Ethics question, what should I do.....
Let me start by saying this is a long story and I spologize for that, but some guidance on the situation would be nice. I'm just now getting over being steamed so writing it down witll help.
I've had the same lease witht hte same landlord for 4 years and never had any problems to this point. That being said, I've been scouting and have two stands, a spot ofr a pop-up ground blind, and a feeder on the propoerty and the landlord's house sits directly across a field from the ground blind. On Saturday morning I set-up the pop-up blind about 40 yards from the feeder and wait. I have been scouting for months waiting on opening day and have the pattern of a pretty large Sika buck down pat. He would walk past the spot every morning about 10 minutes after sunrise and I had watched him do it 6 times over the last couple of weeks while hunting waterfowl. As I sit there, I see a truck drive down the county road leading past my spot, it stop in the landlord's drive way and kill the lights. After about two minutes, all hel breaks loose. I here two shots from the area of the landlords house,across the feild about 150 yardsfrom me. I assumed he has seen a coyote after hsi goats of something, not uncommon there. Needless to say, no deer came my way after that.
As I walk out around 10:45 I run into the landlord who tells me it was the "worthless guy married to my granddaughter" and he has killed the sika buck I had been watching for weeks. I was livid to say the least. His answer was, "What can you do, I mean its family." Do I have any rights here at all? What makes me even madder is the fact that the guys shot straight towards me where I was set up with the blind. I will not be on the lease next year becaouse of this, but man I'm mad. Thoughts or suggestions?