I know how frustrating all of this can be. Eveer since I bought my farm "friends" have been coming out of the wood work to ask me if they can hunt. I decided to not let anyone except my dad hunt it. Probabky fair since I hunt his 2 farms
My wife hunts it too but she is co-owner so it is not like I could tell her no.
If I were you, I would do what you wanted to and tell anyone who has a problem with it to go pound sand. As you said, you did all the work.