Public or Private?

[Bourdeau]

Just curious how many saddle hunters own their own hunting land or just hunt public. Also if you do own land do you manage it for whitetail deer?

 

[Deltahuntr]

We lease land and heavily trophy manage the property. Most of the land owners/lease in the area also trophy manage.

 

[DaveT1963]

100% public most years - but I have no problem paying for private or going an outfitter when needed.

 

[fbwguy]

I hunt 100 acres private, and carefully manage my wife and I with our harvest. So I spend more time hunting public than private

 

[spear0]

100% public

 

[IkemanTX]

Currently almost 100% public (1 sit on private this year), but if I could afford to lease a decent place, I’d be about 50/50.


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[Bowhunter05]

I hunt private and public but mostly public land I found more spots on public land already that I imagine myself getting up into next season it’s along wait but I now have that off season time to practice with my saddle.

 

[Nutterbuster]

Mostly public, but I do have a few friends I hunt with occasionally, and my dad and I have a 120 acre lease. Too small to really manage.

 

[Chistavocat]

95% public, two sits on private for bow and 2 on my uncles land for gun. I could lease my uncles 50 for a fair price but I have so many other quality spots and not enough time to hunt them all, why pay. It’s also easy to burn out 50, so those sits are expensive. If I had the coin to lease 500 or more I would certainly do it though.


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[bigjoe]

Last few years I have hunted private with a gun club. Problem is where I live most of the private and public land allows hound running after bow and muzzle loader. Hound hunting starts the 3rd Saturday of November.

Next year I will be driving the 3-4 hours to hunt National Land in the latter part of the season.

 

[Country]

Have two private pieces I hunt, but they're 3 hours away. Basically ends up being 1 or 2 rut hunts, and opening gun weekend. The rest of the season I hunt public. I really have been enjoying the challenge of public land hunting, but I either suck at hunting or the land I hunt really sucks. I've seen 1 deer on stand and bumped 3 all season.

 

[RavenHill]

100% public land

 

[flinginairos]

Both. I have some good private spots (still pretty heavy pressure) and really enjoy public land as well


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[bowhuntinde]

99% public..I get a few public invites a year.

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[cb750]

I don't own land but I hunt private permission land and public. The private land is ag so, not managed but lots of food around. Some of the land is group hunted. That group does manage I guess a bit with mineral licks and bait...trying to convince them to just leave it be.

 

[Mengle]

This was my first year to hunt on public. I hunted it a little more than private. I don’t own any land, but have permission to hunt a few small parcels within an hour of me. And an invite to a nice club from a friend is never declined.

 

[Wolverinebuckman]

Until mid way thru the 2017 season, I only hunted my friend's 40 acre farm. Since I have spent 99% of my time on public.

My friend is going to let me do a little work on the piece, mainly strategically dropping or hinge cutting some trees to create some visual barriers and browse, and maybe some doe bedding. I may plant some apple trees too. He already has a ton of Oaks.

 

[dalton916]

When you’re a surveyor, like me, and handsome, like me, and just an all around great guy, like me, you hunt about 98% private. Being humble, like me, also helps.

 

[sdonx]

All public until this year. 6 of us leased 80 acres. I got two half day sits.


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[Kurt]

I hunt all public in MA.