was I an a-hole?

[vdep217]

Jack.  I remember u letting a member here hunt your stand.   To get his first buck he shot one you wouldn't think of drawing on and weree happy as he was.   You tracked it and then looked for it for days and it died a couple days later I believe..  you are a good man don't let him get u down

Edited September 16, 2018 by vdep217

[Swamprat]

4 hours ago, Greybeard said:

I would be willing to move over a little if a previous agreement could be reached.

We all would! LOL

[buckhound]

 

[JHbowhunter]

5 hours ago, vdep217 said:

Jack.  I remember u letting a member here hunt your stand.   To get his first buck he shot one you wouldn't think of drawing on and weree happy as he was.   You tracked it and then looked for it for days and it died a couple days later I believe..  you are a good man don't let him get u down

Exactly a a week later Vito and it was still warm when I gutted it. Fortunately my cousin saw the white belly out his front window. Thanks for the kind words - all of you. 

[Haskell_Hunter]

If you didn't kill this guy and everything he loved, you did it wrong.  Always tie up loose ends.  They always come back to bite you if you don't...

[Stan Putz]

I'd tend to think you'd have first rights/control over the situation, because your parents own the property. I'm assuming you have a good relationship with them.

Unfortunately, this is the never-ending struggle in the hunting world, finding good property to hunt, and keeping it, in a perfect world, under your rules and restrictions. 50% of the complaints on these forums are over similar situations such as this, and the struggle is real away from the internet also. But I'm sure you know this.

And I agree, no landowner, and especially a sick parent, wants or needs to deal with this.

Hope this all works out for you. And for all the rest of us dealing with the same basic problem.

Edited September 17, 2018 by Stan Putz

[tick trawler]

[electric10162]

Jack....I can manage the treestands while your at work. Cams and mineral site maintenance extra.

[electric10162]

In all seriousness, why does it come down to killing a big buck? He will end up burning your spot and the neighbor will end up killing the deer during six day. You did the right thing Jack. Now its up to him to do his.

[IthacaDS3]

Crazy story which you seem to have handled better than most.  Looks like the waters got muddied when your brother had him go through your parents and not you.  

Slightly off topic, but I gotta share… The mention of your brother has given me some laughs.  You see, I was friends with him WAY back in first grade.  We had a couple of play dates over your parent’s house and mine.  I remember you hanging with us when we were raising hell in your basement.  And when he came over my house, I remember we got covered head to toe in mud and my mother having a galactic fit. 

We lost touch after first grade as I believe he went to another school.  I briefly reconnected with him years later one summer at Don Bosco summer camp.  He was new to the camp, and through a friend of mine, he ended up joining the crew of kids I’d go fishing with.  We got along perfectly fine, but it wasn’t until the last week of camp that we finally connected the dots that we were friends back in first grade.   

If you talk to him, tell him Eric says hello!  And don’t worry, I won’t ask him to hunt your parents property ;-)

Edited September 17, 2018 by JHbowhunter

[buckhound]

 is it to late to change my mind i just got some new information about this from an anonymous source....