Man oh man do I wish I had some of the problems you guys have. Around here its about 50/50 you will get told no. I used to have about 10 properties I had access to hunt on with only a handful allowing deer hunting. Show up in the spring and ask for permission, offer to shoot some woodchucks for them, bring an apple pie and G2G. I have been told no pheasant hunting, no squirrel hunting, no hog hunting, no turkey or deer, no rabbit. I do find it odd that the guy says you can coon and squirrel hunt but no rabbit, pheasant, deer, turkey or hog. Come to find out they are in cahoots with a local hunt club and want to keep the members happy.
1) Landowner wont sign a slip because someone screwed them over in the past and they couldn't get rid of them because they had written permission. Driving through the wheat and beans.
2) Landowner forgets to tell son, who hunts, he gave two of us permission to deer hunt. Son got pissed and talked to the father who said go ahead and hunt just stay away from a certain area. I already had a stand up and just took it down and never went back.
3) Gates- (same property as #2) this one is sketchy because I have been told if a gates open its open for a reason so do not close it. One day walking in I noticed a calf standing in the pasture and the gate was open. I went ahead and closed the gate for fear of the calf getting out. A week later I was coon hunting and noticed the electric fence was arching badly so I notified the landowner about it. He didn't even remember giving me permission to hunt but said seeing how I took the time to come tell him I was welcome to hunt anytime I wanted. He also had a thing about parking in a pull off a leaving your keys incase he needed to move the truck. I wasn't too keen on all this so I just quit hunting there.
4) Landowner allows different family members to sign slips and when the brother found out the actual owner signed for me he wasn't too happy because some rich city slicker gives the brother $ for hunting rights. Says he takes care of him, he's just letting me know. When asked who is hunting he says only you and one other guy. Brother and sister in law and wife signed for 10 other guys no one knew about. I still hunt there but not as much. Guy who slips the brother cash accused me of being a trespasser and the brother said he didn't know me and I wasn't allowed to hunt.
5) Landowner signs for anyone who bangs on the door. I walked out one afternoon of deer gun week because 5 guys piled into 30 acres and my truck was blocked in and I couldn't get out. One guy with 25yrs permission invites 5-6 of his buddies to hunt.
6) Landowner says its me a father and son and no one else should be hunting there. I run into a guy at farm #4 who is bragging how he cut someone's stand down, told the guy he's going to whip his butt if he ever walks in on him at first light again, not a real hunter, idiot, ruined hunt, etc.. etc. I said oh, you must be the father and son team? Yeah, but he walked in on my buddy and his buddy and it pissed me off.
7) Only allowed to hunt with a friend of mine and only squirrel and coon. Apparently two guys were deer hunting and one found the other in his stand and an argument ensued. Two dummies went to the landowner and he kicked everyone out.
#1, 4, 5, 6, 7 are the reasons people don't want to deal with hunters! If I had these issues no one would hunt! I try and get it done early or late season and avoid the weekend warriors who only show up a week a year. I always ask where to park, where to hunt, who else maybe hunting, offer to help with chores, pick up trash, etc. If there is an issue I don't even tell the landowner I just quit hunting there.