The 80 acres near Elk Mound, Wisconsin belonged solely to a woman who had inherited them from her late grandfather, who had always let veterans hunt there free of charge. The land, valued at about $640,000, became the centre of a bitter dispute when she discovered her ex-husband had been selling hunting rights to it.<\/p>\n
Her ex-husband had forged her signature on a hunting lease and collected $4,000 per season from three friends over three seasons \u2014 $12,000 in total \u2014 falsely claiming he still controlled the property. On her lawyer’s advice about liability, she posted no-trespassing signs, revoked her ex-husband’s access in writing, and removed his unsafe hunting stands.<\/p>\n
She then invited three Army veterans she had met at a church gathering to hunt the ridge free for the whole season. On opening morning, her ex-husband’s friends arrived carrying the forged lease \u2014 but once it was exposed, they left. A conservation warden cited her ex-husband for trespass and sent the evidence to the district attorney, while the friends filed small-claims cases to recover their money.<\/p>\n
Her ex-husband repaid the full $12,000, selling his bass boat to do so, accepted a deferred prosecution agreement, and later sent an apology letter that went unanswered. The following season, one of the friends \u2014 himself an Army Desert Storm veteran \u2014 returned with three more veterans, and she led them in herself, continuing her grandfather’s tradition of free access for veterans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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