Bummer. Hate that for y'all, Tapia.

That's the exactly the kind of stuff the company I work for would do.

I thought the current leasee has first dibs on renewing the lease??
Westervelt leased to dog clubs in 2011/12 season bc we leased it the next year....let me tell u how awesome that was

One of the reasons I've never liked dealing with Westervelt. They love to do this sort of thing.

Seems like if money is the issue, then they'd give you a chance to bid higher. If it was my bridge, I'd tannerite it on the way out!

Ding ding ding!! We have a winner. Sorry you're going through it but you head the nail on the head. At the end of day they let you make ALL the ideal improvements then pulled it from you for more money. That's my guess anyway.

That sucks man. I hate it for you. I have not heard many positive comments on how they treat thier customers.

Maybe you can destroy anything of value you added to the lease before they benefit from an extra $0.75 per acre and kick y'all to the curb.

Sounds like everyone needs to be aware ... Westervelt will screw you, so use thier resource up and don't add anything extra to your leased property. They disrespect thier customers

Hate to hear this. i wouldnt lease from anyone that would pull my lease to give it to someone else.

Man hate to hear that.We lost a 1000 acres to Peavey last year, got outbid by 8grand...

Thanks for the support guys. I think I'll take Daniel Whites advice and contact Bill Baker myself.

These guys have been straight up with us for the entire length of our time there.
The club I was in before this one leased the same area and has alot of the same members. Our "President took all of out money paid to him for our lease payment and splurged on himself. We had quite the surprise opening day when we were met at the gate by Westervelt and GW telling us that we were trespassing because we had no lease due to non payment.

Bill Baker worked with us and we were able to lease the same area for $1.00 and acre that year. So we quickly formed this club and have operated as the current club ever since. They treated us good up until now.

Needless to say they'll get no recommendations from me after this.

They (Westervelt) offered to swap our 1500 acre lease in Bibb Co. for a 1000 lease in Pickens Co. about 4 years into our lease. We declined. Oddly enough this was the season after we took 4 130"+ deer off the property.

Don't put anything past them. I have learned that from pure experience with them.

They want us to "clean up the range area"....I'll do just that LOL They'll have a 100 yard swath of empty dirt when I am through. I'll use the back stop to fill in our water hole we dug, at their suggestion, and I may just take a chainsaw to the bridge. It aint much, just something to get a 4 wheeler across a small creek behind the camp area.

I am just glad that we decided to not install a septic system like they wanted us to do last year. We just used portable storage tanks and carried them out when we left and emptied them at work.

Where is the club land located? Gotta be NE or E of PC.

Yes, east of PC

Their relocation options are NE of PC in northern Bay County and Calhoun County

Don't let westervelt know about the big bucks you kill either. I have had more than one person tell me that they have lost leases due to big bucks. I was in a club a while back that didn't report accurate weights or antler sizes because they were afraid westervelt would up their lease or take it.

In this case, I would definitely burn my bridges. Pardon the pun. I would also burn anything else before leaving it for someone else to have.

Bill Baker Never had a good experience with that guy! They do what they want and do buddy/cousin/employee deals all the time. I knew of an employee there that had thousands of acres he was getting at half what anyone else would pay.

^^^This^^^

Damn, 2 years ago I sat out there and showed Bill Baker several 110-130 class 10 pointers that I had on trailcam

I've called him twice now this morning and have yet to receive a call back yet. We'll see if he is as willing to work with us as he has been in the past.