Leases and rules

[Chickenrig]

Put a $500. Fine on any substandard buck
No hunt untilled fine paid . That' stop him and make him look alittle harder next time

 

[ljhhunt3]

Just have a talk with him, man to man no need in all this fine/jail death penalty who's your daddy talk. I'm sure he will understand. If not he will probably drop off the lease on his own.

 

[Ski]

 

[CBU93]

Trying to make a rule to control a single hunter is bad ju ju for the entire club.

Seen it several times…who runs the club? Be prepared to lose several members over rule changes.

 

[WTNBowHunter]

i would implement a set of rules or a set of guidelines/goals, at the very least. since its just a handful of yall you may not want a long set of rules but need to have something in to establish standards and expectations.

 

[fairchaser]

If you implement a fine for BBs then you won't get as many does killed. Most trophy hunters don't kill any does unless they are forced to by fines. Choose your rules carefully and try not to change them. As long as the BB harvest is 10% or less of the doe harvest, your good to go. Our club required a doe to earn a buck tag. We had a few BBs killed when hunters were desperate to earn their tag. But shooting a BB and not earning your buck tag was penalty enough.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

I don't deal with leases but if anyone was consistently shooting buttons on my property, they would be gone.

 

[Snake]

Rules in my club, 8 point or better, shoot a buck with less than 8 points, $250 a point, buttons $300. Your 2nd buck has to have more points than your first or $250 fine.

Good rule for mature bucks ...I could handle that .

 

[Spurhunter]

That stuff never really bothered me to be honest. Do I try not to shoot buttons. Yes absolutely but every now and then it still happens. Once you've witnessed a real EHD kill you learn what too many deer in one spot means. It's just a deer. No more no less. As long as he's eating it and paying his part man he's just hunting. When I bring someone on my farm I tell them if it makes you happy you can shoot it. I find it takes a lot of fun out of hunting when you got 1000 trail cam pics of bucks and three of them are shooters two are maybes and this and that. You go to the stand and are more worried about shooting the wrong deer than actually enjoying the hunt. I own my own place and I let a lot more deer walk now than I used to. I enjoy watching em, but I also understand I only control a tiny portion of a tiny population and just because I let one walk doesn't mean I get to watch him grow up. Just means he doesn't die today. In the grand scheme nature is in control we are out there just visiting. Hunt for you not for everyone else and he should do the same. If yall set rules next year and he don't like em he can walk simple as that. Just my 2 cents.

So many great points in this post!