Anyone need any rabbits/hogs culled?

[joegrizzy]

I see these posts from time to time. We own several large farms and in my lifetime one man was allowed to hunt on us till he died. I was 15 years old when the man drove up and talked to the man that raised me “step dad”. Few days later the guy came back and started cleaning fence lines.

Years later I found out he was the only person who ever drove up and asked to work on the places so he could hunt. He died in 1998, He worked every year cleaning fence lines, for the privilege of hunting on over 6000 acres. He initially thought the place he was asking about was a couple hundred acres.


So might I suggest you ask if you could work for the privilege instead of just asking for free hunting rights. Over my life hundreds or more have stopped to ask. Only one ever asked if he could earn the privilege.

 

[joegrizzy]

@cj442332 what we lack In Blm land, we make up with having public hunting land. we have public land all over the state, and there’s good hunting to be had. I’ve always wanted to find some private land to trade work for hunting rights,but I’ve never been comfortable with banging on someone’s door unannounced and asking. There’s lots of hogs on public land too, but I’ve found that they are pressured pretty heavily and can be hard to find. Where are you located?

especially when they act incredibly sanctimonious about it.

wow your family probably claimed free land when it was....ya know...just handed out. amazing.

but oklahoma wasn't "socialist" oh noooooooo

 

[joegrizzy]

like that story isn't about letting one person hunt; it's about turning down all the others.

with all the pot around here and on neighbor farms, oklahoma is going to be at risk of going....up in smoke.

 

[joegrizzy]

It's definitely going to be a new experience as far as landowners go here. Money being the source of the difference. Farmers and ranchers have hog problems and want them gone, but they want to charge folks to come shoot them lol. Farmers and ranchers have deer problems, but they want to charge folks to come shoot them. Outfitters and guides have really messed up the situation for common folks who used to just be able to ask for permission and get it. Outfitters show up and throw thousands of dollars at a landowner and of course they take it, can't blame the landowner whatsoever. Some landowners don't want outfitters on their place, but still don't mind the extra cash, again, I can't blame them. So they lease their land, but at the prices they were going to get from the outfitters lol. Waterfowl, deer, turkey, quail and pheasant are all like that now. Most leases being year around, and with rabbit and squirrel going on during deer season, that rules out a ton of private land. Sure there are landowners who still give permission and don't charge, but they are far far far far and few between anymore. 99% of the time, it's all about the money now. I can't fault a landowners for it though.

yes they own the land solely for money of course money would drive every other action as well.

>can't blame 'em

i can. i'll take your insults now. lots of okies talk REAL big about inherited land and "how hard they worked for it".

and before you call me out; i've been plenty of days, nights, and everything in between fixin fence and roundin herds so think what you want about me LOL

 

[joegrizzy]

but nah for real, like holechit said, just hunt public land and hope you don't get peppered lol.

it's not worth sucking some guy's #*!& just to hunt "his" land.

 

[HoLeChit]

Norman/moore area

An hour and a half south of you is Love Valley WMA, I’ve seen more pigs there than anywhere else in the state. 20 minutes east of there is cross Timbers. Lots of birds, rabbits, and stickers. 30 minutes south of you is Lexington WMA. If jackrabbits are more of your flavor, black kettle, packsaddle, and sandy sanders are roughly 2.5 hours west. An hour and a half east of you there’s the deep fork, okmulgee and atoka/stringtown wma’s, lots of hogs all over those and lots of other good stuff. I’ve shot a lot of squirrels in those wmas. There’s some real great places to go in Oklahoma, and for me at least, makes it hard to justify paying for land. Sometimes the hunting is harder, sometimes there’s people to run across, but for free, you really can’t beat it.

 

[joegrizzy]

An hour and a half south of you is Love Valley WMA, I’ve seen more pigs there than anywhere else in the state. 20 minutes east of there is cross Timbers. Lots of birds, rabbits, and stickers. 30 minutes south of you is Lexington WMA. If jackrabbits are more of your flavor, black kettle, packsaddle, and sandy sanders are roughly 2.5 hours west. An hour and a half east of you there’s the deep fork, okmulgee and atoka/stringtown wma’s, lots of hogs all over those and lots of other good stuff. I’ve shot a lot of squirrels in those wmas. There’s some real great places to go in Oklahoma, and for me at least, makes it hard to justify paying for land. Sometimes the hunting is harder, sometimes there’s people to run across, but for free, you really can’t beat it.

and you get to see each corner of the state if you want.

and i would bet a LOT of us have dads, uncles, brothers, grandpas that built a lot of the lodging and facilities at many of our state parks and WMA's. i know i can find my families name and initials on lots of stuff; i'm sure others can too.

you know, building stuff for everyone to use that even to this day, you or me or anyone could just....use.

unlike.....

 

[cowadle]

It's definitely going to be a new experience as far as landowners go here. Money being the source of the difference. Farmers and ranchers have hog problems and want them gone, but they want to charge folks to come shoot them lol. Farmers and ranchers have deer problems, but they want to charge folks to come shoot them. Outfitters and guides have really messed up the situation for common folks who used to just be able to ask for permission and get it. Outfitters show up and throw thousands of dollars at a landowner and of course they take it, can't blame the landowner whatsoever. Some landowners don't want outfitters on their place, but still don't mind the extra cash, again, I can't blame them. So they lease their land, but at the prices they were going to get from the outfitters lol. Waterfowl, deer, turkey, quail and pheasant are all like that now. Most leases being year around, and with rabbit and squirrel going on during deer season, that rules out a ton of private land. Sure there are landowners who still give permission and don't charge, but they are far far far far and few between anymore. 99% of the time, it's all about the money now. I can't fault a landowners for it though.

i wish someone would throw thousands of dollars at me.

 

[tynyphil]

A few years back I purchased just 80 acres as a ‘get away’. Built an off grid cabin the land is not good for anything but hunting but that’s OK with me. It cost just a little more than a new car but it is something me an my kids and grandkids enjoy together now and I hope to leave it to the ‘family’. My insurance agent told me to let family only hunt it for liability reasons.