Post by reaper on Nov 24, 2014 10:16:59 GMT -5
As an update, I made the purchase of the land this Friday. First, I have to say I LOVE IT! The place is awesome and I walk around it in disbelief that I OWN THIS! It's pretty amazing to own so much land that I haven't even seen it all. I walked around on Saturday afternoon just testing out the stands, discovering new locations, looking for good hunting spots, exploring the creek etc. It is so cool! There are deer rubs everywhere, stands everywhere. Beautiful scenery everywhere. I have not been this excited about a purchase since I was a little kid. It's my big boy playground and I want to go back right now! I also found out that I have not 2 but 3 brand new wooden box stands on my property! Wahoo!
Two stories I have to tell you guys!
Story one: The seller was nuts!
He was caught in several lies and would get super angry at the drop of a hat. Also, I know he is a conceal carry guy because I saw an empty holster at his waist when I first met him. To that end, our realtor asked for a closing wherein they would not be in the same room as we. We showed up and who was sitting there but the seller. The closing lawyer was a spineless nitwit who cow tailed to anything the seller wanted even though he was payed by us! So this crazy guy came there just to confront my realtor. He was super pissed. We walk in the room and his face is red, there are veins bulging out of his neck and forehead and he's jacked up like he hasn't missed a day at the gym in 20 years. He's delta force military as well! He speaks up first. He says he is not angry at me or Jen but he is very "hostile" towards our realtor. Then he even said that our realtor was lucky we were in a public place, a clear threat! Insanity. Well, I practice conceal carry and so does my realtor. So, I am sitting there around this table like the OK corral. FACT: There are 2 guns here and a super pissed guy. Most likely, the super pissed guy has a gun too and probably even his dad. I was planning my strategy if shit hit the fan. My realtor tells the guy to calm down at which point he got even more pissed. Finally my realtor asked if the sellers could leave the room. They agreed to that and the rest of the negotiations went OK from there on out. There's a back story to why this all went down like this. I can type that up if you're interested. but I was just happy to get out of there alive! By the end, things went well and the seller was always very nice to me. So, I feel OK about it and the realtor is out of the picture now.
Story two: Hunting day one!
I woke up at 3:45AM the day after I bought the place and drove out there to go hunting! I got there at 6AM and went in to the first box stand with my buddy, Randy. We sat there until our toes were freezing and we couldn't stand it anymore. We finally decided to give it up around 8:30AM. We unloaded our guns. *Ping ping*... shells bouncing off the floor. We climbed out of the stand *bang bang bang* footsteps on the wood. My friend decided to take a leak... walks through the heavy leaves and starts spraying his scent on the ground! The, guess what. Crunching in the woods. My friend is still in the peeing position, his gun propped up against a tree. He looks back and me as he starts counting the deer approaching our position. One! Two! Three! Four!!! I took two steps to brace my gun against a tree and wait. They walked in the most ideal position possible... for a shot from the stand. But I was on the GROUND! Argh. I watched a 4 heads and tails bobbed past me and their bodies were hidden below the ridge line. I could not get a shot! But it was the most fantastic hunting experience yet and I know they are out there. We spent the rest of the day exploring the land, cleaning the other stands, eating lunch etc. Then we hunted the evening. We heard more but they didn't come close enough this time. Incredible first day!
Two stories I have to tell you guys!
Story one: The seller was nuts!
He was caught in several lies and would get super angry at the drop of a hat. Also, I know he is a conceal carry guy because I saw an empty holster at his waist when I first met him. To that end, our realtor asked for a closing wherein they would not be in the same room as we. We showed up and who was sitting there but the seller. The closing lawyer was a spineless nitwit who cow tailed to anything the seller wanted even though he was payed by us! So this crazy guy came there just to confront my realtor. He was super pissed. We walk in the room and his face is red, there are veins bulging out of his neck and forehead and he's jacked up like he hasn't missed a day at the gym in 20 years. He's delta force military as well! He speaks up first. He says he is not angry at me or Jen but he is very "hostile" towards our realtor. Then he even said that our realtor was lucky we were in a public place, a clear threat! Insanity. Well, I practice conceal carry and so does my realtor. So, I am sitting there around this table like the OK corral. FACT: There are 2 guns here and a super pissed guy. Most likely, the super pissed guy has a gun too and probably even his dad. I was planning my strategy if shit hit the fan. My realtor tells the guy to calm down at which point he got even more pissed. Finally my realtor asked if the sellers could leave the room. They agreed to that and the rest of the negotiations went OK from there on out. There's a back story to why this all went down like this. I can type that up if you're interested. but I was just happy to get out of there alive! By the end, things went well and the seller was always very nice to me. So, I feel OK about it and the realtor is out of the picture now.
Story two: Hunting day one!
I woke up at 3:45AM the day after I bought the place and drove out there to go hunting! I got there at 6AM and went in to the first box stand with my buddy, Randy. We sat there until our toes were freezing and we couldn't stand it anymore. We finally decided to give it up around 8:30AM. We unloaded our guns. *Ping ping*... shells bouncing off the floor. We climbed out of the stand *bang bang bang* footsteps on the wood. My friend decided to take a leak... walks through the heavy leaves and starts spraying his scent on the ground! The, guess what. Crunching in the woods. My friend is still in the peeing position, his gun propped up against a tree. He looks back and me as he starts counting the deer approaching our position. One! Two! Three! Four!!! I took two steps to brace my gun against a tree and wait. They walked in the most ideal position possible... for a shot from the stand. But I was on the GROUND! Argh. I watched a 4 heads and tails bobbed past me and their bodies were hidden below the ridge line. I could not get a shot! But it was the most fantastic hunting experience yet and I know they are out there. We spent the rest of the day exploring the land, cleaning the other stands, eating lunch etc. Then we hunted the evening. We heard more but they didn't come close enough this time. Incredible first day!