The land owner that i hunt on told me at the beganing of the season that he " prefered me not to use a tree stand on his land" and ofcoarse i told him i wouldn' t. Well that is when i first knew him and as time went along and he got to get to know me better he has relaxed and is 100% confortable with me hunting his land. Well when i was talking to him a little bit ago i think that he thought that i wanted to put up a permint tree stand not a laddar stand, so i am debating to ask him again for next year. What do you guys think?

Certainly can' t hurt.

yeah but i don' t to piss him off if i keep asking you know, even though i doubt it would make him mad.

Does he harvest timber for sale or use??

I ask, because that is about the only reason I could foresee him not wanting you to use any type of tree stand. If he logs the land, he will not want anything screwed into the tree, either permanent or temporary.

Well when you ask him about it explain the type of stand you' re using and inquire as to why he didn' t originally want you using stands. Maybe he doesn' t want his trees harmed. In that case, get a ladder stand that is tied to the tree and won' t harm it. Maybe he doesn' t want to risk having you get it stolen. Or even worse, fall out of the tree. It can never hurt to ask why. Maybe you can help educate him about the safety of stands and he' ll change his mind. If he says no again and explains why, then you don' t have to ask again.

He' s probably just worried about you falling out of it and suing him. Many land owners I' ve talked to all know someone who knows someone who' d been sued by someone who fell out of a tree stand. In the past I used to offer to sign a waiver releasing them from responsibility .. and this year I had my first person tell me that wasn' t good enough .. this land owner knew someone who knew someone who was sued because someone fell out of a stand on their land and they even had a signed waiver. The person who sued the land owner was the person' s wife who wanted to be compensated because her husband was missing work!

A good friend of mine wont let me put any type of stand on his land. He didn' t say why, but I think he has had problems with people putting stands in his good trees. I have yet to hunt his land, I think I will durring late season, but I know not to put a stand up.

In your case, it wouldn' t hurt to ask, unless you are certain he wont let you, then there is no reason to ask.

i would say to ask him, and explain what kinda stand u plan on using.

I would definately ask him. Maybe take the stand and/or pictures with you to show him what it looks like so he' ll understand how it works? Just a thought.

I would try and talk to him about the details of hunting. I think some farmers have no idea why you would want to build something in a tree on their land. Try to educate them on the logic of it and how important it is to hunting. Let them know that it' s not just building a tree house so you and your buddies can hang out. I' ve found that some of the landowners simply have no clue and if you discuss the fine points with them they may understand.