silentassassin...I'll take you up on your offer...hey, I got a great new spot I just bogarted some rednecks out of, it's right next to a goat ranch of a golf course. What do say?
davidmil...you're always welcome to come gut and drag but I have a feeling you'd have about 3 down and tagged before silent and I hung our first stand.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
RobPABowyer...Come on now Rob. How many times have you gone to get permission and the landowner is all happy go lucky and just seems to get all aglow just because you even stopped by to have a conversation and he grants you permission to hunt and fish and whatever on his land and he is more than happy to drive around the property with you showing you where he "thinks" would be a great spot to hunt etc...only to later find out that half the county has been given permission to hunt there as well. Many times the landowners I come across don't have the first clue about hunting and don't understand about pressuring the deer, tromping through bedding areas, and just plain stinking up the joint. I've been on both sides of the fence on this issue and when I'm the late comer to a property then by all means buddy, I back off and leave it be. I do this for a couple reasons...1) They were there first and I respect that and honor their position. Just because the landowner said I could hunt there doesn't mean that I should. (That being the "gentleman" thing to do as you put it) 2) Personally I like hunting smaller areas alone or with one partner depending on the amount of acreage we're talking about. I like to learn the deers patterns and I want to be responsible for the amount of pressure or lack of pressure that the deer receive. I don't want some yahoo doing something stupid and screw up a time-valued precious hunt. In this case, 350 acres is way too small for 5 flippin' hunters.
Another thing, just how hard did the titleist golf guy search for land to hunt? He busted arse all the way next door....whew that must have been some hard lookin'! Is there no other land in the state where this guy can look or does he HAVE to hunt next door where Cooter and his sons have been hunting for 20 years? Ahhh but let's look at his real motivation...("And I don't want to seem like we want to take over the land totally, but Ummmmmm I guess I do. They deserve it!!"
Yes, quite the "gentleman" Rob!!! He wants to take it over and convert it into a "hunting club"...how quaint. I think his conscious is getting the best of him...if he has one.
nodose...it is grammatically incorrect to not capitalize the first word of a sentence. I found at least 10 other spelling errors in your first post so please, sir, let's be careful about who we call a "redneck". Also, you sound like a frickin' Nazi with your suggestions made in your first post. You said, "along with what ive told you i would also start hitting his bank book. check the area building codes to see if he has any violations on his property...ie outdated septic systems that arent up to code, vehicles on his property that aren't licensed, setbacks on buildings, illegal utility tap ins...etc..etc. sounds to me like this guys not real concerned about following rules and is a genuine a**hole, so im sure you'll probably find something. i would become this guys worst nightmare!!!!!!" Get a frickin' life dude! You would do all of this for a measley 350 acres??? Who's the a**hole???
Edited by - wolfen68 on 01/23/2003 10:17:13