RE: Asking for permission
If you know who it is that you are wanting to talk to and you happen to see them on the town, offer to buy them lunch or pie and coffee, soda, etc. while you discuss your proposition. Possibly you may have to offer some sort of payment. If you show good sportsmanship and ethics, ie. not trashing their land, pick up trash you see while you are out there, etc.. Payment does not have to be cash. Maybe they need help working cattle or some other sort of farm work. Making the offer to help goes a long way, and you may never have to actually do it. Be prepared to help if asked though. You never know you may just find a place that you can hunt for life, even for deer season.