Do you hunt public only?
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Do you hunt public only?
I'm just curious as to how many guys on here hunt public land only. My hats off to you.
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The past two seasons as well as this season I bow hunt public only. Gun hunting I hunt both. I see better bucks on the public land.
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100% public here.
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Nothing but public for me for over 25 years now. Only kill I have on private was a bear. All of my deer were taken on public land.
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Jackson Marsh wrote:The past two seasons as well as this season I bow hunt public only. Gun hunting I hunt both. [glow=red]I see better bucks on the public land[/glow].
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Same here.
Private land doesn't necessarily mean less pressure.
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I hunt mostly private now... see better bucks on public... just lots less of them
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Jackson Marsh wrote:The past two seasons as well as this season I bow hunt public only. Gun hunting I hunt both. I see better bucks on the public land.
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You have done very well in those public marshes...keep it up.
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Mostly private but if I know of a good buck on public then it's game on.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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50 / 50 here. Just at different times of the season
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100%, there might be a rare occasion where a buddie will let me come along on his prop. but not to often.
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100% public past 10yrs or so. My private prior to that was basically a week or 2 trip up to Ashland area to our cabin to bowhunt. Only gun hunted there once. I dont have a problem with it. I would have to be a gazillionaire to afford the amount of acreage in private land as I do on public.
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100% public here, well the ground is owned by a coal mining company, but it is open to the public. I am thinking of sticking more towards state gamelands now though. The area i typically hunt has a lot of atv traffic and other vehicles, The gamelands have a lot more law presence to deter people from baiting, and shooting from vehicles and such, plus with more remote areas, I can see my odds of getting a nice buck increasing.
Now that I have much more woodsmanship skills and sense of direction, I can see this becoming more of a trend for me.
Now that I have much more woodsmanship skills and sense of direction, I can see this becoming more of a trend for me.
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mag1 wrote:100%, there might be a rare occasion where a buddie will let me come along on his prop. but not to often.
I'm assuming that buck in your avatar picture is a public buck. Could you share the story of that hunt? That is one heavy buck.
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Re: Do you hunt public only?
Public land only for me as well.
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