Gift ideas for land owner

[Dbolick]

my neighbor that lives across the street has graciously agreed to let me hunt his property for the last two years in return I am supposed to help him around his farm when he needs an extra set of hands. I would like to thank him in a more meaningful way as he has been extremely kind to my wife and I over the time we have lived at this house. I love to woodwork. Last year I made him some wine racks and a cutting board as a special thank you. I would like to make something again for him this year, but I am having a hard time thinking of what to make. I don’t know a great deal about him as far as what he likes to do outside of farming. I don’t want to make him something he may not want or is too big and bulky and is in the way. So I have been trying to think of small things to make, but I’m really getting stuck on exactly what to do. Some ideas I have thought of making is a kitchen utensil storage, a wooden mallet, a whiskey box (although I don’t know what whiskey he likes), a small keepsake box. I like the idea of making him a gift as far as it having just a special touch, I think he would really appreciate that or should I go the route of gift cards or store-bought items? Please let me hear your thoughts.

 

[Touchdown88]

One of the guys I work with makes wooden American Flags. They look awesome.

 

[bowkill]

Does he have a farm name? You could do a nice sign for his farm. Otherwise, it sounds like you might not have enough insight into his likes and dislikes to give a meaningful gift. Giving him something that he ends up throwing away or just setting on a shelf making more clutter doesn't really help either of you. I know you want it to be a surprise, but if you decide to make a sign, it actually might be a good idea to have him involved in the design of it so that he gets it the way he wants.

 

[wytx]

Talk with his wife and tell her what you want to do. She may well know of something he would really like and use.

 

[go_deep]

Special types of food seem to be the thing my dad likes best when hunters give him a thank you. One guy my dad let's pheasant hunt buys some high cashews for him, another guy buys him a couple packs of huge ribeye steaks.
Household items are great, if they really need them.

 

[Yoder]

We always take some of our meat and have kielbasa and pepperoni made. They are very popular.

 

[GSPHUNTER]

How about a nice patio table made from reclaimed barn wood. With a nice bottle of his choice of brown.

 

[Dakota Dude]

FWIW ornate handmande boxes are always cool. Even a simple dovetail box can look really good. You could turn him a large bowl for family dinners if you have a lathe. Display peices.

If he's a farmer he probably has lots of keys. A handmade key rack with their name would be cool too.

I don't know what tools you have, but scroll sawing a large name they can place on their house would work too.

 

[butcherboy]

Make a wood engraving of his house to hang on the wall. A nice wood coat and hat rack. Specialty items made from your harvested animals is always nice.

 

[Iowafarmer]

As a landowner myself beer always works

 

[Jimmy]

I like the jerky or meatsticks idea, a wooden bowl would be dope too

 

[WCB]

If he has a wife...make something for her. Not that you shouldn't get or make something for him also. But make her something nice (not kitchen related unless you know she loves to cook or entertain).

We give a landowner that allows us permission meat every year and he loves it more than I think anything we could get him. But I agree with someone above also...make him a farm sign with the farm name on it if he has one.

 

[Petergon]

The American flag out of wood looks awesome if done correctly.

 

[Legend]

Booze....the kind you are too cheap to buy yourself.

 

[Plainsman79]

If you’re able to get a quality picture with a birdseye view of his farm and have it printed in HD. You could then make a wooden frame with his last name engraved or the trust his farm is in engraved as a personal touch.

My wife’s granddad had a picture of the original farm he grew up on with some personal touches on it. I always enjoyed looking at it. Lots has changed.

 

[Pharmseller]

I bring my landowner smoked salmon and fresh Dungeness crab.

His wife gets a goodie bag of cosmeceutical products from my wife’s salon.




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[SloppyJ]

A lot of guys around here like to pretty up their entrance with a fancy gate and typically make a sign for their farm. I second the idea of making him something for his entrance. Does his farm have a name? If not, I'm out of ideas and go straight to beer or a really nice bottle of bourbon.

 

[Dbolick]

These are all wonderful ideas, thank you guys so much! I’m still not exactly sure what I will do but I have a lot more ideas now. I really like the farm name sign, I’ll have to see if he has a name for it

 

[Dbolick]

Oh I forgot another idea I had. How do you guys think a handmade wood clock would be received?

 

[ozyclint]

What about a pallet made out of a coffee table? Pallets are very useful on the farm.