Land Owner Gifts?

[scrotcaster]

Its that time of year that I usually give some kind of gift to the land owners who have let me hunt on their land. What do you usually give? Any good ideas ?

 

[LOV2HNT]

Gift cards, some processed game, fish. The one farmer who's land I hunt on he starts drooling when I open up the cooler full of fish fillets. He'd rather have that than anything else I'd bring him.

 

[DirtyMike]

Gift cards, some processed game, fish. The one farmer who's land I hunt on he starts drooling when I open up the cooler full of fish fillets. He'd rather have that than anything else I'd bring him.

Does he know they come from dry lake?

 

[2400]

I always used to offer part of whatever I was hunting on their land. For Christmas I used to bake banana nut bread and deliver to them at home.

During the year I offer help fixing fences and gates, welding or making stuff or just stop by and have a cigar on the porch and visit. Whatever they need I try to do.

 

[PrairieGhost]

I always hunt on relatives land. One day a neighbor stopped me and said I could hunt his too. I never did, but I appreciated the offer so much I brought him a turkey a couple weeks before Christmas. That was years ago and I still think about it. Nice guy.

 

[H82bogey]

I like to go old school and actually send a thank you card with a gift certificate. I know the landowner that lets me out, loves Menards. I like to think the thank you card is a nice personal touch.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

We always gave steak house gift cards. If the guy doesn't care one way or the other the wife loves to be taken out for supper! :;:thumbsup

 

[LOV2HNT]

Does he know they come from dry lake?

What or where is this Dry Lake you speak of?

 

[DirtyMike]

What or where is this Dry Lake you speak of?

Down by Ashley.

 

[Captain Ahab]

Fresh posted signs for everybody but you:::

 

[ndbwhunter]

I just customized one of these for the landowner that let me on out in MT. Just added their last name and the ranch name.

 

[MathewsZman]

My elk hunters this year had this cribbage board made named after my cabin which is called Katmandu. AWESOME !!!!

 

[5575]

Funny this subject came up because I just gave a gift to a landowner that let me bow hunt that I think was the most appreciated gift I've ever given.
When I stopped in to ask permission we sat down in the kitchen to talk. He is an elderly man and mentioned that illness had really limited his mobility and he was stuck in his home most of the time watching his small 13" conventional tv that has gotten only one channel for like 30 years out there in the boonies!
So I got on amazon that night and ordered a good HD outdoor antenna and watched the classifieds and found a good deal on a 40" LED Samsung TV.
I took it out there this week with a big extension ladder and hooked it all up "his coax cable outside was down to one lead, broken from wind and weather I suppose. Hence the "no tv when the wind blew over 15 mph".
Well we went inside and I hit the auto program and minutes later BOOM 16 channels and many in HD, he was floored!
I stopped by last night to see how things were going and brought some baked goodies the wife made for him and he gave me the most firm handshake and the biggest hug I think I've ever gotten, said it really brightened up his life...made me feel darn good. I could care less if I ever hunted there again to tell you the truth, just glad the old guy is going to be allot happier now.
Funny,he said he couldn't believe how good looking the news girls were, said he never could see their legs before on his little tv ha ha ha! Said watching that big tv was like going to the movie theater every day now.

 

[cooter00]

I always bring a quart freezer bag of walleye when I ask permission or if it's done on the phone the first time I hunt it if its for bird hunting I always offer some birds when I leave their land it's just what I do plus they are more likely to let you on when your holding walleye lol just my experience allot of farmers around my area fish but are not as blessed in the catching Dept. As I am so they really appreciate it and Evan have called when they see the game I asked to hunt on there land and sometimes will take me to the exact spot.

 

[gst]

Nice thread. 5575 that's pretty neat. A few years back after hunting mulies for the first time ever out in Mt on a fellas ranch, bought a hand made Norwegian knife at the gun show and mailed out to him. (He was a proud full blood Norwegian) A bit more than I normally would but he put us up and fed us and would not let us give him anything at the time and it was such a little gem of a place (looked like the Cartwright ranch) I don;t think I have ever enjoyed myself as much hunting anywheres.

As someone on the receiving end, anything is a nice gesture. One of the best things is that "firm handshake" that was mentioned and a simple sincere thanks.

 

[BrokenBackJack]

5575 you made a friend for life and that old man will remember what you done for him for the rest of his life. Little things that are big things to the recipient.

 

[PrairieGhost]

Cut that out 5575 you about brought tears to my eyes. Really. Dang old age must be driving the testosterone levels to about zero. God bless you 5575.

One of the reasons I hunt mostly relatives land or only real good friends land is because I don't want someone thinking that getting to hunt is the only reason I am friends with them. If they offer after we have known each other and have been friends for four or five years then I may hunt on their land. I can remember years ago asking to hunt a couple of times and it made me real uneasy and I felt like I was bothering people.