A message I try to stress about contacting land owners is that a person should not try to make it obvious that one is trying to connect through an known common interest. We (all of us), land owners or otherwise want to like a person for who they are eventually. Are they a person who we want as a lasting associate? Some people can be bought with gifts, but I believe that having grown up in a rural farm setting, there is a high degree of mistrust given justly and unjustly to strangers. One rule of seeking out hunting ground is to do it months in advance of the season. I think this is maybe the most disarming method. The tip I gave to the Zag is just an immediate source to look into for advice. Every rural driveway presents just as much opportunity for each of us. It's like an attractive person verses an ordinary person seeking a mate. It's about learning to accept rejection and not letting it distract you from your goal. A pretty person with looks and money to offer catches more unseasoned results, but the ordinary guy can get a lasting relationship with the lookers X. Personally, I prefer a consistant slowly baked home cooked meal over fast food. This can take years at times, but like sex, the lustual attraction to run your body over a certain piece of ground will last a lifetime. Eventually you'll screw their deer.
