Deer Lease Guest Etiquette

[NLuna]

Hello GS,

So this past weekend I invited my son's friend and his dad to shoot a doe. I was very specific that they were there to shoot a doe only. (great kid who plays baseball on my sons old team) When we get back to camp I find out he told his son it was "OK" to shoot a buck.

What do you do?

I did not make a big stink about it right then and there because i did not want to hurt the kids feelings but the dad was definitely in the wrong. I am going to talk with him this week and ask for some type of compensation.

Do you think that is the right thing to do?

[150class]

Sit in the stand with your guest to prevent this mistake from happening

Not sure how getting compensated for the buck will work

Good luck

[Hammerdown]

Did they shoot a buck?


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[NLuna]

Sit in the stand with your guest to prevent this mistake from happening

Not sure how getting compensated for the buck will work

Good luck

I was hunting with my son and he with his son. I have blinds that fit only 2 people.

[docmay]

Option 1-lease member has to sit with the guest

Option 2-no guests

Option 3-allow guests and let them hunt on their own. You will have to be comfortable with the consequences.

[NLuna]

Did they shoot a buck?


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yes

[Traildust]

Best etiquette = I'm sorry, we don't allow guest on our ranch.

[175gr7.62]

You want him to pay you for a deer that you don't own?

Tell him he isn't welcome back and that you are disappointed in his character but getting money out of him....no way.

[walker1983]

If its a lease w/ a set harvest allotment per member - I'd just tell the dad that his son shot your trophy tag - or whatever the case may be.

Really up to you on what compensation you feel is owed, but he could probably tell you to go pound sand if he wanted to.
Since the deer is already dead - best course may just be to not create a stink over it and not invite them back again. They screwed up, but you did invite them out there...

[Hammerdown]

yes

I would be hot. Biggest problem I have with MOST guest is the have this mentality that it’s this weekend or never. Risk vs reward kinda thinking. Buck out weighed your friendship. It’s tough when you try and do something nice for someone and it back fires in your face.


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[solocam_aggie]

These stories just baffle me. I cant believe some of these people have the nerve to do this as a guest on somone's place/lease.

I would have congratulated the kid, pulled his dad off to the side, gave him an arse chewing like hes never had before, and give him 5 minutes to see his tail lights pulling out.

[jaker_cc]

You want him to pay you for a deer that you don't own?

Tell him he isn't welcome back and that you are disappointed in his character but getting money out of him....no way.

This. The deer is dead so what’s some money going to do? He wouldn’t be welcome back that’s for certain.

[solocam_aggie]

You want him to pay you for a deer that you don't own?

Tell him he isn't welcome back and that you are disappointed in his character but getting money out of him....no way.

This happens all the time lol

[elkaholic9292]

More friendships have ended, and more people have gotten booted from their leases through the actions of their guest. I don't do it anymore. Can you give more info...Obviously he shot a buck, right? How big? What were the repercussions toward you from the lease management? I certainly wouldn't invite either back regardless, but depending on the answers to the questions would dictate how I would handle it. If it was a cull 8pt, and nobody caused a stink about it, I'd let it go. If it was a trophy deer, and the membership is steamed about it, I'd explain to him that you might very well get kicked off because he didn't follow instructions and you think it would be a good gesture toward the membership to pay for the deer he shot. Maybe to put back into the club feed bill or something. If he shot "your" buck, as in you hadn't killed one, but now you can't kill one, and it was a legal buck per lease requirements, I'd chalk it up to a hard lesson learned.

[Raypo]

You want him to pay you for a deer that you don't own?

Tell him he isn't welcome back and that you are disappointed in his character but getting money out of him....no way.

I’d most certainly fine him. Deer have value, and ownership or not, deer cost to shoot. If you went to small claims court you could show the value of a lease, man hours, gas, feed, and etc, and then show the relationship between these cost on the harvest of a buck. Most leases only allow 1-2 bucks. I would most certainly ask for money, along with never inviting him again.