Contacting wdfw permission to hunt landowners?

[Team Baze]

Does anybody have any secrets on tracking down contact info for land owners that partnered with wdfw on letting hunters access their land? I'm looking at a place and I talked to wdfw today and they said you need to drive to the property to get the owner contact info.  I live on the west side but this property is on the east side. I'll drive over there but was wondering if anyone had pointers?  PM me please if you have info.

[wence5]

You're going to have to make the trip. 

[Bob33]

I assume you have a name and location. I suspect a few minutes of googling would get you what you need. You could also try to look up the landowner on the county assessor website.

[syoungs]

Is the property listed on the wdfw go hunt map? Otherwise maybe buying or doing a trial of onx hunt maps on a smartphone may get you what you need. It would suck to make the drive to get turned down, and even though it's listed as hunt with permission, I know ALOT of properties that don't let people hunt still. Gotta be in their clique.

[DeerThug]

You have to go there and get the name  on the sign  i have permission to hunt one of these places by the owner - but the name on the sign is not always the land owner.  It may be the person leasing the land , the hired hand or manager or even a neighbor.  If you contact the owner in my example you may well tick them off by not calling the name on the sign and get nothing.  The owner may be in another state.
Spend some fuel $ and I would do it soon or you will not get a spot..  It may be that they are  not sold out yet.

[CAMPMEAT]

PM Jason Stevens and ask him. His hunt wasn't a good experience at all...

[time2hunt]

If you want to hunt bad enough you will make the drive and introduce your self in person it will go along ways with most land owners.


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[2labs]

I've asked a lot of land owners and the only luck I've had is for dove or coyote. No go for deer. The regular response is sorry I still have family hunting. Gotta respect that.

[chester]

If you want to hunt bad enough you will make the drive and introduce your self in person it will go along ways with most land owners.


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This is great advice for anyone trying to get access to private lands .


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[JJB11B]

You can hunt Landowners?! Ill be in my bunker if anyone needs me 

[pashok23]

You can hunt Landowners?! Ill be in my bunker if anyone needs me 

[GameHunter1959]

Does anybody have any secrets on tracking down contact info for land owners that partnered with wdfw on letting hunters access their land? I'm looking at a place and I talked to wdfw today and they said you need to drive to the property to get the owner contact info.  I live on the west side but this property is on the east side. I'll drive over there but was wondering if anyone had pointers?  PM me please if you have info.

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[jnevs23]

It's not as easy as wdfw makes it sound.  I recently spent an entire afternoon driving to 5 different pieces of land that supposedly had everything I needed.  None of them had Info posted.  Talked to one guy who hasn't even participated in the program the last 2 years.  Waste of time and money for me, what unit are you looking at?

[Team Baze]

Well I contacted the Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce and they were really helpful, they got me some contacts and phone numbers. I called and the owner really limits it to family and they only pull out an average of 3 bucks a year.

[Mark251]

It's tough to access great private land here on the east side but you are getting great advice.  There is no substitute for asking face-to-face.  If you get turned down 5 times, keep trying.  You only need one good "yes" to make a season.

[Landowner]

You can hunt Landowners?! Ill be in my bunker if anyone needs me 

Easy there, fella....

[jnevs23]

was the land you were asking about listed on wdfw website as hunt by written permission? If so that's pretty BS because from what I understand the land owners are paid to allow acces to their land.  They shouldn't be limiting their land to friends and family if they are getting money to allow access.

[2labs]

was the land you were asking about listed on wdfw website as hunt by written permission? If so that's pretty BS because from what I understand the land owners are paid to allow acces to their land.  They shouldn't be limiting their land to friends and family if they are getting money to allow access.

The sign on the fences are the yellow state issued  hunting with written permission.

[GameHunter1959]

Typically when someone send you a PM on Hunt WA offering you the advice you are looking for; you reply with at least a "thank you". It's common courtesy..

[JJB11B]

You can hunt Landowners?! Ill be in my bunker if anyone needs me 

Easy there, fella....

I don't wanna get shot! I'd be Awfully UGLY on a wall

[Miles]

Good luck.  Even when the name and number is posted very few let you hunt.  One number I saved in my phone and called various times of the year.  I would get the runaround until right before the season started, then they would say "oh we're full, but call us back early next year".  After three years of trying I think it's safe to say its reserved for family and friends only...

In my experiences about 1 in 7 will let you hunt. 

[Team Baze]

That's the same feeling I'm getting, must be an incentive in it from wdfw and then they let family members hunt it.

[tgomez]

Ive tried to call a number in one of those postings out in Rearden a few years in a row, and have never even recived a call back. They must lease the land if they do let anybody on.

[gaddy]

I have never had any luck. I have always been told that they were booked. Asked about the next year and was told they are always booked. I finally quit asking, It was a waist of my time and fuel. Sore subject here cause i think a lot of these property owners abuse the system.

[2labs]

There's a large ranch in E.W.A. That I have yote and dove permission on deer is not going to happen ever! I've been told that. This is the state deal. I've also been told they make more not farming vs. farming. Wheat.

[JDHasty]

That is the problem.  If you want hunting access, pay a guide service.

Having access is about building relationships. 

Friendship relationships have made it possible for me to have access to more acreage than I could ever take full advantage of in my lifetime. 

Friendships grow your access organically by word of mouth.

Successful ranching families have a network of friends and relatives that span a three-hundred mile radius. 

I don't want an unknown commodity on my property and if a guy shows up on opening day, with a hog leg strapped to his hip.  Go away.

I don't care what the DFW has said. 

You need to meet the people who control access in April or May if you want to have an opportunity to enjoy the out of doors that fall by hunting their property. 

If all you want a one sided relationship you have to pony up some bucks. 

If you have developed a friendship relationship with land owners that will propagate and you will gain more access. 

I mean to be positive, but my tone on this issue is negative when you don't have any access. 

It's like hunting any game - the first one is the hardest.  But what you should be concentrating on is: how do I develop a friendship relationship with a family that controls huntable land. 

That, beyond all other considerations, is what will open up hunting opportunities.



   

[gun-dog]

It is easy to get access to private lands.  Last year when my dad drew a second deer tag we called the WDFW biologist in the area who then gave us a list of phone numbers to call of people who had nuisance deer.  It was a breeze!  Because I live in the Spokane area I was hooked up with a lot of the farmers who live in Greenbluffs.  We had our picks of apple orchards to go and shoot a doe from.  I would recommend calling the biologist and they can give you some assistance! 

[finnman]

For 2 years we would drive around writing names and phone numbers from those yellow signs the WDFW had up on private ground. I have been hunting on one of these places now for 17 years. Back then there were way Moreland owners involved, but as mentioned many abuse the system. It was a family hunt and the state paid them to do it. I would report them to the state when I found this going on.
A few friends and I did find good ground but it was high pressure hunting which was annoying.
It can only really work if there are a lot more ranches involved!
I still have my book full of names but I only hunt one property, the best one we got to hunt.

[JDHasty]

Absolutely, looking for a one shot opportunity is going to be more miss than hit.  But once you get an opportunity, use that to develop a relationship and then it gets exponentially easier to get access.  Above all else, develop those relationships. 

[GameHunter1959]

It is not that hard to access private land if you know how to do it. Showing up and asking during the season will likely result in a "NO". Showing up the week or two before the season will likely result in a "NO". The folks on this site that are very successful are dedicated to hunting "year round". They cultivate relationships "all year". Taking 11 months off and showing up on or shortly before the season opens, is almost always a "NO". You should be taking a weekend trip or two, three in June, July, and early August. Locate animals and start door knocking. Its all about asking the right questions..

[renewed]

That is the problem.  If you want hunting access, pay a guide service.

Having access is about building relationships. 

Friendship relationships have made it possible for me to have access to more acreage than I could ever take full advantage of in my lifetime. 

Friendships grow your access organically by word of mouth.

Successful ranching families have a network of friends and relatives that span a three-hundred mile radius. 

I don't want an unknown commodity on my property and if a guy shows up on opening day, with a hog leg strapped to his hip.  Go away.

I don't care what the DFW has said. 

You need to meet the people who control access in April or May if you want to have an opportunity to enjoy the out of doors that fall by hunting their property. 

If all you want a one sided relationship you have to pony up some bucks. 

If you have developed a friendship relationship with land owners that will propagate and you will gain more access. 

I mean to be positive, but my tone on this issue is negative when you don't have any access. 

It's like hunting any game - the first one is the hardest.  But what you should be concentrating on is: how do I develop a friendship relationship with a family that controls huntable land. 

That, beyond all other considerations, is what will open up hunting opportunities.



   

TRuer words have never been spoken.

I received my permissions after haying for and cutting firewood for the elderly landowner.

He was even a bit miffed when I didn't shoot something on his property..lol

Miss that guy.

[CAMPMEAT]

I know a few ranchers who might, I mean might or landowners can get bribed with, fresh/smoked fish and seafood.