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Old 09-17-2006 | 08:08 AM
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davidmil
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Default RE: Opinions please...

Against my better wishes and new signature I'm going to give you advice. First off, realize it is HIS land to do with as he wants. You are a paying guest. Secondly, you have to be reasonable. Expecting him to lock up his critters every day of the season is unthinkable. Cattle have to feed and pasture. You're a guest. Work around them. Get off the pastures and in the woods. I don't think you should even consider the land lord wanting to shoot on his land as a breach of contract. I'd say he's the one exception to the rule. He can at any point he wants terminate your agreement I suspect. You have to learn to work WITH him, not find fault and fight with him.You didn't buy the land for Pete's sake. You're paying for the priviledge of hunting it. Farmers work long and hard hours. He has to do what he has to do when he has the time. If that means moving some equipment while you're on stand. Well just TOUGH. You say you have feeders set up you're hunting over. Put them off the beaten path. A feeder doesn't have to be in the middle of the mans pasture. Always practice LOW IMPACT MINIMUM INTRUSION. The guy doesn't want to see you driving through his yard 2 or 3 times a day. Surely there are other access routes that are less visual. Maybe the farmer said he'd pen his animals. Maybe he didn't understand you or you him, but his lively hood comes first and your pettiness about OUR LEASE OUR LEASE is the last thing he's worried about. You ask my opinion, you're just as wrong as you can be. You can't get in a bitching session with the owner and expect it to go your way. At a minimum you'll be given your walking papers as there are more people waiting in the wings to take your place. My advice, put yourself in his shoes. Follow a farmer for a couple days. You don't like it, you don't have to stay there.
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