Upset American hoggers at my lease (long read)
I went to my lease this afternoon to finish up some stuff before season. When I got to the gate I saw some weird tracks and a different trucks tire tracks. So I hadn't even planned on checking cameras but decided to after seeing that.
When I pulled the pics up on the iPad there was a truck and a dog under my feeder. So immediately made the call to the lease owner and told him I think someone was running hog dogs on the lease. He said I know I was there with them it was the American hoggers. They were filming there show out here. And went on to say it was alright because he was with them and they didn't kill anything. So I told him that we have had cameras out since January and there is only one hog on camera! He said oh well I have been seeing lots of hog sign. anyways I have pictures of the dogs and there truck and them spot lighting at every feeder on our lease. At one of our feeders there was horse tracks inside the old feeder pen and horse hair in the barb wire where it is pulled off the post.
There's new trails where they drove through the thickest part of the lease where the deer bed down.
He then went on to say that they were coming back tonight to hunt I told him that was not alright season starts right over 2 weeks from today. He said he would call and tell them not to come. I bet they come back tonight.
So I am beyond upset right now. He wasn't gonna tell me that they came out there or anything it's only 200 acres I'm thinking all the deer are ran off if not they are extremely spooked and has probly messed up our season. 6000 for the lease and atleast 4000 in feeders blinds corn and everything else needed for the lease probly closer to 5000 if not more. not even counting all of the hours building feeder pens, putting up feeders clearing brush, general deer lease work.
What would y'all do? I didn't tell the guy anything except that it wasn't right to have them out. I don't think theres anything to do but hope and pray they didn't run the big boys off. Sorry for the long read had to vent some.
Thanks guys
Daniel
When I pulled the pics up on the iPad there was a truck and a dog under my feeder. So immediately made the call to the lease owner and told him I think someone was running hog dogs on the lease. He said I know I was there with them it was the American hoggers. They were filming there show out here. And went on to say it was alright because he was with them and they didn't kill anything. So I told him that we have had cameras out since January and there is only one hog on camera! He said oh well I have been seeing lots of hog sign. anyways I have pictures of the dogs and there truck and them spot lighting at every feeder on our lease. At one of our feeders there was horse tracks inside the old feeder pen and horse hair in the barb wire where it is pulled off the post.
There's new trails where they drove through the thickest part of the lease where the deer bed down.
He then went on to say that they were coming back tonight to hunt I told him that was not alright season starts right over 2 weeks from today. He said he would call and tell them not to come. I bet they come back tonight.
So I am beyond upset right now. He wasn't gonna tell me that they came out there or anything it's only 200 acres I'm thinking all the deer are ran off if not they are extremely spooked and has probly messed up our season. 6000 for the lease and atleast 4000 in feeders blinds corn and everything else needed for the lease probly closer to 5000 if not more. not even counting all of the hours building feeder pens, putting up feeders clearing brush, general deer lease work.
What would y'all do? I didn't tell the guy anything except that it wasn't right to have them out. I don't think theres anything to do but hope and pray they didn't run the big boys off. Sorry for the long read had to vent some.
Thanks guys
Daniel
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