Small public near big city-worth it?

[wmihunter]

I love in a county with almost 700000 people and the public has little swamp and is not rigged and u can't get more thana half mile off the rd. am I wasting my time trying to kill a mature deer? This is in MI...

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[Pullintoobs]

You need to get in there and look around...That will tell you if it is worth it or not..

[JRM6868]

I love in a county with almost 700000 people and the public has little swamp and is not rigged and u can't get more thana half mile off the rd. am I wasting my time trying to kill a mature deer? This is in MI...

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Don't know til you try...see if you can see if anybody is hunting it by drivebys and walk it and check the sign. Thing is about city deer you never know what will walk into an area from another small woodlot and other people may say its a pain to deal with and leave it alone. Could be good.

[Zap]

Mature deer can be anywhere.....

[VA5326]

Agree with the above. You've got to get in there and see.

[Stanley]

I was driving down interstate 80 a couple years ago. A giant buck was bedded with a doe right across the road from the Tanger outlet center. The buck was multi pointed and was just a few feet off the interstate. So you never know where they will be.

[dan]

It probably gets to much pressure... But you don't know for sure unless you look. I would be interested for sure, cause its real easy to slip out for just a couple hours on a whim when a hunting spot is close to home. Although my best spots are practically road trips, I usually kill my biggest bucks close to home where I can hunt and moniter better and more often.

[rudy78]

More then likely it gets a lot of pressure, but worth a little walk this time off year & you should be able to tell yet if it had a lot of hunter or deer.

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[GRFox]

My county has 950,000 people in it and it some of the public is barley hunted. Some of it gets pounded. Seems the ones closest to NYC gets hit hardest. I would expect the same with what ever big City is close to you.

Im not talking a substantial distance further either, Maybe 10 minutes further on the highway and you can have the place to yourself most days, so like others have said, yo never know.

[Edcyclopedia]

If deer have been seen it's surely to get pressure.
I've watched the hunting pressure come and go on public land by the amount of sightings I hear about...

For 1 or 2 years it might get pounded then a lapse for a few years until more deer infiltrate it again or if deer move while people drive by, etc...

Some on foot miles is the only way to see, remember not every hunter hunting is the same caliber - you probably have learned some Beastly Tactics that will give you the edge

[Josh]

My brother has a dump trucking company in Kansas City, and he sees some world class Bucks in in town every year. He dont bow hunt but some of the guys he knows kills huge bucks there every year. Only some scouting will tell you what you need to know.

[wmihunter]

Thanks 4 the responses. I will do some scouting as time permits

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[Spysar]

I have spots near the city. If they are bowhunting only, they are worth checking. Heck, anything is worth checking at least.

[wmihunter]

These spots are open 2 gun hunting

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