Sorry to hear. I can't relate. My customers actually ask me if I want to hunt their land and give us sole permissionor relatives/or friends of relatives have been pouring out of the woodwork lately offering us more ground to hunt. We are hunting some huge timber tracks in southern IA for turkey this spring that the owners wanted us to come down and hunt. I would never pay for a lease to hunt. What about public land on rivers or lakes thatis accessible only by boat? This is a great way to hunt and to get into great ground too. Good luck.