Possibly losing my deer lease

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I have 4 years left on my contract. The woman's daughter took over her finances and doesn't want to honor it or reimburse my payment.
Depending how it goes. I will be back hunting on government land this year.
 
I hate it when you lose hunting land. When the family take conttol over the property they don't want other people useing it for any thing.

A friend had a 75 cow dairy farm and rented some fields for planting corn & grass for hay.
The old guy that owned the fields died and the one son took total control over the property and kicked my friend off of the property. He had a lot invested on them fields in his time, fertilizer, getting them back into production after years of neglect.

The son didn't do anything with the property excep let it go back to scrub again.
 
I have 4 years left on my contract. The woman's daughter took over her finances and doesn't want to honor it or reimburse my payment.
Depending how it goes. I will be back hunting on government land this year.

Sorry to hear that. I'd try to fight it at least the duration of the contract.
 
You said the daughter took over her mothers finances and that is a prime indication that the daughter is giving her financial help. Today everything is about money and that includes hunting, so if you want to keep the lease offer the daughter more money. Remember, after the lease is gone there will be no chance of getting it back because someone else will be happy to step in your place at double the price you are currently paying. If you have any negotiating skills this is the time to use them. If you've already made the daughter mad there probably isn't anything you can do.
 
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The daughter probably needs more money to help her mother financially. You said the daughter took over her mothers finances and that is a prime indication that the daughter is giving her financial help. Today everything is about money and that includes hunting, so if you want to keep the lease offer the daughter more money. Remember, after the lease is gone there will be no chance of getting it back because someone else will be happy to step in your place at the higher price. It's all about what the lease is worth to you.
It's not about money.
Last year the night before opening day she called me to tell me her son would be sitting in one of my stands and c camping in the middle of the property.
I told her to read the contract and she got mad.
Contract says I have some hunting rights for 5 years or I must be bought out for the remainder. She is trying to bluff me into backing down.
 
I hate it when you lose hunting land. When the family take conttol over the property they don't want other people useing it for any thing.

A friend had a 75 cow dairy farm and rented some fields for planting corn & grass for hay.
The old guy that owned the fields died and the one son took total control over the property and kicked my friend off of the property. He had a lot invested on them fields in his time, fertilizer, getting them back into production after years of neglect.

The son didn't do anything with the property excep let it go back to scrub again.
I hear that. I brushhogged the property. Pushed all the blow downs back. Planted a food plot and set out mineral licks.
To have someone to me my contact doesn't matter when the state law says it is binding isn't right.
 
It's not about money.
Last year the night before opening day she called me to tell me her son would be sitting in one of my stands and c camping in the middle of the property.
I told her to read the contract and she got mad.
Contract says I have some hunting rights for 5 years or I must be bought out for the remainder. She is trying to bluff me into backing down.

That explains the situation. It sounds like the daughter told you she is taking over her mother's finances just to show she is in charge. Even if you get to hunt the property you've got to put up with the son and that's not a fair deal. She can't keep you from hunting unless she gives you the money back.
 
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I am going to court if it comes down to it.

Having two lawyers in my close family, everyone except the lawyers would be better off resolving things outside a court room.

I understand “it’s the principal” but common sense wouldn’t allow me to pay someone more than the reward I was after.
 
Having two lawyers in my close family, everyone except the lawyers would be better off resolving things outside a court room.

I understand “it’s the principal” but common sense wouldn’t allow me to pay someone more than the reward I was after.
I am attempting to get it straightened out.
If it has to go to court. Then I will be getting more than the amount for the lease because I will have to go out of state and deal with all the hassle.
I was warned this person would probably try to cheat me right after I signed the lease.
 
If you have a civil disagreement and it goes to court you have a good chance of winning if you are a resident of the same County where the legal action will take place. However, even if you are a resident of the same State but you live in a different County your odds go way down, and if you live in a different State you are really screwed. Imagine the hourly cost of an attorney in a far away place. I doubt if you could hire an attorney without paying them a retainer.
 
I am attempting to get it straightened out.
If it has to go to court. Then I will be getting more than the amount for the lease because I will have to go out of state and deal with all the hassle.
I was warned this person would probably try to cheat me right after I signed the lease.

I would nicely ask for whatever percentage of the money I paid I am due and move on. I'd guess this is all you can legally expect anyway. While it sucks to lose a good hunting spot, there's always that chance on any land you don't own yourself. I'd rather hunt public land with low odds than have to deal with a pissed off landowner who could jeopardize the quality of my hunt. I wonder if you would have welcomed her son last year if you would still be able to hunt there this year and the remainder of your lease period?
 
Hunt public land, save the money you would have/be spent on the lease to buy yourself some land.
 
I would nicely ask for whatever percentage of the money I paid I am due and move on. I'd guess this is all you can legally expect anyway. While it sucks to lose a good hunting spot, there's always that chance on any land you don't own yourself. I'd rather hunt public land with low odds than have to deal with a pissed off landowner who could jeopardize the quality of my hunt. I wonder if you would have welcomed her son last year if you would still be able to hunt there this year and the remainder of your lease period?
I did tell them to buy me out. They are hoping I let it drop.
If I did it over again. I wouldn't try to help an old lady out buy paying for a lease so she could pay her taxes. I was perfectly happy hunting on government land in the past.
 
Hunt public land, save the money you would have/be spent on the lease to buy yourself some land.
That is what I will be doing in the future.
I only did the lease because my brother knew her and said she was going to lose her property.
I did a lot of work that wasn't necessary because she was an old lady.
 
I had a similar situation; fortunately, it is not permanant. My niece and her husband bought the family farm. (Mostly just the house and a couple wooded acres.) He wanted to just have his Dad and brother hunt it with him the first few years; they never had private land to hunt before. I almost got him to let me hunt this year, probably next year.
 
I did tell them to buy me out. They are hoping I let it drop.
If I did it over again. I wouldn't try to help an old lady out buy paying for a lease so she could pay her taxes. I was perfectly happy hunting on government land in the past.


I only did the lease because my brother knew her and said she was going to lose her property.
I did a lot of work that wasn't necessary because she was an old lady.

Again, hard to control what is not yours, altho I do understand your frustration. At least your have an alternative you can live with. Seems there's always at least one greedy one in every family and they are also good at manipulating to get what they want.

Courts are slow, and lawyers always tell their clients to shut their mouths. If there’s not an update by now I suspect it to be working it’s way through the court.

Maybe it ended amicably or is still in the process of. Hopefully it didn't have to go to court.
 
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