Look for older neighborhood in Gwinnett, houses with perfect landscape work done. Some of the owners are tired of deer eating up their yard/ garden.
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I use to do that with my Uncle when I was younger.
He would always bring a jar of jelly with a business card attached and whether they said yes or no, he would give them the jelly and the card and wish them a good day.
He never hurried off and would pass the time of day with them. He would talk about the crops or the rain or the lack of it. He would give them a chance to get to know him a little......
I remember knocking on some doors several years in a row.
Some never called, some called a few days later and some didn't call until the 2nd or 3rd year we visited.
And always he had a jelly jar fixed up pretty by his wife with a business card on it.
He would always say, you don't know the answer until you ask!
We ended up hunting a lot of property that way.
I've seen a few local places with good quality deer on or near them, but I don't know the property owners, I know years back it was nothing to knock on a door and ask permission to hunt their property but things have changed over the years. I thought about stopping in and knocking on doors and asking but didn't know if people frowned upon that now a days. I have my family's club but would like to find a spot in Gwinnett or walton to bow hunt during the week after work. I don't mind paying little money or splitting the meat if any of y'all have a spot you'd allow me to bow hunt on.
I've secured a few places in the past decade with a mere handshake. 2 of these places turned out to be very productive spots. I've always been respectful to the land and its owner and have even gone out of my way to do nice things for them to help them out. One such owner has gotten a few loads of firewood and some block work done at his church for free. Not to mention some free venison.
It's getting harder and harder to find such places now. Folks aren't as generous or as trusting as they were back then. The rest just simply don't care for hunting or don't like us killing "their" animals.