Hated to do it but it had to be done....

[Wits_End]

Stinks that you had to be in the middle and tell such a good friend to leave. Good luck with it all. Everything else is simply a wide range of opinions, which is a healthy poll for everyone to see how the population thinks. It was interesting to see differences of opinions.

[Tony Pic]

Tough situation as said. There are lease rules and Chef and best friend was aware of them, but best friend did not tell those rules to said hunter he could not shoot a buck. He thought he would not see anything...Am I correct here? But he did, and shot a buck. Maybe boils down to if the Best friend/shooter knew he was unable to shoot a buck and did so anyway, OR he was not told. If he was not told...Then it lies on bestie for not communicating what clearly needed to be said.
Blood is thicker than water, and I would never choose friend over the family. NEVER. You have to live with them. Unless under extenuating circumstances such as a crime.
The right decision Chef. Sleep easy.

[150class]

Similar thing this year. Leasemate (only two of us) took a customer out with his son. Idea was the kid had never shot a deer, so let him pop a doe. I was completely cool with that. What ended up happening was a good 10pt came out and 'guest/dad' takes rifle from son and shoots it. Will be the biggest buck killed on our place this year. Leasemate can't say anything for blobvious business reasons. Leasemate has been a very close friend for 35 years. Story ends with a simple "that sucks". That buck is not worth a friendship to me.

Needs to be added to the guest mistakes thread.

That customer is a *****!

Op needs to post his on there to.

Sucky situation.

[Uncle Saggy]

Chef I made the mistake of explaining why I kicked a guy off a lease a decade ago here.
I was flamed.
I ran a 2K acre place for 21 years and had to send a bunch of people home for all kinds of stupidness.........

Was that the infamous garbage on the porch thread?
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[whitehunter]

Hey, same dam thing happened to me. I let a friend come hunting hogs and he shot a buck. I admitted it to the other lease guys. got kicked off, untrusted forever and lost a long long time hunting buddy's over it. It was not my fault. They should have taken it as my buck and told me I was not allowed to bring so called friends to hunt anymore. 20 years later they still will not talk to me. Its bull****. Its a freakin deer. So what not my mistake.
Hey your best friend really. Take something away from him like guest privileges. Take his buck tags for this season away or you know for that lease. DON"T loose your friendship over a mistake he did not make. I don't know what else to tell you about the hunter who shot the buck. He should be dis-invited forever.

[Johnny Dangerr]

Was that the infamous garbage on the porch thread?
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Uh yes it was..........

[Traildust]

Hey, same dam thing happened to me. I let a friend come hunting hogs and he shot a buck. I admitted it to the other lease guys. got kicked off, untrusted forever and lost a long long time hunting buddy's over it. It was not my fault. They should have taken it as my buck and told me I was not allowed to bring so called friends to hunt anymore. 20 years later they still will not talk to me. Its bull****. Its a freakin deer. So what not my mistake.
Hey your best friend really. Take something away from him like guest privileges. Take his buck tags for this season away or you know for that lease. DON"T loose your friendship over a mistake he did not make. I don't know what else to tell you about the hunter who shot the buck. He should be dis-invited forever.

Those were not your friends....they were rooster liquors!

[AgHntr10]

Hey, same dam thing happened to me. I let a friend come hunting hogs and he shot a buck. I admitted it to the other lease guys. got kicked off, untrusted forever and lost a long long time hunting buddy's over it. It was not my fault. They should have taken it as my buck and told me I was not allowed to bring so called friends to hunt anymore. 20 years later they still will not talk to me. Its bull****. Its a freakin deer. So what not my mistake.
Hey your best friend really. Take something away from him like guest privileges. Take his buck tags for this season away or you know for that lease. DON"T loose your friendship over a mistake he did not make. I don't know what else to tell you about the hunter who shot the buck. He should be dis-invited forever.

Focus on the bold parts and you will find out why you weren't allowed back. You may not have pulled the trigger but it's still your mistake because you brought the guy.

[tigerscowboy]

Mistakes and bad decisions are made by everyone.

I have just barely enough wisdom now that I don't expect a pound of flesh from others when they make theirs.

Consider this...

In 5, 10, 15 years will any of this or that deer matter? That friendship will.

[meltingfeather]

Crazy to me how many want to tell others how to run their lease on their land... even pass judgment for it.
...and the OP didn't even ask for input on what to do!

[muzzlebrake]

We always used the Hip Pocket rule for guests. Guest has to hunt with a lease member and can only shoot if given the go ahead regardless of species.

[Capp35]

Crazy to me how many want to tell others how to run their lease on their land... even pass judgment for it.
...and the OP didn't even ask for input on what to do!

If he didn't want feedback, he would not of posted it.

[Mike]

All I will add on this thread, a take away if you will, is that if you are bringing a non paying guest, you need to sit with them and monitor everything.

I know this is only a small snippet of what actually has happened with guests but it is astounding the number of S##### people are out there that either have a penchant for horns or simply can't follow instructions.

I understand that these are grown men we are dealing with and should not have to be babysat in the blind. However, look at how so many can't do the right thing, it's unreal??

[Tx_Wader]

Some people can't seem to grasp the fact that this is family land; not a lease.
OP wasn't asking for opinions on what he shoulda/woulda/coulda done......he stated what he had to do.

Forget it lol. Reading comprehension and reading the OP is hard for many lol.

[NannySlayer]

I was on a lease and another hunter allowed a visitor to sit in my stand and kill an 11 pt buck I’d been seeing on my camera all year. I was HOTTTTTT and ended up leaving the lease. When I’m invited to a lease and they say no bucks. I completely respect that in regards to knowing what it feels like. Sorry this happened.


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