Jealousy of some one else's success! I have seen this be the core of many peoples complaints. Especially if one hunter or group of hunters is consistantly more successful.

Lately the number one argument on our lease has been over the age of a deer. I try to stay out of the arguments but it has split our lease this year.

We had a member that had lots of pictures of a great 145ish 10 point in the weeks before opening of rifle season. This guy was pumped to hopefully kill that deer. He brought pictures to camp with him the night before opening morning to show everybody what he was looking for. One of the members told him "don't shoot that deer, he is only 3 years old". They went back and forth about how old the deer was for a while. The next morning the buck showed up and the guy passed on him because of what the other member said. He passed him multiple times after that too. Well, later in the season the buck showed up at the guy's stand that had said not to shoot him and guess what? He shot him! He said when he saw the deer in person he realized it was older than he thought. Of course that did not sit well with many of the guys and it has caused drama ever since. Now from what I understand some of the guys are leaving for greener pastures this year and it's all because of that one stupid deer.

Hey man i checked your feeder for you and the time was off and it needed a bag of corn so i got you all fixed up so when you get here in a couple of hours your ready to hunt, it wasnt empty but it is full now.
Has that ever happened to anyone, we got someone who loves to check eveyones stuff,

My problems center around my three lease "members" (my three sons) who want to lay on their butts while I cook and clean the mobile home. I have to remind them that their mother is not here and they need to pick their sorry as# up and pick up after themselves and feed themselves.

My problems center around my three lease "members" (my three sons) who want to lay on their butts while I cook and clean the mobile home. I have to remind them that their mother is not here and they need to pick their sorry as# up and pick up after themselves and feed themselves.

I dont ever clean much and Dad pretty much always gets stuck with washing the dishes and making coffee, but then again he doesnt touch a feed sack at all 8 feeders and hasnt loaded or gutted a deer or hog he has shot in the past probably getting close to 10 years, there is a trade off, and he is happy to go in make coffe and get breakfast ready while we do the grunt work.

matt

I had thought about trying to find a lease to get on this year but after seeing these gripes I think I'll just put my money into savings instead, unless I can find a place just for one. I have seen more friendships busted and relatives go thier own way over one ole snot nose deer than anything else. The only reason I wanted to get on a lease was just to take my son so I could get him away from my ex and the dark side.

I agree, we had lots of differences of opinons on our last lease about how things should be handled, what should be shot and not etc, but we handled it all like adults and it worked fine for a long time.

I had thought about trying to find a lease to get on this year but after seeing these gripes I think I'll just put my money into savings instead, unless I can find a place just for one. I have seen more friendships busted and relatives go thier own way over one ole snot nose deer than anything else. The only reason I wanted to get on a lease was just to take my son so I could get him away from my ex and the dark side.

They can be cheaper but I've been hunting in NM for the last 17 years. Now that my son is getting older and wanting to hunt, I had thought about finding a place to take him with me where we can have good mano y mano time. Just don't know if it's worth the hassle or not. I would rather be some place where I know I won't get someone upset because my son is with me. I will see if I can him drawn on a state hunt this year.

Any lease that gets upset because someone brings their child is not a lease worth being on. They probably dance naked around the fire and worship the devil.

We did have one other really great guy. My favorite guy was the one that paid and never showed up since he looked at the place in July.