I had posted on this site back in October that the farmer I lease from had a couple of blinds available. I had several replies from interested parties and both blinds were leased. The individuals that leased one of the blinds have been great---no issues and really get along with everyone and are very sportsmanlike hunters. The other individual is where my search for advice stems from. I spoke on several occasions with these people and told them that the farmer didn't like people that created issues for other hunters in the area. I spoke with this person(referred to as "SPORT" for the remainder of this story) on several occasions and politely asked them to quit shooting at the ducks so high(50-60+yds) and to let them work in closer. "SPORT" was shooting into bunches the first pass at 50yds and maybe crippling 1 instead of waiting for them to get "right" and killing 4 or 5. "SPORT's" response was "how do you know they will come in?" I explained that you don't ever really know but they are coming and squating in my decoys (less than a mile from his) and we are killing multiple birds out of each bunch. I also tried to explain to "SPORT" that each bunch you shoot at will not come back to the field for the rest of the season and by shooting em high you are really just "educating" lots of birds. I tried to explain to "SPORT" that if he worked the birds in close (like most "HUNTERS" do) he would have better success and better hunts. He totally disregarded me and continued to shoot at anything that would pass within 60yds. I also had to explain to "SPORT" that I respected his calling of birds and didn't try to pull birds from him that he was trying to work and that his staying on his speck call while I had specks decoying was beginning to frustrate me and asked if he would show the same respect to me I was showing to him(this he did stop doing). Early last week one of my lease partners (with Hunting Fool as a guest) were in my blind hunting and witnessed first hand "SPORT" shooting at every bunch of geese that flew over them (100-150yds high) and in turned flared several bunches of ducks that were working our blind. I contacted "SPORT" thinking surely he wasn't there-to which I recieved a voice message from "SPORT" as follows: "yeah, we were hunting this morning. Shot at a bunch of geese high. It was fun. Hope we didn't mess yall up too bad." My level of frustration has reached a boiling point. Then to top it all off, on Christmas morning, they shot into several bunches of specks that were 100-150yds high while my partners were working ducks at our blind flaring several bunches. I gave my partner "SPORT's" cell number and he sent him a text (it read "you should stay home if you don't know how to hunt")to which "SPORT" responded by firing 3 shots in the direction of our blind and promptly left the field shooting several more times toward our blind as they walked out of the field. Now, I feel like I am the one responsible for "SPORT" being able to secure a lease and that a little bit of respect and sportsmanship go a long way. This farmer has recieved several complaints from other hunters on adjacent property owned by another farmer. This situation has caused some tension between me and the farmer which I have never had since I started hunting there in 1992. Please advise as to what I should do and what my next step should be as my attempts to be polite have not been taken seriously. Also, "SPORT" is a member of this site and out of respect I have not revealed his identity. PLEASE HELP.
12-29-2011, 02:41 PM
Need EVERYONE'S Advice please help
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