8 of us have a 1200 acre wooded lease, and we eliminated some problems by having one rule. If it is legal by Game Commission law, then it is up to the individual. All of us pay for the same ground. There are no restrictions of your stand is here, mine is there. None of the silly, posting your spot on a map for the day. Some like to still hunt and not be stuck in one place. They paid the same for every acre as someone else. We don't crowd another if we know they are there, but if I wander past you on stand and had no reason to know you were there, then that's the way it goes.
One guy years ago put in a small food plot and thought that gave him exclusive right to some unspecific amount of land. He felt it was off limits even if he wasn't there. That became clarified quickly.
Everyone does things different, and the above situation is another issue. However, unnecessary rules cause their own problems. And often there are those who want to make rules .
Your situation is quite different from mine, as you appear to be part of a peer group of equal share holders, while I am the sole lease holder on this farm.
As part of the lease agreement, I am personally responsible for myself and my guests, so I set and enforce rules. I typically don't invite guests, never more than one at a time, and if they complain about my "we don't shoot small bucks" rule, they usually don't get invited back. I invited this 17 year old because he is a friend of my son. This boy was fine last year and he took a nice buck, a buck that I had mounted for him, so he was invited back this year. He knew what the rules are and by blatantly disregarding my directions not to shoot this buck, he disrespected me, and as a consequence it is unlikely that I will ever invite him to hunt with me anywhere ever again.
