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To get permission you have to be polite, respectfull, and look normal. Polite means courteous, no swearing, no smell of alcohol, barking dogs, etc. Wear you clothes that look decent, but not hillbilly, no camo, no suit and tie. If they say no they most of the time mean it, and they talk to there neighbors. Not all of your conversation should be about hunting/fishing, what do you have in common,have they a vehiclelike yours to talk about, etc. I find that a lot of concern is safety. They have cattle, kids, dogs, etc. I try to hunt week days, away from buildings, when the kids are in school. If they don't like highpowered rifles and you are a archer you have a advantage, muzzle loader helps but not as much. If you do get permission, find out when and where to park, if you can bring others, and any other limitations. They don't want you waking them with noise early or late, don't want gates, roads or access blocked. If they say they don't want does shot, don't, even if legal. You can find the opposite that they want does taken, but not bucks or no big bucks. They have family and friends or hunt them selves. RESPECT there wishes. I have found several farmers that do not want coyotes shot, they eat mice and gophers, others say shoot them all.If you find a land owner that hates turkeys, they may encourage you to shoot all you can, hens and tom's, be legal.I have a large garden, I always when in season, drop off some squash, berries, corn, or some thing. A friend of mine gets the large tins of mixed nuts from Costco to leave after the hunt, or season. I like the vegetables as it gives me a reason to stop in the next summer with a dozen ears of fresh corn, some blue or strawberries or something. I have additional contact and it all helps.You will still have surprises. I have a neighbor 1/2 mile away who let me and my wife deer hunt on his place. We each took a deer. I ask him the next year and he said "I think not". A neighbor chewed him out for letting us hunt, because the neighbor thought it should be saved for his kids. It is a never ending process, I have lost 7 spots in the past about four years, due to, two land owner deaths, new houses being build etc. A friend hunted geese on a highschool classmates for many years, he lost access when he didn't pick up the empty shell after one trip, since they were going to hunt the next day and he planned on picking up then. Leave the land as you found it or better.I ran into a woman I went to highschool with. She is from a hunting family, she said she wishes they would close all hunting because of the misery it causes farm owners. Trespassing, shot cattle, fences broken down, bullets through barn roof, gates left open, roads blocked, woke from sleep etc. You have to over come all these problems which are real to the land owners. Once these events happen, they are not forgotten.
