Has anyone lost a lease by posting pictures of deer on the web

[Charles]

It can also invite more poachers to the area.

[bowhuntntxn]

I know of one member who lost his spot by posting a named deer on this site.

It happens. Not sure why people are so selfish but it is what it is I guess...

[RascalArms]

Had a friend shoot a nice deer and get it posted in ttha magazine. Next year, lease price doubled, they got ran off

Very similar scenario happened to us on a lease I managed SE of San Angelo back in the 80-90s. Price gradually went up year to year after a big deer was taken and shared in TTHA mag. Finally priced us out and we moved on.

[RascalArms]

We had a semi-famous person kill a good deer a few years ago and post it everywhere, even with the location. We weren't happy about it and had a few guys leave notes on our gate asking if they could lease the place, can't remember what happened to those notes but I called the LO and let him know what was going, just to get out in front of anyone else. Luckily he just laughed and said we don't need to worry about him leasing to anyone else.

There are no big deer in Rockwall county...especially there off of ******** Rd

[Texastaxi]

I was asked by a ranch owner to only list the county, for a contest.
I totally understand his reasoning, and absolutely honored his request.

[Grayson]

Serious question.
Say you shoot a big deer. A lot bigger than has been shot on you lease in decades. Legal harvest. And you put it out on social media

Has anyone had their lease rate go up by the landowner? Or have you had problems with people finding out where you hunt, and then trying to lease land out from under you by going to the landowner and offering them way more money?

The group has changed over the years, but essentially it has been leased by the same "group" for 30+ years

Yep. Local Game Warden.

[AntlerCollector]

My wife killed the 2nd biggest buck in our County, and my lease boss killed the 3rd biggest in the County both in 2017. In 2018 the lease went up

[Rj Flores]

Happened to us 2 yrs. ago. LO's son who never hunted in his lifetime saw what we had done to his dads property after managing it for 10 yrs. We fed yr. round and increased the buck to doe ratio. Also the quality of deer and amount of deer got extremely better over a 10 year period. He decided that he was going to start hunting and also leased it to his buddies for double the amount of money we were paying. The biggest mistake was when my dad showed him some TC pictures. Oh well, God led us to a better small lease we currently have.

[SmTx]

There was an issue years ago where folks were posting TC pics and their bucks were getting poached. I imagine that still happens but if you've been here long enough you'll notice the guys shooting big deer every year don't share like they did 10 yeas ago.

Imo, folks tend to overshare in moments of excitement.

[150class]

Seen it happen.

I stopped posting photos the last couple of years because of experiencing and hearing this stuff...

[Bayouboy]

No posting of pics. Nor, do I show other members.

[Jspradley]

Funny how many folks will chase a dead deer...

[lovemylegacy]

Serious question.
Say you shoot a big deer. A lot bigger than has been shot on you lease in decades. Legal harvest. And you put it out on social media

Has anyone had their lease rate go up by the landowner? Or have you had problems with people finding out where you hunt, and then trying to lease land out from under you by going to the landowner and offering them way more money?

The group has changed over the years, but essentially it has been leased by the same "group" for 30+ years

Oh yeah, happens all the time.

[bossbowman]

Yep. Local Game Warden.

Moses? I've heard some real interesting stories about him

[Stuck]

If you have an exceptional deer blasted all over social media, and in every deer contest then you can for sure expect lease dues to go up. I wouldn't do it unless I owned the property.

Even if you own the property, you’re just inviting every one with access to 10acres around you to start hunting. An area with little pressure can get a lot real quick.