Well, my wife is disappointed in him too. She thinks it's "BS" that he just showed up without telling anyone and jumped into my stand. So at least she is on my side on that issue.

This just isn't something I thought I would ever have to deal with when I bought my own ground. I used to lease 500 acres in Putnam County and later a lease on 600 acres in Parke County. Both properties had phenominal hunting and we never had any interpersonal issues like this amongst the 4 of us that leased those properties. I gave all of that up so that I could own my own hunting ground.

I wish I could afford a bigger parcel of ground but I'm just at the limit of what I can afford. I will say this though, Turkey season is a joy. My wife and I are the only ones that hunt turkey on my property and we have a bunch of them around. I watched 13 Toms walk out of my woods last night into the neighbors field. During turkey I can sit and enjoy my place without intrusion. The down side of course is that I can't "run and gun." It's 5 acres. LOL Pick a spot, set out a deke or two and call as lovingly as possible and hope that a lonely Tom shows interest. But hey, its enjoyable and we did bag two Toms this past spring so it's entirely possible to be successful.

No doubt he will want to talk to me when we go to his place for Christmas. I think I will just tell him, "look, you have to communicate. You have to let us know if you are planning to come up. Especially if you've already bagged a buck." I can't kick him out. It would just cause way too much conflict. But if he pulls this BS again next year there will be a problem. By the way, he is done for the rest of this season.