Deer Lease Guest Etiquette

[bullets13]

What if he would have brought in a nubbin buck fawn thinking it was a doe? Would you be as upset? Still a buck. should the size matter?

Do you not see the difference between making an honest mistake and shooting a nubbin buck thinking it was a doe vs. making a conscious decision to shoot a racked buck despite being told to only shoot a doe?

[Anythinghunter8]

that ashame how hard is it to follow rules. I used to always be a guess on my buddies deer lease and was told i could shoot a doe and that all i ever did they said i could shoot a buck but it better be a buck of a lifetime so i never even cared to shoot a buck. they should be just happy u invited them shooting somethings a bonus. But every time i got invited i would work my *** off. i was constantly cleaned up after meals and doing anything that needed to be done, as for i was the guess and they paid money to be here i would pay back with help and work and of core cold beer!

[woodsman]

I would just mark that one up to "my bad" and not invite him back. Some people just don't have a clue about deer hunting "etiquette". I almost wish I didn't either. Takes a lot of the fun from hunting, at times.

Solid!
The rising cost to pull the trigger have introduced etiquette, unfortunately. Paying much $, if any, to hunt was a bizarre concept 100 years ago. Now it’s a competitive sport to most, and expensive.

[TexasAg2002]

That's ridiculous. I would be very upset. How much is the bill? What size Deer was it?

[White Falcon]

I'll be he tells you to pound salt!

[BolilloLoco]

Pretty sad.
Members are responsible for the actions of their guests on places I hunt.
So my guest list usually has 0 names on it.
No way I would ever put a guest out alone, unless they had free choice to shoot what they want.

[ATI]

choot the dad to compensate for the lost buck...

[Reaper]

What if he would have brought in a nubbin buck fawn thinking it was a doe? Would you be as upset? Still a buck. should the size matter?

Huge difference between a nubbin buck and a buck with a rack.

A nubbin buck can be an honest mistake, I know I have made that mistake (not on someone else's lease though )

[Sticks&Strings]

Man, sorry to hear this. Its amazing how people feel entitled to make their own rules as a guest. Shocking actually. I'm in to hear his reply to your bill and the conversation that comes from it and if he paid it. How much was the bill for?

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[Kdog]

Reading this thread elevated my blood pressure. I am thinking of this in terms of my own deer lease where we spend a lot of time and money to try to get bigger/older bucks.

What kind of lease do you hunt? (Trophy vs meat?). What kind of consequences will you face for your guest not following your instructions?

At the end of the day people are more important than deer. But that should go both ways. (He should have respected your instructions or not hunted.) At a minimum I would not ever let the father be responsible for deciding what gets shot. Probably never invite him back either.

It can be difficult to say no to your kid about shooting a deer. I have to tell my son no about 100 times every hunt. He wants to shoot everything and pretty much keeps asking until we see a deer that meets our criteria. (He has killed quite a few deer too.) I have no problem telling him no, but it is a lot more fun to say yes.

[Uncle_Milty]

I have to disagree with the “No Guest Policy” crowd. As outdoorsman we should all be willing and wanting to get more folks engaged in the Great Outdoors. The more people involved the larger our voice is and the strength we have to keep The Gov’t from taking away our rights and lands.

If he was a first time guest letting him hunt solo was probably not the best move but as the OP stated he didn’t have a stand to accommodate all 4 of them. It’s not his fault the fella didn’t follow the simple rule of “ you can only shoot a doe “.

Sounds like a teaching/learning opportunity for both boys and both dads.

[ClearcreekDC]

I have been a guest many times on high dollar 50000 acres plus leases in my day and I never even bring a gun. I bring several bottles of crown and a good attitude. Some of the most fun hunts iver ever had is when I wasnt even the hunter.

[friscopaint]

I personally would let it go and chalk it up to lesson learned and have no guest ever again and if OP's son ask's him about a "friend" going I would plainly tell him that little Johnny's dad ruined it for everyone and no guest's are allowed because he shot a buck when told to shoot a doe only. The other dad could obviously care less what OP thinks.

[Hollywood]

Just wouldn't invite him back out. That's about it .

WRONG
Then he never learns a lesson.
Worse is his kid doesn't learn anything but to take a whatever whenever attitude.
I would have taken the Dad for a walk & chewed him up one side & down the other. Probably belittled the #$%^ out of him. Then had him explain to the boys what he decided to shoot on his own was absolutely wrong.

[jer_james]

Only person you can control is yourself.

Tell him what he did was wrong, you're disappointed in how the situation took place. They will not be invited back.

Move forward and learn from yours, and his mistake.