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Getting permission to hunt someone else's property
Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:02 am
Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:02 am
I'm headed up north Friday and I found a good bit of private land next to public. I plan to ask the homeowners/property owners for permission to hunt. What are some key things to say and ask while doing so? What is the proper etiquette to do this? Any help and direction is appreciated.
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Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:06 am to KRobinson
Door knock (do not call) and always sit with them and talk for as long as they want to talk. I've met a lot of great landowners in Montana etc that frankly dont have anyone within miles of their homes, that solely just want to hear about your life and tell you their life story.
Dont be one to just knock door and immediately as to hunt. Always introduce yourself (full name), what you do, where you're from, other information, then dive off into your trip (planning to hunt what your hunting, etc) and that you came to hunt public but kept noticing their property etc as beauitful.
Regardless if you kill or not, I always go back to meet with the landowner and give them a thank you card along with usually a gift card for the farmer and his wife to go out to eat or order something online.
Dont be one to just knock door and immediately as to hunt. Always introduce yourself (full name), what you do, where you're from, other information, then dive off into your trip (planning to hunt what your hunting, etc) and that you came to hunt public but kept noticing their property etc as beauitful.
Regardless if you kill or not, I always go back to meet with the landowner and give them a thank you card along with usually a gift card for the farmer and his wife to go out to eat or order something online.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:06 am to KRobinson
Just ask them.
Just tell them you’ll respect their property and clean up after yourself. Some will let you do it for free, some will ask for a day rate per head, some will tell you to get fricked.
Biggest thing is just be polite and courteous and reassure them you will respect their property.
Just tell them you’ll respect their property and clean up after yourself. Some will let you do it for free, some will ask for a day rate per head, some will tell you to get fricked.
Biggest thing is just be polite and courteous and reassure them you will respect their property.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:13 am to KRobinson
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I'm headed up north Friday
North aint a place Newt, it's a direction...
Posted on 11/7/24 at 11:31 am to KRobinson
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I'm headed up north Friday and I found a good bit of private land next to public. I plan to ask the homeowners/property owners for permission to hunt. What are some key things to say and ask while doing so? What is the proper etiquette to do this? Any help and direction is appreciated.
As a landowner my biggest fear would be that someone gets hurt and comes after me. As the conversation develops I would offer some type of waiver.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 12:14 pm to KRobinson
What state are you going to? If it’s next to public, the owner has been asked hundreds of times.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 2:21 pm to KRobinson
You can always ask if they need any help around the property. I'm sure they have plenty to do before winter sets in
Posted on 11/7/24 at 3:02 pm to dpier16
What dpier16 said and have a copy of a what you’d like them to sign, like a consent form. Here in Alabama it is called an “Alabama Courtesy Card”. Google that and see if there is something in your state like it. 
Consent form
Consent form
Posted on 11/7/24 at 3:17 pm to KRobinson
It depends on what the land "looks" like. If it is well taken care of -
First off make sure they own the land. This is not easy to do - might be easy to find out who does, just because someone is there doesn't mean its them.
Use Mr. or Mrs. Say thank you. Yes sir and no ma'am. Be polite. This is not out of the norm for most of us in the south, it is second nature.
Don't go in hunting clothes - it is seen as your assuming you have permission. Don't overdress but look presentable.
Show up in a respectable vehicle. Muddy is fine but loud and just dirty suggests how you take care of your property and how you will take care of theirs.
DO NOT GO THROUGH A CLOSED GATE OR IGNORE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AT THE DRIVEWAY. Leave a note with a phone number and ask them to call you when its convenient.
If they are busy working on something...and they are always, don't be long winded - tell them you hate to bother them while they are busy and if they don't have a few minutes you will come back when its convenient - suggests you respect their time. Most of the time they will say now is fine.
Get straight to the point after making introductions - shake hands, look them in the eye. Explain your presence. They are busy, even if they are vegging in front of the TV. You are basically a door to door evangelical in this situation....imagine how you would want to be treated when they come to your door.
Be friendly to their dogs but respectful. If it is growling and barking stay near your vehicle with the door open so you can avoid making their dog attack you....and avoid getting attacked. You are the trespasser, the dog lives there and is doing its job.
Don't show up in a gang. 1 is best, 2 is the max. 3 or more feels like an invasion. If there will be more than 2 explain this..."The 2 of us plus 2 buddies....."
Many times they will start in with how someone in the family or someone else hunts the place. This is about the end if its deer hunting but if its ducks/dove/etc assure them you would call well in advance and if whoever is planning to hunt or don't want you hunting you understand. Many times the other person really ain't hunting the place and they just say they are just in case they decide to.
Get some business cards with just your contact number and name. Use them with judgement....if it is an older land owner it may seem pretentious...to a younger one it may not. It will also let you leave a short note and leave it if no one is around.
This is some secret sauce....if you have a kid you plan on taking with you...by all means, take them with you to ask permission. I got on some of the only dove fields in Washington State because my daughter wanted to go with me....and it lead to hunting geese on the same properties. A person who will tell a grown man not no but hell no is liable to tell the same man with a kid yes.
IF you do get permission treat it like the blessing it is. Take care of their place. Offer to help with something. Take them some small gift, a dressed bird, bottle of whisky - treat them like a special friend because they are exactly that. Do it right and they will introduce you to their neighbors and you can get permission to hunt their place as well.
If they tell you no ask again later in the season or next season. Don't be a nuisance but they may eventually say yes. Might take a couple of years but it doesn't hurt to ask.
First off make sure they own the land. This is not easy to do - might be easy to find out who does, just because someone is there doesn't mean its them.
Use Mr. or Mrs. Say thank you. Yes sir and no ma'am. Be polite. This is not out of the norm for most of us in the south, it is second nature.
Don't go in hunting clothes - it is seen as your assuming you have permission. Don't overdress but look presentable.
Show up in a respectable vehicle. Muddy is fine but loud and just dirty suggests how you take care of your property and how you will take care of theirs.
DO NOT GO THROUGH A CLOSED GATE OR IGNORE NO TRESPASSING SIGNS AT THE DRIVEWAY. Leave a note with a phone number and ask them to call you when its convenient.
If they are busy working on something...and they are always, don't be long winded - tell them you hate to bother them while they are busy and if they don't have a few minutes you will come back when its convenient - suggests you respect their time. Most of the time they will say now is fine.
Get straight to the point after making introductions - shake hands, look them in the eye. Explain your presence. They are busy, even if they are vegging in front of the TV. You are basically a door to door evangelical in this situation....imagine how you would want to be treated when they come to your door.
Be friendly to their dogs but respectful. If it is growling and barking stay near your vehicle with the door open so you can avoid making their dog attack you....and avoid getting attacked. You are the trespasser, the dog lives there and is doing its job.
Don't show up in a gang. 1 is best, 2 is the max. 3 or more feels like an invasion. If there will be more than 2 explain this..."The 2 of us plus 2 buddies....."
Many times they will start in with how someone in the family or someone else hunts the place. This is about the end if its deer hunting but if its ducks/dove/etc assure them you would call well in advance and if whoever is planning to hunt or don't want you hunting you understand. Many times the other person really ain't hunting the place and they just say they are just in case they decide to.
Get some business cards with just your contact number and name. Use them with judgement....if it is an older land owner it may seem pretentious...to a younger one it may not. It will also let you leave a short note and leave it if no one is around.
This is some secret sauce....if you have a kid you plan on taking with you...by all means, take them with you to ask permission. I got on some of the only dove fields in Washington State because my daughter wanted to go with me....and it lead to hunting geese on the same properties. A person who will tell a grown man not no but hell no is liable to tell the same man with a kid yes.
IF you do get permission treat it like the blessing it is. Take care of their place. Offer to help with something. Take them some small gift, a dressed bird, bottle of whisky - treat them like a special friend because they are exactly that. Do it right and they will introduce you to their neighbors and you can get permission to hunt their place as well.
If they tell you no ask again later in the season or next season. Don't be a nuisance but they may eventually say yes. Might take a couple of years but it doesn't hurt to ask.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 3:43 pm to KRobinson
This is something to keep in mind AFTER you are given permission. NEVER take people out on the property on paid hunts. I say this from experience. I couple friends of mine had a small but highly productive "lease" many years ago, The price was almost nothing, just basically to cover cost of keeping water on the field. We killed tons of ducks and geese. One guy decided to start taking friends of some of his clients on paid hunts. The landowner got word. Shut us down mid season and would not even entertain leasing it to us again since.
Posted on 11/7/24 at 6:32 pm to Boudreaux35
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This is something to keep in mind AFTER you are given permission. NEVER take people out on the property on paid hunts.
I do this all the time, of course I’m 100% transparent with the landowner on what I’m doing, offer them a copy of my GL, but yeah, most of the time they don’t care. Sometimes they’ll ask for a price per head, which I’m fine with, but yeah I do this all the time.
So your experience is definitely not the norm.
This post was edited on 11/7/24 at 6:33 pm
Posted on 11/7/24 at 8:37 pm to KRobinson
Just tell them you are going to hunt it anyway, so they might as well just give you permission.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 9:00 am to SmoothBox
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NEVER take people out on the property on paid hunts.
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So your experience is definitely not the norm.
Maybe I should have bent over further. I'm still pissed over that situation.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 10:00 am to KRobinson
Most likely someone else has that permission and or hunts it themselves. If anything they may tell you to frick off and stay off that's it's private property and have assholes like you just assuming they can hunt it, being it's next to public land. Goodluck
Posted on 11/8/24 at 1:49 pm to BigBinBR
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Just tell them you are going to hunt it anyway, so they might as well just give you permission.
That's pretty much the mindset of many non landowners in S Louisiana. If i was given this as a choice, my reply would immediately be: "Can you wait just a second so the Sheriff can come arrest you now!
Posted on 11/8/24 at 2:00 pm to CouldCareLess
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That's pretty much the mindset of many non landowners in S Louisiana.
This, though I'm in North Louisiana.
If someone asks me to hunt, fish, etc on my property, even if it is on property that I won't be hunting and/or for a species that I don't hunt, my answer is always no. I've just gotten tired of people acting like I am insulting them because I won't let them use my property for free.
Turkey hunters and pond fishers seem to be the most offended by this.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 2:25 pm to TigerDeacon
Yep “I don’t know you but can I shoot a high powered rifle, ride an ATV, and climb trees on your property?”
Posted on 11/8/24 at 4:05 pm to TigerDeacon
quote:The fish in your pond are stunted anyway, man.
Turkey hunters and pond fishers seem to be the most offended by this.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 6:36 pm to TigerDeacon
I've learned this from the pond perspective. Give 1 person permission, he shows up with 8 people. This isn't the good old days, not even out in the country. People don't have common decency. Or not enough people have common decency for me to give anyone the benefit of the doubt. I've had the call the cops multiple times because someone who's friend of a friend had permission so they thought it was ok. I used to never have to chain my boat up but TWICE I went out to fish and some total fricking stranger was in my jon boat paddling around fishing. One of them was a former county commissioner who was friends with my neighbor who gave him permission, permission that wasn't his to grant. Another boater was a dumb gen Z-er who though the boat "was like a community boat for anyone to use". People are just too stupid to trust these days with any sort of permissions or privileges.
Posted on 11/8/24 at 6:57 pm to deeprig9
Entitled. shite is pervasive.
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