Haus86 wrote:muddy wrote:Treat her like any other landowner in the same situation. Be polite to her and though you don't appear to really want to look at a few things from her stand point. She loves the wildlife and enjoys seeing them. She's obviously from a quieter upbringing so maybe simply going to her place and sitting down and talking to / getting to know her better will get you back on better footing. As stated see if you not shooting anything but those big tree shredding slobs will get you better results. It's her property, you'll have to probably change your mannerisms around her to show her you're really serious about respecting her and her property.
I had a farm that I couldn't hunt but kept stopping in and talking to the landowner for nearly 5 years before they let me doe hunt only. After a couple years of that i got the green light on anything. Ive shot a 140, 143, 146, 157,and a 159 off that property since. Persistance and politeness can go a LONG ways.
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Muddy is spot on. I wouldn't ask for quite some time. Get to know her better first. Stop by just to stop by, but keep your intentions good. If all you want to do is hunt, then don't stop at all. I would start by asking to mushroom hunt, shed hunt, etc. Like Muddy, I just got permission to hunt a farm after 5 years of trying. I shed hunted it for 5 years before getting permission. Believe it or not, my wife and I are the only ones to be given permission in many years, and even family can't get access. Now we are good friends and look forward to each others company.
Good stuff here... go with this!
