picking up land?

[TJR89]

how do you guys pick up new land? do you get reffered? do you "advertise" at local places? or what other things do you do when trying to pick up new places? I consider myself a pretty smooth talker and I always offer to take the land owner hunting with us but most people are still really hesitant. What extra little things do you guys do to "seal the deal" when talking to a land owner about picking up a new place.

[Tusk Hog]

  Word of mouth is the best way. Go do a landowner a good job and he'll spread the word. One thing I have learned is that there is very little use in talking with a landowner who purchased their property just to deer hunt. They just don't understand what the hogs do to them, YET. Good luck in your search.

[M Bennet]

pull up at a gasstation with dogs and a hog in trailer and people afta come look and ask ? . i also use sign on my hunting truck and bussiness cards , but one rancher tells another one and its just chain reaction. or you fallow the pigs push them out and they go next door  you just wait and the land owner will start asking around for help and then thats wen you get a call .can you help me with a pig problem and here you go agian

[firemedic]

When we were trying to get a foothold in south GA years ago,....I asked a landowner where we had hunted for a few years to give us a letter of recommendation...he gladly agreed....best idea I've had in years. It opened door for us that otherwise would have stayed shut. He had this property to deer hunt andwe only got to go once or twice a year and this was only because his best friend was related to my hunting buddy. He just couldn't get it in his head that our hog hunting had no affect on the deer. That letter helped us out more than anything we had done in the past.....it had a short statement about how we had treated his property while hunting on it and his phone number. Good luck.

[brw7979]

We got some business cards made up and put them in feed stores and vet clinics. We pic up a little land that way. The last place we picked up is a place that borders my ranch and I'd been trying to get intouch with the owner for awhile, and after talkin with folks that know him said that he was a hard azz, he called me and I asked if our dogs ended up on his place while on a hog if it was ok to go in and get them. His answer suprised me. He said no you cant go in and get your dogs, yall can go in with them and take as many hogs as yall can catch. So that added 4000 more acres to hunt on.
Word of mouth is good and my huntin buddie that got me into doggin is the county trapper for this area and he has a great reputation(SP?) and we get land that way also.

[coyote hunter]

i tell people my name is darrell lewis and i hunt hogs   they go get me a key or let me know where the land is but tj thats becuz of my familys reputation   i believe that is tyhe biggest deal with landowners   they dont want just anyone on their land  it is a risk for the owner   thievin an gettin sued for someone gettin hurt on their land wards off them wantin people out there   u just have to get their trust   b4 u guys got me started in this i wouldnt let anyone out there at the farm to do anything  i didnt want people out there cuz i didnt trust em  i made cody and zach take me b4 they could even go out there   its just a risk is how the owners looks at   chance of thieves or sum1 gettin hurt or cattle gettin messed with  anything!  cattle r a big issue   i know that these hog dogs wont mess with cattle now but ask zach how many times i threatened to shoot old spook and sam an rosie b4 they bayed my 1st hog    just get ureself a good reputation with the people around there and land will fall in ure lap   especially u cuz of how respectful and respectable u are   like these ppl have said  if u hunt for one guy and do good then word of mouth takes it from there i promise  but pass out some cards or somethin  get ure name out there  it all helps less someone is bad mouthin u  which i doubt in ure case