Pheasant
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: jadfjkaj il USA
Posts: 1
Pheasant
Has anyone been successful in asking private land owners to hunt their land? If so, how did you go about asking? This sounds like a stupid question but I want to go about it the right way since I've never hunted outside of preserves.
#2
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: whittier ca USA
Posts: 251
RE: Pheasant
thats a tuffy you just have to reley on instinct , i once tryed to ask a farmer for permission and was told how fast can you run !!!!!! lol and he had a shot gun in his hands , but then i asked a diffrent farmer and had no problem's , so you must look at the land you want to hunt and look for sign's that dont say no hunting or treaspassing, becouse they dont want any hunters hunting there land , well thats about it maybe someone else has some more info than me. tell them your a clean hunter as you pick up your trash and other trash you see and be shure to pick up your empty's and offer them some of your take = birds + deer and so on . <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Nekoosa WI USA
Posts: 4
RE: Pheasant
Actually a very good question...that many don't ask. Your answer is knocking on doors. Fill the gas tank up and drive around to find the habitat. Then find the landowner or the renter. You will need to buy a plat map if your unfamiliar with the area. And once you locate the contact person, knock on the door and ask for permission. And you are going to find certain areas more responsive than others. And many people will chase you off while others will act as if your long lost buddies.
Once you establish a relationship, cultivate that relationship. Send a thank you note after hunting that farm. Put the farmer on your Christmas card list. Send a birthday card. Just find that line of being friendly and being annoying.
And never forget about meeting people in bars and restraunts. Several times I have been rejected at the farmers house. Yet that evening he is sitting at the bar and I send him a beer. I have never been rejected the next time I ask.
And never get a bad reputation for littering, leaving gates open, or worst yet getting caught tresspassing. It is never easy to ditch a bad rep.
Once you establish a relationship, cultivate that relationship. Send a thank you note after hunting that farm. Put the farmer on your Christmas card list. Send a birthday card. Just find that line of being friendly and being annoying.
And never forget about meeting people in bars and restraunts. Several times I have been rejected at the farmers house. Yet that evening he is sitting at the bar and I send him a beer. I have never been rejected the next time I ask.
And never get a bad reputation for littering, leaving gates open, or worst yet getting caught tresspassing. It is never easy to ditch a bad rep.