Archery hunting Bad then Good 😮

First the BAD! I picked up a 150 acre property to archery hunt 15 years ago. The owner lived on the other side of the state. I sent a well worded letter to him asking permission to hunt. He called me and said he does not allow hunting. I was disappointed but polite. A few days later he called me and said the township was on his *** about one of the old barns becoming a dumping ground. We struck up a deal and I became care taker with exclusive hunting rights. This relationship was great and went on for 15 years. Two years ago he sold to a builder that has a bad reputation in this area. Going bankrupt at least once not paying his depts. I talked to the builder and we struck up the same deal. Brings me to now.
My son went over to trim around some of our stands and there were private property signs tacked to all our stands. I called the number and it was a hunting lease company from hundreds of miles away, said he leased from the builder. I called the builder and he couldn’t have cared less. Said he forgot, yeah right. The least they could have done is call me. Here we are a few weeks from archery season and I’m screwed. I’ve got significant amount of stands and work into this property. I did some research into this lease company and they don’t get high marks from a lot of clients. Sounds like they are cut from same cloth as the builder.
The Good.
I was telling a friend about this and he hooked me up with a 1200 acre private property. I’ll be sharing with a couple others.
So today I started pulling a few stands out of the old property. I believe the lease companies subleased hunters were planing to use them but too bad, they are my property. Let them complain to the lease company. They could have called me two months ago, my number is on countless posted signs over there. Got two out today with a few more to go next week.

Sometimes all you can do is shake your head and move on (with all your property of course). Good that you landed on your feet.

I envy you. I do wish I could have a parcel of land to hunt near me. The trick is near me.
I'm glad it turned out well. Have fun.

Stand Up said:

I envy you. I do wish I could have a parcel of land to hunt near me. The trick is near me.
I'm glad it turned out well. Have fun.

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Hunting is becoming a pay to play deal in a lot of areas. I have one stand on my property and a couple on a property on the other side of my neighbor. Problem is the neighbor kid rips around on their place on his dirt bikes. Really puts a damper on things in more ways than one. Pa has thousands and thousands of acres of public land in areas like Allegheny national forest. For a lot of us that’s a 4 or 5 hour drive. Public land in the southeast is available but is a joke.

Get your stuff and don't look back!

This type of thing is why I eventually bought my own land to hunt on. It's only 60 acres but I have fishing and hunting without worry over someone screwing with me.