Bad luck man.
Even worse timing.
Like said above, lady has worse things to deal with now. I’d chock it up as a loss and move on.
Lost lease I’ve hunted on over 10 years last season. Landowner decided to sell.
A co-worker had a deal similar to yours. He had a handshake lease with an elderly woman to hunt land she owned for a fair price.
Then her kids found out they could get even more from out of state hunters.
