Saw this other post gave me an idea to post also. I have several farms I can hunt on for deer or whatever here in KY, for free. I usually ask first to varmint hunt, coyotes or woodchucks, all farmers around here hate them. If you help thin out the varmints, prove yourself to be trustworthy and a boon to the farmer, he will usually in a year or two ask if you want to deer hunt some. I varmint hunt mostly with rifles I have built,just more efficent. I usually buck hunt at home,and that seems to make farmers more at ease, when they know you are doe hunting to fill the freezer. A bow makes them less nervous to, since so many idiots with guns get trigger happy when it comes to deer hunting. It never hurts to help get a cow up that has gotten out, or at least let the farmerknow, or help load a wagon of hay. A few times I have reported suspicous characters to them that I saw while hunting, sometimes its friends or neighbors, but they seem to appreciate that you have their best interest in mind. One property I hunt is close to my house, and is small, but a die hard deer travel route where we harvest deer every year, only about 5 acres, grown up in the back. They wouldnt let anyone hunt there after buying the property, they live in Ohio, and use this as a weekend cabin to enjoy the lake here. I was over one day, talked to them, they had been the victim of some theives. I asked if they would like me to check in on the place once a day on my way to work or on the way home. They were thrilled, gave me their business card, and told me I could have the run of the place. The wife and I have taken a lot of deer there over the last several deer , and they have had no more breakins. One guy let me hunt because I gave his grandson a starter fiberglass bow my kids had outgrown years ago. Well just thought I would pass on some tips that had worked for me, might help some of you guys.