Contacting wdfw permission to hunt landowners?

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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.