smokpole mentioned one of the most important parts in asking permission, if you get turned down, be polite and thank them for talking with you, even though you may never get permission to hunt their land, because you were polite their neighbor may let you. If you are a jerk about it, the neighbor will hear from them and you can forget it. I always make sure I am dressed in clean, casual clothes and clean shaven when I ask to hunt someones property. Remember you represent every hunter in the world to the person you are asking permission from so we all expect each other to represent each other well.

The Tazman