Originally Posted by
LKNCHOPPERS
I feel even if I say that to him, which is not hard for me, how do I really know he is not in there when I am not there. After all I live 5 hours away. I just don't know if I want the aggrevation now knowing he will want to hunt it even if he backs down.
Frankly, you won't know. You just got to read him and decide if he's trustworthy enough to take him at his word. The way I put it to my landowner was this, 'man, we're paying a premium for this land and in return we want to be assured that we have exclusive rights to the land'.
Another angle you might consider... you said he's a meat hunter, then offer to give him a doe or two. I know I gave our guy a doe I killed, I dressed it out and drove the 25 miles out of my way to his house to deliver it to him. Not sure he appreciated it, but at least I did my part.