I have access to a small section of woods - about 15 acres - that is part of a 200 acre piece of land. This triangular shaped section of woods is basically a travel corridor and fortunately serves as a rub route line for several bucks. My son and I hunt this part of the property and I'd say it's just enough for two hunters, but no more. The back part of the 200 acres has sections of woods that are occupied by other hunters, so the place is IMO, near capacity for hunters. The majority of the 200 acres is open fields surrounded by other parcels of land (fields, woods and swamp) which also holds hunters.

A guy asked the caretaker of the land if he could hunt the property. The caretaker out of respect for me told him that he would have to ask me. When this hunter approached me, I told him that it was ultimately not my decision since I do not own the land, but since it was left up to me, my answer was no, there wasn't room for him.

I understand that finding a place to hunt these days can sometimes be a challenge, especially property out your back door, but I would like to try and protect that convenience for myself and my son. Telling him no is weighing me down and I'm now feeling selfish and even wrong.

What would you do? You think 15 acres is large enough to hold three hunters?

Thanks for any feedback.