Thread: Stuff that I've learned about deer control

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Yeah nah. Mate, I see your point, but my experience suggests otherwise. There’s plenty of guys like me with long-term permissions that they built up over time. I really don’t agree with the statement “virtually no farmer...”, the last three valleys I visited in southern and northern Taranaki all yielded new permissions, in the last two years.

This is about how guys that might get viewed as a random can change their approach and give the cynical farmer reason to think twice. Some cockies do themselves few favours, in a constant state of war with everyone and taking an unnecessarily negative view of the common lesser spotted GC.

I’m not saying it’s easy, but its certainly not impossible.

Ill stand by the comment that virtually no farmer will let a random on but agree its def not impossible,the trust needs to be built over a decent time though with like you say something in it for the land owner.Im in the trade and I have several farmer clients that I can hunt on their places, it came about by me suggesting a few little jobs could be done for hunting access,that instantly sealed the deal but id known/delt the farmer for years before bringing it up.I know 100% if I had of asked straight away it would have been a No by what they had told me re the hunting on their place.The best tac for anyone wanting to gain access is to offer something/their time(would you like those thousand thistles grubbed next weekend?)to the owner that is valuable to them(don't offer venison sausages, generally farmers freezers are full of home kill)but I still believe you need to know the guy for a few years for it to happen.Randoms to farmers=No.