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Post by Deleted on May 9, 2017 20:16:25 GMT -5
I did receive a lot of I have hunters already, but I asked if I could leave my number and over time a have received calls letting me know a spot is open. You never know. Every year I stop by a landscaping company near me and each year all three spots are filled with same hunters. I think its been 18 years now. Over time I got to know them. Last year I spent a good 1/2 hour just talking about everything. Found out my wife taught on of their son's one her first stint before stopping to raise the boys.
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Post by chewbacca on May 10, 2017 7:24:47 GMT -5
I've knocked on quite a few doors over the years. This coming season will be my 21st season on the main property I hunt. Since then I have secured several other properties around me by knocking on doors. My biggest asset is the connection on my main hunting property. I graduated high school with the daughter of the lady that owns it. She pretty much lets me manage the property how I want to. But the best thing is she has become I great friend over the years. When I knock on doors I always use her as a reference. If the land owner makes the call to her it is pretty much a done deal at that point because the lady gives me such high praise. I recommend to have at least one good reference that you can give to somebody who seems insecure about giving you permission to hunt.
Another thing that I have found that works pretty well is to take a young child with you when you ask for permission. For one, that sets a good example to your child about properly getting rights to hunt a place. Secondly, when you tell someone that you are looking for a place where you and your child can spend some time hunting together it is very difficult for them to turn down a child. Your kids, or nephews, or grandchildren, or whomever you know is young, can be your key to getting your foot in the door. It's worked for me many times. I once landed a spot that all my friends told me over and over again "that guy won't let anybody hunt, I wouldn't waste your time asking". I landed it because even as grumpy as that old codger was he couldn't turn down my 9 year old son standing right next to me.
The last thing I would add is don't go out thinking you need land all over the place to hunt. If you are as obsessed as I am about the properties I hunt then you will find having multiple properties many miles from each can be a burden. I keep a close eye on all the my properties. I watch for trespassers, I run trail cameras, as well as other things and luckily all my properties are within a few miles of each other. I used to have many acres to hunt in 3 different counties and it was a major hassle keeping tabs on all properties. the other thing that would kill me is as I'm sitting in a stand hunting one property I'd constantly be wondering what was happening on the other properties. I'm so glad I narrowed my properties down to just a few. I now spend more time hunting and less time second guessing myself.
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Post by trapperdave on May 10, 2017 10:39:51 GMT -5
I've gained probably 10x more ground to deer hunt....by first gaining access to hunt/ trap coyotes and beaver. Help a farmer with his problem varmints, and future deer hunting comes easy Now you know my secret that over the years opened up about 3000 acres. Although 99.9% of my deer hunting is now done on my twenty acres in Hancock county. ( no need to buy tags, and it produces every year)
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