Man that sucks. I know you prolly aren't looking for advice, but in the big picture I don't see an apology working. You already told him you were just poking fun back at him so he knows your point of view on it. He is either the type that can't take what he dished out or he has an agenda to get you off of there and is just using this as an excuse. Either way you don't want any part of it. Let's say you swallowed your pride for the sake of your kids and called him up. Even it it worked out, this is still hanging over your head. It won't ever be the same.

The only thing that could make this right is if he comes to the conclusion on his own, realized he made a mistake, and calls you to apologize. Anything less than that is not going to work out in the long run.

BTW I and any reasonable person don't see what you did as being a big deal. It's big of you to take the blame, but there's plenty of it to go around on his part.

I wouldn't want anything to do with him. His goals are clear and life is to short to put up with liberal No way I'd apologize over something as insignificant as a sticker. Karen needs his azz kicked. We don't have a place to hunt either. After awhile you get used to popping mallard decoy's with a bb gun. Life is still good and the beer cold.

I’d told him what I really thought about him and his damn sign before leaving after his actions.. It’s pretty obvious he got you hook line and sinker but id be ice skating in hell before I apologized to that turd gobbler. He knows he can treat y’all like crap because y’all want to hunt his place, He’s A Bully plain and simple.. he obviously needs to bump into the right guy one day and he’ll be spitting out teeth with that bully mentality.

Based on what you posted earlier with the Dove hunting and the fact that you don't pay anything to hunt the place, it sounds more like he wants to lease the place out from under you or doesn't want anyone out there at all. We lost our lease a few years ago because the owner passed away, the kids took over and wanted the place for themselves. Each year things got more and more restrictive and eventually the kids announced they were selling because one wanted to keep the property and the other wanted to sell. As far as I know, the place still hasn't sold and the 1/2 of the family that wanted to stay is still living there.

This would be a different scenario if you put the stickers on a sign by his house or by one of the gates. He stuck the sign in his hunter's deer camp to elicit a response.

we lost a lease like that. It was cheap too.

Thank you Sir, I truly appreciate that offer.

Yep, the stickers peel right off. Sign was not damaged.

None at all.

Yessr, he was fishing and I took the bait. I also learned that the sign was first placed on the berm of a tank where we dove hunt at, apparently he thought we were coming dove hunting again. I'm sure he was expecting one of us to shoot the sign or throw it away, I'm sure he had his response to that all planned out. Who does that?? Then the sign got moved to camp. God I hate drama.

I agree with you on not apologizing on this, no apology coming from me. Down the road I go.....

That is correct.

Some are here to teach.

LOL, he's a big ol' boy. It's amazing that someone of his size & strength is so sensitive. Oh well, I wish him and his family the best....

True statement.

Political is the most common reactionary point. However, I feel the real issue is that many people, as is often witnessed as you mentioned above, is that we have become a nation who reacts based on FEELINGS. Many times the first reaction is feelings. It happens to everyone on occasion. But we have turned it into plan A,B, and C. Then we have put ourselves in a position we can’t back down. As occurred with Skinner. This situation could have actually been a funny joke had the owner not gone with FEELINGS first. But today if we feel it, it must be valid. If I feel like a female, it must valid because I feel it and we put so much validity in feelings. Guess what? If you were born with male plumbing, you are a male. Regardless of what you feel, say, think, believe, or wish. We may not like it, and it may not always benefit our wants/wishes, but there are absolutes. Why is this so? Because we have raised a nation of limp wristed wimps who believe all things revolve around their lives. Rant over.

On a side note, had I been the land owner, I would have spent hundreds of dollars on Biden stickers and covered every inch of his tractor, side by side, and maybe a few on his truck bumper. I might even write Biden on his head while he slept, with permanent marker. Not to mention give his number to every Biden organization I could. Ha.

No one jokes and just enjoys life much anymore. So sad.

Skinner, I do hope it works out for you.

Thanks Judd, I truly appreciate that.

I'd like to know too.

Thanks Sniper, and I agree. We used to prank on each other a lot harder than this, but that was back then and no politics were involved. Pretty sad to see, but it is what it is.

Given those new items of information, I retract my suggestion that you apologize to him. You should have punched him.

These psychos are sooooo tolerant.

I didn’t realize “deer lease rules” were the same as “prison rules”

I live such a quiet, sheltered life

Life is prison rules.

The more I think about it...

Yep, you defaced his sign. In his eyes, it's tantamount to stealing it.

Yet, he knew conservatives would be staying at his place.
He mentioned, jokingly, that he was putting the sign up to get a response.

What a jerk.
He was "seeking" a response, and when he got it, he lashed out.

It would serve him right if everyone in the party quit going and gave negative feedback about his service.

What a tool. He runs a service where men bait deer, but in this instance, he is mad at the deer for finding a way to get food and scoff about it.

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He needs lots and lots of presents to be delivered.

"Tolerance" is so a few years ago. Nobody uses that word anymore. ('Cause it was about gay marriage and they got what they wanted, so there's absolutely nothing to be "tolerant" about anymore. They're into scorched earth now. )

The new code words are "kind" and "compassion". Good Virtue Signalers know this already. You heard it here first.