Guest bruteshooter Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Does anyone think this could work? I'm thinking about getting as many farmers as I can to get on a database that lists them as open to hunters or in need of hunters and as many hunters on a database so that they can get "matched up". I believe there are farmers who would welcome hunters and be able to cut down on some crop damage and I believe without a doubt that there are hunters just looking for a place to go. No more endless door knocking. References would be available eventually too. Am I barking up the wrong tree? This of course would be a local thing since a large geographical area would be impossible to do. The newspapers could help with advertizing it and get contact info out too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bruteshooter Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I recently knocked on two doors and found that the farmers have been "waiting" for someone, anyone, just someone who would be willing, to come in and take some crop damaging deer off their properties!!! Of course I also had roughly a dozen "Nope, but thanks for asking" too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2hunt Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether You have the same potential downfall that all of us hunters have. Losing places to some slob that doesn't know how to respect someone elses property. The other thing is you will need to be able to show farmers that the hunters are making a difference, not just picking up a new spot to sit and wait for a big buck. You'll need respectable hunters that are willing to pull the trigger on EVERY deer that presents an ethical shot. You also might want to check into the state DNR's I think that WI has a program like this and some others might as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bruteshooter Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Thanks for your thoughts. I will check with IDNR. Never thought of that. I know it would be an undertaking, but when I was confronted with a couple, "yes, come on in, I've been waiting for someone to ask" I thought about it hard. I think getting the two together could work. Those that don't want or don't allow, would have less door knocking and those looking would have their needs filled. The tough part as you said, is getting the hunters that are the "right type" and not some come and go, leave the place like crap and do more damage then the deer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brownie65 Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Illinois has a program called " Access Illinois". They have a website. Check it out. It is like what you are talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Welcome to the forums. Think that is a bad idea to be honest. To impersonal. Most people like to know who is coming and going on their land. A list out there of names and farms could potentially lead to a lot of problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I read an article once that did that. Some guy in Maryland or Virginia, I think it was. Essentially what he did was started a club of guys that were willing to shoot does and such in a suburban setting where the deer populations were getting out of hand. The benefit was he and his club members got places to hunt and the suburbanites got rid of their deer problem. The nature of the club environment was pretty strict. Anyone that wanted to be in the club had to pass some pretty rigorous shooting qualifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LETMGROW Posted February 11, 2007 Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I talked to a farmer friend of mine last year who mentioned he had some people come to him a couple days before hunting season and ask permission to hunt his land. My friend politely said no. His reason for this was in his words, " where was everybody all summer long while there was work to be done. If someone were to offer a little help doing chores, fixing fence, putting in hay etc. I might let them come in to hunt. " This friend is a good farmer and owns several thousand acres of land. It is a liability for him to let people he doesn't even know come on to his land and hunt. Why should he allow it? He already has a poaching problem. People just won't stay off his land. He also has a deer problem and he knows it. He has some willing folks, who do help him, he allows to hunt. I think the best approach is to befriend the farmer and work with him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntermq32 Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I grew up on a farm and also woked for many of the farmers in my area. They allowed me to hunt all there land it was great I eventualy got a realy good paying job that took up all my time so I stoped hunting their land for a few years. When I went back to ask again they said no because other people that hunted it when I wasn't were leaving litter every were and they were sick of them ruting up their feilds and farm roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dosse Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Hunting is such a big money sport now that i believe it would be hard to get people to allow hunters to come in for nothing. Around here everyone is thinkin how much can i rent the hunting out for. I see farmers around here renting out single duck holes for 5000 a hole. Its unreal, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhunter Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether [ QUOTE ] I recently knocked on two doors and found that the farmers have been "waiting" for someone, anyone, just someone who would be willing, to come in and take some crop damaging deer off their properties!!! Of course I also had roughly a dozen "Nope, but thanks for asking" too. [/ QUOTE ] a good lace to start are your local grape vinyards. There number one killer are deer and turkeys, I have permission on almost four hundred acres in Iowa by making phone calls to vinyards from here in Arizona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbeck Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Here in Pa we have unlimited state ground. But the problem I have here is noone seems to want to pay to hunt. I have to pay membership or greens fees to play a golf course. I have to buy a ticket to get into a movie. Almost every sport you have to pay to play, why then isn't hunting the same. I'm a land owner, and pay taxes on the property every year as well as the cost of purchasing the property. Why then shouldn't someone wanting to hunt be willing to help with some of the cost. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntermq32 Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I have no problem paying for it but it has to be realy good ground and I want to be able to plant food plots as well. For now I have a couple of spotts that I hunt for free and have killed nice bucks of them. The one spot I have all I had to do to hunt it was teach the land owners son to hunt and help him get deer every year wich gives me just as much satisfaction as it does the son.The one thing is these spots are not big timber and thats what I would love to hunt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAstringking Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether i know that there is a program in Pa (kinda like a dating service for hunters) that allows you to sign up and be contacted by farmers with animal problems. when i hunt places that arent my own or state game lands i always try and help the farmer in any way that i can. that can mean manual labor to a gift basket. farmers wives always enjoy the gift basket...and you know who makes the decision in the house!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Door knocking is better. If every hunter knows who will let them hunt where then every hunter could hunt where you hunt. The whole point in door knocking is, the hunter who works harder to find a great hunting spot, will get that. THis is not a "welfare" governmet support project. If I want to find some hunting land then I will go do my own work to find it!!!!!! That's the way I think it should be. Plus, not every hunter respects the landowners and their properties. Most hunters do,, but the few that have no idea how to use the land will only piss the farmers off and ruin it for the rest of us!!!!!! --rossman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether I have to agree with rossman. One guy with the wrong attitude will spoil it for everyone involved. Heck, we only have 23 members in our club and still have problems with rules getting broken. The thing that irks me the most is picking up someone else's trash either thrown out along an ATV road or left around a camp stand that's available for any member to use. Seems like there's a pattern with some guys that don't want to put out the effort to find some hunting property and the way they abuse it when they get access to some. Just my $.02. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bruteshooter Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Re: Farmers & hunter 2gether Found a place, www.accessillinois.com Decided to fend for myself and let others do the same. Too much "can go wrongs" here. But all the valuable insight and opinions were appreciated, Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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