I'm sorry you lost your spot!It wasn't very decent of the farmer not to talk to you about what he was doing.Yes it is his land and he can do what he wants with it,it's just a matter of courtesy.
Good luck finding other places to hunt.

too funny

That really is a raw deal! I would like to know though...was the guy PAYING you for your time while helping him out or were you working for free for hunting right? If you were working for free for hunting rights, make up an invoice/bill and send it to him with the words on it..."The money is pretty good!" There isn't ANYTHING in this world for FREE!
The way I'm reading your story, you were working for the hunting rights and he burned ya down. Turn about is fair play.

Sales 101 nothing for free is ever appreciated!

Why was he saving gerbals?[]

Truly Sorry to hear you lost your spot. Unfortunately, many farmers are leasing hunting rights out to others. Here in Iowa it seems most of those leasing hunting rights are out of staters with big money and no ethics. These people will shoot at anything that moves and not bother to track them if the deer don't drop immediately. Last year found 13 gut shot deer just outside one of these areas. Socialize at small town diners with farmers and you'll get more land to hunt. Good Luck.

hate it for ya. but now days hunting is all about a dollar,i can remember 20 years ago you could hunt everywhere, our county went to a 3 point or better buck restriction,my land 700 acres went from $3500 to $7000 a year, i told them good luck leasing it,located a club 5 miles across the county line 2000 acres for $650 a year. its all about a dollar,