Why do you hunt public land?

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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby PUBLICbowhunter » Sat Apr 08, 2017 9:22 am

I hunt public land because it's easier to get away form people. I hunt one lease currently and have hunted a few others from time to time. But your so constricted and it doesn't take long for the deer to really feel the pressure and in return hard to kill. At least on public I know if I can make a difficult climb or swim to where know one else goes, I will in return find my own little sanctuary. Most of the time there a good buck living in those areas. I enjoy scouting people as much as I enjoy scouting for the big boys.


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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby Rutnstrut » Thu Apr 13, 2017 1:52 pm

My answer used to be I hunt public mostly to keep the pressure off my land. However I just really love the challenge and to be honest it keeps me from burning out as well. After hunting the same 80 acres of private land for almost 20 years I crave different scenery. The new scenery with each hunt seems to keep me on my toes more.
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby Lastcast#1 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:00 pm

Freedom, the challenge, and many of the other reasons mentioned by others...Ultimately I hunt it because it is "mine", as it is "yours"..Probably our greatest resource. I wish more people utilized it, and understood how important it is, and how lucky we are..Especially here in Michigan..But yeah, its the challenge..:)

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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby MN_DeerHunter » Thu Apr 13, 2017 2:41 pm

Here in Minnesota we are lucky to have 1.2 million acres of state land. That doesn't even include Federal and private lands leased for public use. With so much opportunity I would feel guilty not utilizing the resource and only hunting the 80 or so private acres I have access too. I really think that a lot of public land is less pressured than the private lands too. Especially in farm country where guys are driving trucks and atvs all over their private lands. A lot of the best cover around is a lot of the times public too because it is generally a cattail marsh or swamp that the state bought up.

Lastly, I get bored with the same scenery and like to explore new areas. One of my favorite things to do is cyber scout a new public area, plug a stand location into my GPS from my computer, and then go find it and hunt it.
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby swampyak » Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:12 am

It gives me a lot of new areas to explore
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby ky jack » Mon Apr 17, 2017 2:23 am

I hunt public because I don't have access to any private but. Here in Western KY it's not a bad thing lots of public land within an hour drive and the bucks are just as big
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby yungbuck » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:44 am

Because I am a proud public land owner, like every other American
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby mike perry » Mon Apr 17, 2017 11:31 am

It's simple "Wide open spaces " I'm far less limited hunting public.

I have permission to hunt at least a thousand acres of private near my home but most of that is small farms under 100 acres, that limits you to where you can go in a given square, the deer your hunting may be bedding on neighboring property and you never have a real good chance to kill them other than maybe during the rut, you are not even able to unravel the whole mystery of the buck or how to hunt an area because your limited as to where you can walk. That's why I prefer hunting big public around my home over private unlimited access.
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby JAK » Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:30 pm

The challenge and don't have to worry about neighbors
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby Mike32 » Fri May 26, 2017 10:02 am

dan wrote:Another big thing with me is I love scouting and hunting new areas... You can only gauin so much private land but its easy to keep checking outy new public areas.

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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby <DK> » Fri May 26, 2017 10:15 am

For the Adventures!
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Fri May 26, 2017 5:24 pm

I like the challenge and honestly i think bucks on public are as big as hunting clubs. Plus less pressure then a hunting club.

Ill never be able to afford enough private land to hunt many spots.
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby stash59 » Fri May 26, 2017 11:55 pm

Because I "can"!!!!
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby wmahunter » Sat May 27, 2017 12:11 am

Do not have any other option.
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Re: Why do you hunt public land?

Unread postby Mgaspari » Sat May 27, 2017 11:13 am

The great thing about public land is 95% of all hunters assume it gets hammered and there are no big deer - it's not worth the effort.


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