ORIGINAL: jhalfhill
ORIGINAL: NEW61375
I can't imagine had he left it just to my father or even to me thatwe would say that the others must now follow our rules or leave and I know had my uncle inherited it all he would never say anything like that.
Where I come from familymeans a lot and those relationships should be protected and supported (even if it means everyone swallowingtheir pride and trying to hash outthe differences). I could never imaginejust throwing away"forever" relationships with family over something as petty as the things you mentioned.
NEW,
Before you shoot off at the mouth about how much I respect my family, I'll have you know that that side of the family doesn't come around much. Not holidays, not parties, just deer season. The rest of the family is there, it is their choice not to show up. Secondly, my pap never hunted all but maybe once or twice his entire life so he could really care less about who was hunting his property. Thirdly I got that farm because out of everyone, who do you think it was that was there everyday to help him feed the cows?? bale hay?? mow the fields?? fix buildings?? I inherited the farm because I was there to help whether i liked it or not, and i DESERVED it. While the rest of the family was home watching the Steelers play football and having a picnic, I was at the farm on a tractor. So I suggest you shut your face and watch what the hell you say before it comes out of your mouth.
No need for any replies guys. Thanks for your support. I consider this topic closed, what's done is done. They made a big mistake by telling me off like they did, and unfortunately I can't change that. I would never do such a thing to a member of my family.
QUOTE NEW61375 (sorry messed up the quote box)
Wow,
Is this your dad's brother and his son?
How long have you all been hunting together?
How close are you guys as far as other aspects of life?
What kind of "rules have been in place in the past? How have you guys hunted it before?
Did your granddad hunt and what kind of rules did he have in place if any?
How old are you?(just curious)
Have you guys all ever sat down(before all of this)and talked about goals for the property?
I only ask these things because despite what is being said family is vey important and many of these questions are important.
Also I am in an almost identical situation except for the fact that my grandfather left the farm to my dad and his brother 50/50. I can't imagine had he left it just to my father or even to me thatwe would say that the others must now follow our rules or leave and I know had my uncle inherited it all he would never say anything like that. But we are a hunting family and have hunted together for years(with sometimes differing views) andwe allknow that the land is there because my grandfather wanted us (all of us) to have a place to go, to call our own despite whose name it was left in. This is definitely not a situation to be handledthrough a phone call or a text message and I can't even believe there is talk of the police.Where I come from familymeans a lot and those relationships should be protected and supported (even if it means everyone swallowingtheir pride and trying to hash outthe differences). I could never imaginejust throwing away"forever" relationships with family over something as petty as the things you mentioned. Maybe you guys should rent the movie "NEXT of KIN", cook up some food, and try to work this thing out.I AM MY BROTHERS KEEPER!!
Just my .02 QUOTE NEW61375
JHALFWIT,
Allow me to retort:
I included my whole post so it wouldn't be taken out of context.
Your response to me says a lot about you little fella. You are about as mature as my 5 year old. I never attacked you in any way I asked some simple questions in order to gain a little more insight to your situation and mentioned respecting family as it related to my situation and how I feel about my family(distant or not). I didn't say youdon't respect yourfamily and only asked those questions to forma better opinion for how a situation like that could be handled, not to belittle you. I simply felt more info was necessary to come up with a more thorough understanding of the parties involvedand abetter opinion.I guess I could have been like "Boot them off" and you would have felt better because everyone agreed with you and I don't necessarily think you would be completely wrong with that approach I justwanted detailssince situations involving family are usuallynot very cut and dry. If they were messing up and you all sat down together maybe they would understand what you were trying to do andsomething could have been worked out. But alsoif after sitting downtogether you guys couldn't see eye to eye I would think do what you have to do butIMO as family you should have given theman oppurtunity
before the season and beforeeverything turned ugly(not that that was all your fault).
But enough about that as you probably won't even read the whole thing before you start blabbering away telling people to shut their face and don't "shoot their mouth off" and "watch what the hell you say". I didn't realize I was dealing with an internet tough guy, please don't hurt me. You are what 20or 21, that is about what I figured.The way you flipped outon here says everything,Oh Mighty Landowner. If you post a topic and want opinions don't be surprised if people ask questions and don't be surprised if some may not agree with you fully. But if this type of situation happens again in the futureon these forums you should respond like a4 year old a throw a tantrum again, it's quite amusing.
As far as your family hunting "your land",you should kick them off, you willbe doing them a favor. I alwaysheard people in WV were"really close" with family(you know what I'm talking about)butmaybenot (wonder where all those jokes came from??). Post some pictures of the monster bucks you kill with your"management program", I hope they are worth itandI hopethis whole situation doesn't cost you any dates at the next family reunion!!
Through in some WV jokes for you since you wanted tostart cussing me, I hope you don't break your keyboard cussing me out again tough guy.