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Need Help From The Hunters!

Jeffdeg45Jeffdeg45 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited January 2002 in General Discussion
I need some help from the hunters out there. I am having trouble finding land to hunt on. I have no family connections and no friend connections for hunting land. There is some public land around my area but I would like to avoid it in fear of getting shot. Sso my question is, how do I go about finding private land for me to hunt? Thanks aolot, Jeff
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  • timberbeasttimberbeast Member Posts: 1,738 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Knock on doors, be friendly and polite, don't have beer on your breath, ask the farmers if you can help them out with any chores, listen to them talk about their farming activity, lot of them like to talk, don't be uninterested. If they tell you certain areas to not hunt, DO NOT go there! Respect their property, offer them a share of game killed, if they don't want it, bring them a gift each time you hunt, one guy whose land I hunt on drinks Mountain Dew, so I bring him a twelve pack each time I go. Might be a sixer of beer, might be something he can use around the farm that you have access to, like a discount on tractor parts or something. Be aware that most farmers are used to people littering, shooting dangerously, and are pretty jaded by that. Pick up your shells, don't leave cigarette butts around. Sell yourself as a person who doesn't do that sort of thing. If he's hooking up a trailer or something when you go there, jump in and help. You could make a life-long connection with a guy, a new friend, and a guaranteed place to hunt. If you want to bring other hunters, always ask first, don't just show up with them in tow. In short, courtesy!!!!
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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I help my dad farm, and since we hunt we usually don't let others on. But we have done the very same things that timberbeast suggests, and I can tell you it's very good advice.
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  • ysacresysacres Member Posts: 294 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Same goes on my farm.Some people offer me food gifts, such as boxes of apples, potatos, fresh salmon. offering to do a little work is also good. My neighbor requires hunters to spray some weeds around his place durring the summer. Another guy ownes a fish bait company, he gave me a box of fish eggs, hats, key chain, pens, that his company uses for addvertising. I put him on a nice 5x5 that I shot at last year. He was so happy that he sent me another box of goodies.This is alot cheeper than what my neighbors want: www.eatonranch.com www.palouse.net/finchranch/ Do have your access gift well thought out and give it to them before asking to huntDo assure them you know the differance beteween a cow and a cow (elk) and you know to leave the gates the way you found them (open or closed)Do dress in work cloths when you make your visitDo not drive fastDo not stop the tractor or combineDo not be in a hurry to ask the queston[This message has been edited by ysacres (edited 01-02-2002).][This message has been edited by ysacres (edited 01-02-2002).]
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  • wundudneewundudnee Member Posts: 6,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Every thing timberbeast and ysacres said and:Unless it is clear, ask every time, that way they will know who's out back shooting.Don't park in the gates or field access.Ask if they would like to hunt with you.Offer them some of the game.If it's not in your home area ask if you could reciprocate with a hunt near your home base. You may have quail in your area, he might have pheasants.After season send him a thank you note or a Christmas card telling him how much you appreciated his permission to hunt. He'll remember you next year.If your close tell him to call you if he needs help to fix fence or get some calves in.When you are done hunting don't leave any thing there but foot prints.Do your home work early, ahead of season.
    "If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can't it get us out?" Will Rogers
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  • salzosalzo Member Posts: 6,396 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Tell him you have not mistaken a cow for a deer in three years-that 'll get you permission to hunt his property.
    Happiness is a warm gun
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  • pops401pops401 Member Posts: 616 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Jeff Hunting land is soooo dear now, read what these guys have said, then read it 10 more times. You have just been given the best advise you'll ever get on this.
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  • 7mm_ultra_mag_is_king7mm_ultra_mag_is_king Member Posts: 676 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Or you could buy the farm(lol) at todays prices if you can afford it I ask that you adopt me please. At my measly take home pay if I can buy 10 acres I'm doing good.
    when all else fails........................
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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    Where are you located - I have some land in Georgia - if you are near we can talk.
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  • Jeffdeg45Jeffdeg45 Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks to all who have replied. Great info! I live just outside Nashville. I have an uncle that lives in Georgia. Just a few weeks ago I made a commute to Atlanta and it took me a little more than three hours. I would like to talk to you about your land. E-mail me at Jeffdeg45@juno.com . Thanks alot, Jeff
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  • simonbssimonbs Member Posts: 994 ✭
    edited November -1
    JuJu,I live in Birmingham. I'd be interested in hunting over your way next year. Drop me a line, bsimon@sirote.com.
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