My farmer has got things all ass-backwards. He shotgun hunts his property but allows me full run of it when there is no shotgun hunt on. they had a bad year and got skunked due to the warm weather. I donated the meat from my big buck to him and his hunting buddy after the farmer helped me drag the deer out, picked it up with his tractor and then drove it to the butchers for me with his truck. I felt it was only fair as I had already taken a small doe earlier in the year and had meat in my freezer.
Tonight i was there and he helped me top up the feeder and dress the bait up nicely to bring em in for the winter and possibly allow me a poke at one of the monsters I have seen or caught on film there.
Anyhow, as I am leaving, he hands me a box that has an expensive, fine bottle of whisky in it and thanks me for the deer. I argued with him (not too much as it was my brand) that he has it all messed up and that it is I that should be getting him the bottle (which I do every year). he laughed and carried on. I was stunned! He has a great property and allows me to hunt it and I am the one with the bottle of fine whiskey? LOL Some times dreams do come true!
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This fellow is a fair man, he's tradeing in his own way, even though it's his farm he trust you to take care of it and he's saying thanks just my thoughts
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Sounds like you have a good relationship with the landowner.
I have a similar situation where I hunt. I try to help as much as possible. (things like bush-hogging fields for him, and helping cut up downed timber, removing nuisance wildlife (trapping raccoons and beaver that are causing damage), and even wired his new garage for him this summer) He helps me in return. Last deer I shot I called him on my cell phone and he got the tractor and trailer and brought it right to where she went down. Even helped me with the field dressing and getting her loaded in my truck.
I have the use of his tractor(s) and equipment when I need them, and we work together on planning food plots and getting them planted, sharing labor and expenses.
I have a similar situation where I hunt. I try to help as much as possible. (things like bush-hogging fields for him, and helping cut up downed timber, removing nuisance wildlife (trapping raccoons and beaver that are causing damage), and even wired his new garage for him this summer) He helps me in return. Last deer I shot I called him on my cell phone and he got the tractor and trailer and brought it right to where she went down. Even helped me with the field dressing and getting her loaded in my truck.
I have the use of his tractor(s) and equipment when I need them, and we work together on planning food plots and getting them planted, sharing labor and expenses.
wabi
I have to admit, if I knew "bouncy girl" that would be a case where I would be very selfish. The booze I could share, the girl? Not so much!
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Wabi, you've seen the light!wabi wrote:Sounds like you have a good relationship with the landowner. I have a similar situation where I hunt. I try to help as much as possible. He helps me in return.
If hunters seeking access to private land would only learn to give a little bit instead of only taking, they'd have much more success in finding good places to hunt.
I can't tell you how rarely I've been offered any sort of help around the place. Just the offer means the world.
When I was a boy, I always made sure to show appreciation to those who allowed me to hunt on their property. As an adult and owner of hunting land myself, I have been dismayed to see the lack of appreciation shown by many hunters. Some even behave as if you somehow "owe it to them" to allow them access!
We should all think about this:
Nothing will go farther in our efforts to improve hunter image in the public eye than offering to help owners of hunting land take care of it and making sure to show appreciation.
Think of it this way. It's the Christmas season. Why not let your landowner know how much you appreciate their cooperation? Send them a card with a little remembrance of some sort ... maybe a gift certificate or a well chosen present. Ask them what projects you might help with in the new year.
Such behavior goes a long way toward "greasing the skids" for future cooperation. It'll improve your relationship with the landowner, and it will improve your reputation as a hunter. You'll be a better person for it ... and the future prospects for our hunting pursuits will be better too!
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Treasure that relationship with your landowner for obviously he has respect for you . In this day and age of people losing access to hunting spots ,they must begin to remember it is a previlege to hunt there not a right . I look upon it like someone coming to your door to ask to play baseball in your backyard . It is the same you are asking to use their property to enjoy your form of recreation .