Here's a hot tip.

[Bob Peters]

Every year I go on a pheasant hunting trip in MN after Christmas, usually the last 4 days of the season. Maybe been doing this 5 years? One year I tore a muscle in my back running into cub foods to buy a frozen pizza at halftime of the vikes game. Full sprint, cold weather, no warmup, equals problems. So that year I just watched movies with the dog. Back to hunting, the tip is, if you want decent hunting you better go knock on some doors. The late season when all the public ground has been beaten like a tent peg for 2 and a half months is brutal. There's just not many birds there. And if they are they're either inaccessible, or only show up for the last 45 minutes of the day. Now watch me go to iowa next weekend. I'll be lucky if I shoot a bird a day. I still love hunting, just need to go hob nob some landowners come September.

 

[Goosemaster]

Every year I go on a pheasant hunting trip in MN after Christmas, usually the last 4 days of the season. Maybe been doing this 5 years? One year I tore a muscle in my back running into cub foods to buy a frozen pizza at halftime of the vikes game. Full sprint, cold weather, no warmup, equals problems. So that year I just watched movies with the dog. Back to hunting, the tip is, if you want decent hunting you better go knock on some doors. The late season when all the public ground has been beaten like a tent peg for 2 and a half months is brutal. There's just not many birds there. And if they are they're either inaccessible, or only show up for the last 45 minutes of the day. Now watch me go to iowa next weekend. I'll be lucky if I shoot a bird a day. I still love hunting, just need to go hob nob some landowners come September.

I used to knock on a lot of doors.

 

[AtTheMurph]

Here's a hot tip - the Vikings are not going to win the Super Bowl this year. That's 63 straight years without a trophy.

 

[gimruis]

just need to go hob nob some landowners come September.

I do it every year. Every September or early October I get in my truck. I go scout, knock on doors, and ask for permission. Sometimes people aren't home so it takes me multiple attempts. I do the same every spring for turkey hunting. I'm sure you're aware of it by now.

It requires a significant amount of windshield time and driving around the countryside though. I used to hunt public land like you many years ago and simply got sick of it, competing with other hunters, racing to spots before the season opened, etc. Honestly if that's how I still had to hunt these days, I'm not sure I'd still be doing it.

The good news is that once you receive permission, and you don't abuse it or over hunt a spot, they almost always let you come back and hunt it again every year. I'm always looking for new spots to add to my spots that I've accumulated over the years. People sell their land or move, and sometimes you do lose permission over time too. The one kicker is that I cannot go into most of these spots until deer firearms season has ended. But I am fine with that.

Good luck with it. Sometimes people say no. But you don't know until you try. When they say yes, its totally worth it, especially later in the season.

 

[Goosemaster]

I do it every year. Every September or early October I get in my truck. I go scout, knock on doors, and ask for permission. Sometimes people aren't home so it takes me multiple attempts. I do the same every spring for turkey hunting. I'm sure you're aware of it by now.

It requires a significant amount of windshield time and driving around the countryside though. I used to hunt public land like you many years ago and simply got sick of it, competing with other hunters, racing to spots before the season opened, etc. Honestly if that's how I still had to hunt these days, I'm not sure I'd still be doing it.

The good news is that once you receive permission, and you don't abuse it or over hunt a spot, they almost always let you come back and hunt it again every year. I'm always looking for new spots to add to my spots that I've accumulated over the years. People sell their land or move, and sometimes you do lose permission over time too. The one kicker is that I cannot go into most of these spots until deer firearms season has ended. But I am fine with that.

Good luck with it. Sometimes people say no. But you don't know until you try. When they say yes, its totally worth it, especially later in the season.

The kicker is, you don't pay them.Leave them a 6 pack.

 

[benelli-banger]

I had a landowner/farmer friend tell me the other day that he requests that hunters that he gives permission to circle back and give him a report on what they saw…he said it rarely happens. He is pretty kind, crazy that this hasn’t been happening. Any face time you get should be taken advantage of to build the relationship.

 

[gimruis]

The kicker is, you don't pay them.Leave them a 6 pack.

I have never paid a dime in 20+ years. But, I do always offer them some venison, a cleaned pheasant, or walleye filets. Most of them deny all of it, if you can believe that. A few accept it.

 

[benelli-banger]

Gifts that are personal, that you’ve had some involvement in, seem to be highly prized…if you grew it, caught it, shot it, created it, etc. A hand written note that provides some insight about why you appreciate the hunting opportunity is usually thought highly of…give some color about the hunt…”that was the highlight of our trip! My son has talked about your land nonstop since we’ve been back! The way the cover lays, it funneled those birds and we luckily were positioned perfectly…I can’t stop grinning as I write this! THANK YOU!” I try to send handwritten notes after the season…my farmer pals get our Xmas card, but I follow up with a handwritten note. I host lots of hunters, more a decade or two ago, but I really like hearing from them about their experience….some do tell me, many don’t. I think human nature is such that people who give like to know that their generosity is appreciated.

 

[Bob Peters]

Here's a hot tip - the Vikings are not going to win the Super Bowl this year. That's 63 straight years without a trophy.

With great insight like this, you should move to Vegas and become a professional sports better. You can call your business "Captain Obvious Inc."

 

[benelli-banger]

Owning land comes with some costs…a few guys over the years have attempted to give me some $, or the like, to express their appreciation. I do my best to not accept, some get creative and “win” that battle. No matter, I appreciate that others recognize what it takes…farmers do as well. The guys that offered get preferential treatment, I appreciate their thoughtfulness. Many times they’re landowners, too, and realize the reality of having hunting ground.

 

[Bob Peters]

I've often mailed a note with a gift card to the local gas station to people who have let me hunt. Or have left a box of shells if the owner is a hunter himself.

 

[AtTheMurph]

With great insight like this, you should move to Vegas and become a professional sports better. You can call your business "Captain Obvious Inc."

Easiest money anyone can ever make. Bet on the Viking to not win the Super bowl and collect every single year! Works pretyy good with the Detroit Lions too!!!

Don't let the secret out or the odds will drop.

 

[Bob Peters]

One place I stopped this year, the owner said go ahead and hunt. Then added, we don't need another pheasant, we still have the one you gave us last year in the freezer.

 

[gimruis]

Bet on the Viking to not win the Super bowl and collect every single year

Its pretty obvious that you have no clue how sports gambling works. There is no such wager that exists at any sports book where you can "bet against someone winning the super bowl." Super bowl odds are listed on favorites all the way from 1 to 32 to win. They don't take bets on not winning you moron.

 

[AtTheMurph]

Its pretty obvious that you have no clue how sports gambling works. There is no such wager that exists at any sports book where you can "bet against someone winning the super bowl." Super bowl odds are listed on favorites all the way from 1 to 32 to win. They don't take bets on not winning you moron.

The morons would be the Vikings fans who take the bet each year. I never said that Vegas took that bet, although there are many ways to make lots of money betting against the success of the Vikings in a sportsbook.

But the best way is to do it straight up with some purple bleeding heart. Every year is going to be the one! They sing this or that guy and always seem to have the best talent in the league but there is some reason they just cannot win.

 

[Bob Peters]

Every year is going to be the one! They sing this or that guy and always seem to have the best talent in the league but there is some reason they just cannot win.

Let me clue you in, this is called sports, and quite often before a season starts the fans are full of optimism for their team. Regardless of the game, there are many teams in the league and only 1 can win it all. I know this is some complex stuff right here, but read it twice and then you'll understand. I think you should write a book one day "Revealing my closely guarded secrets." One chapter will tell that turkeys gobble in the morning, the next that pheasants like thick crp grass. Maybe let people in on your brilliance about deer, that they live in the woods and chew on corn and alfalfa. And of course, add on a chapter called "all the teams that never won the super bowl." If you don't chronicle all your one of a kind wisdom, it may be lost from the world forever. I look forward to more of your astounding ability to state the blatantly obvious.

 

[Goosemaster]

I had a landowner/farmer friend tell me the other day that he requests that hunters that he gives permission to circle back and give him a report on what they saw…he said it rarely happens. He is pretty kind, crazy that this hasn’t been happening. Any face time you get should be taken advantage of to build the relationship.

When my cousin shot this farmers turkey, I had to tell him.

 

[Goosemaster]

Here's a hot tip - the Vikings are not going to win the Super Bowl this year. That's 63 straight years without a trophy.

Yeah yeah

 

[Goosemaster]

I have never paid a dime in 20+ years. But, I do always offer them some venison, a cleaned pheasant, or walleye filets. Most of them deny all of it, if you can believe that. A few accept it.

Yep, don't pay.Maybe leave a beer, maybe not.

 

[AtTheMurph]

Let me clue you in, this is called sports, and quite often before a season starts the fans are full of optimism for their team. Regardless of the game, there are many teams in the league and only 1 can win it all. I know this is some complex stuff right here, but read it twice and then you'll understand. I think you should write a book one day "Revealing my closely guarded secrets." One chapter will tell that turkeys gobble in the morning, the next that pheasants like thick crp grass. Maybe let people in on your brilliance about deer, that they live in the woods and chew on corn and alfalfa. And of course, add on a chapter called "all the teams that never won the super bowl." If you don't chronicle all your one of a kind wisdom, it may be lost from the world forever. I look forward to more of your astounding ability to state the blatantly obvious.

I could write that book about teams that have never won a Championship but it would be too short to sell. There are 9 teams and only the MN Viking have been in the NFL since 1960 so they take the futility cake.