crested the hill to see a beat up SUV plastered with Bowhunter extreme, drop tine buck, Mathews stickers etc. covering to the point you couldn't see out. Yeah, you guys know the kind. The gentleman parked 50 yards from my dad's stand that had about 150 pounds of corn out in front of it. Come to find out, it was the landowners nephew. He must of decided he was going to be a Bowhunter. This was early November. We never saw this guy again this year. We called the land owner and he did have permission. I was annoyed to have to share this spot as it was my best. Boy do I wish that was the case now.
Fast forward to today. I get a text saying " sorry Jerry and Marcus, but regretfully I am revoking all hunting privileges on my property effective immediately". And just like that it was over. I asked why and got no response. We are pretty certain the Bone Collector wannabe must have saw his uncle at Christmas and talked him into booting us off. Given the timeline and seeing the first other hunter on this property in 8 years this year, I am almost certain. Offering money will do no good. This man is very, very rich. We had a great relationship with the landowner and would constantly bring him our home grown sweet corn and soups throughout the winter. A great deal for the 90 acres of prime ground to ourselves. We had it made.
I am sad that I will never again get to set foot on the property that I first arrowed my best buck with a compound. A 140 class 8 point that got me addicted to bow hunting. I will never again get to sit in the ground blind that I videoed my dad arrowing a nice buck in the cold late season. We will never get redemption on the 170" buck that my dad had a branch get in the way of his arrow at ten yards. My dad will not get to hunt tonight like he planned to sit in a blind after a nice buck we just got on camera showing up just after dark. We will not reap any benefits of passing nice 2 and 3 year olds the past few seasons. We had this property figured out and made a lot of memories here. I know others have it much worse than I do, I do feel lucky that I got to hunt this place for 8 years. It is just hard to swallow that it is gone. I honestly feel like my dog died.
Fast forward to today. I get a text saying " sorry Jerry and Marcus, but regretfully I am revoking all hunting privileges on my property effective immediately". And just like that it was over. I asked why and got no response. We are pretty certain the Bone Collector wannabe must have saw his uncle at Christmas and talked him into booting us off. Given the timeline and seeing the first other hunter on this property in 8 years this year, I am almost certain. Offering money will do no good. This man is very, very rich. We had a great relationship with the landowner and would constantly bring him our home grown sweet corn and soups throughout the winter. A great deal for the 90 acres of prime ground to ourselves. We had it made.
I am sad that I will never again get to set foot on the property that I first arrowed my best buck with a compound. A 140 class 8 point that got me addicted to bow hunting. I will never again get to sit in the ground blind that I videoed my dad arrowing a nice buck in the cold late season. We will never get redemption on the 170" buck that my dad had a branch get in the way of his arrow at ten yards. My dad will not get to hunt tonight like he planned to sit in a blind after a nice buck we just got on camera showing up just after dark. We will not reap any benefits of passing nice 2 and 3 year olds the past few seasons. We had this property figured out and made a lot of memories here. I know others have it much worse than I do, I do feel lucky that I got to hunt this place for 8 years. It is just hard to swallow that it is gone. I honestly feel like my dog died.
