Public or Private?

[Gesell23]

My parrents own a 245 acre farm and my wifes family farm is about the same and i have access to another 100 acre parcel. But i spend 95% of my time on public

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[Mspaci!]

where ever I dont see others

 

[Bowhunter41002]

100% private. Public land really intimidates me. So much pressure on those deer...

 

[Gr33n Arrow]

Public and 26 acres private in Delaware, and 265 acres private in Pennsylvania


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[Bowhunter05]

Delaware 10% private 90% public


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[Oldnotdead]

This will be my first year saddle hunting. I hunt our 73 acres here at home and sometimes turkey and bow hunt our 68 acre camp 45 mins. away. Though thats the guys gun camp.
My thoughts have been ,I'm lucky enough to own where many are not, so let them have their public.
Though I live in lake country and have a kayak. This just may change a bit of that thinking at least once while I'm fit enough.

 

[don]

all public - Ga. and Ms.

 

[John Eberhart]

Never owned or leased any land and have been offered to hunt managed properties by other hunters and have always refused.

Have exclusively hunted public, knock on doors and free walk on properties for over 50 seasons and personally choose to keep it that way.

 

[Bourdeau]

have been offered to hunt managed properties by other hunters and have always refused.

Well with that said-when I finish my Ten Point Estate project, Like many bow hunters I'd be honored to have your "Mommy Wagon of Death" on the premises....I'll bet you do get a ton of offers -somebody always wants something- I'll still be a big fan anyway!
I'm lucky to have Shaker Mountain Wild Forest 40,000 acres of public out the back door, just real low deer density here and the locals (drive)hunt the snot out of the easy parts....gotta get to the center of it where nobody goes to see deer like I want to shoot!

 

[Exhumis]

First year saddle hunting, I don't own land, I'm 100% private, have 4 parcels my hunting partner and I rotate ranging in size from 100 acres down to 30. First parcel was offered after helping a rancher with a coyote problem, and word spread from there and now we manage coyotes on the other three parcels. We've been blessed.

 

[Bourdeau]

I hunt 70% private 30% public.

My own property is by far the best hunting grounds I have access to. However as much as I love hunting i love my kids more. So my property gets well used for atv/ jeep rides walks and fishing. That doesn't help the hunting but I'd rather have my kids enjoy it than have them sit in the house .

Yeah I let my wife, kids, and our dogs blow up half (30 acres) of my private property that has two different food plots, but I keep one food plot and half of the acerage for the bucks to eat and bed in.
They all have to deal with a ton of coyote pressure so I'm sure my two dogs don't do too much damage. We ride bikes and ATV's on the log rodes and we're only leaving scent on vegetation that hits you.

 

[Bourdeau]

80% private, 20% public. Been trying to incorporate more public to keep the private fresh but this year took a step backwards. I decided that I did not scout enough to wander the woods with my limited time trying to scout and set up ... Once this snow is gone, I am going to start to scout for next year on the public I want to hunt.

Where are you located I think I saw you were southern NY? I here you on the snow I haven't even done my usual winter work I still have over 30 inches on my private and public for that matter. To make matters worse the deer go 10 miles east of me to yard the last week of the season so you really have to scout during the season if you want to see anything fresh. They will be back as soon as the snow melts and I hate to push them in spring.

 

[Bourdeau]

First year saddle hunting, I don't own land, I'm 100% private, have 4 parcels my hunting partner and I rotate ranging in size from 100 acres down to 30. First parcel was offered after helping a rancher with a coyote problem, and word spread from there and now we manage coyotes on the other three parcels. We've been blessed.

Do you use rabbit distress calls or can you bate them to kill them? I need to trim a few out myself. Last year I shot a deer and had only my bow 12 of them followed me after dark from where I gutted it to where I was camping. Only when I lit the campfire did they give up on the venison. Can't even carry a pistol legally during bow season.

 

[Jefferson10940]

Where are you located I think I saw you were southern NY? I here you on the snow I haven't even done my usual winter work I still have over 30 inches on my private and public for that matter. To make matters worse the deer go 10 miles east of me to yard the last week of the season so you really have to scout during the season if you want to see anything fresh. They will be back as soon as the snow melts and I hate to push them in spring.

I’m in Orange County ny. Snow is gone, been scouting a couple times, need to go again this weekend for sure. Green up is maybe 2 weeks away


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[Exhumis]

Do you use rabbit distress calls or can you bate them to kill them? I need to trim a few out myself. Last year I shot a deer and had only my bow 12 of them followed me after dark from where I gutted it to where I was camping. Only when I lit the campfire did they give up on the venison. Can't even carry a pistol legally during bow season.

Man that's a no good situation. Not to advocate breaking the law but it's almost better to ask forgiveness than permission. Oh wait are you in NY? Nevermind. Fortunately I'm in Virginia and the rancher I work with has a kill permit plus it's private property.
So I depends which property I'm hunting. The ranch is challenging because the livestock(goats, sheep, cows and horses) just roam around so I can't bait and I can't trap. I use a combo of snares and calling. I use a turbo Dogg with kids, lambs, piglets and chickens in distress and I hunt at night. I've never had much luck with rabbits. Seeing as how the coyotes are going after the kids and lambs that's what I use and it seems to work. Last year i hit the caller and a coyote blew through the fence so hard where I had a snare he was like a defensive end blitzing the quarterback but got clotheslined by the center, he flew ass over end straight up in the air and when he hit the end of the snare musta broke his neck cause he landed like a sack of potatoes. I was like huh, never seen that before. I'll say this tho, once you start hunting yotes it'll get in your system. It's fun. And hard. Plus, nature has a way of balancing itself and they'll just shag away and bring the population back up. So there's that. My 2 cents

 

[rakbowhunter]

I have family ground that totals around 300 acres. But as someone stated above, I live about 2.5-3 hours from there. Basically hunt when I visit and the best weekends of the rut. Otherwise it's a 6 acre private piece (which actually sits really well) and public. Definitely a different type of hunting than u was used to. Enjoy the challenge though.

 

[bzb_1]

Both...My family has an 88 acre farm that I hunt...I just purchased another 82 acres down the road about 20 minutes and I have a ton of public land around me that I have been hunting for years. I typically stay away from the public land during our gun seasons. I do manage the private land. The new piece has great neighbors that all manage. The family farm most do but we have one neighbor that does not. Most of the deer are on us by Nov. anyway.