Lets see, 90% of the time. I hunt on public land. This year, infact yesterday I bagged a beatiful 8pt. which I will be posting in a few days when I get the pictures back. Maybe you all will think its a good buck, maybe not. This buck I got came to me by chance. I'm sure I could find out where the deer on public land go with some scouting and research. However, part of me just doesn't have time and the other part is just to lazy to scout in the summer. I'm sorry your from California, that would make me grumpy too. But if you can't get a big buck inyour current hunting stylesthen do somthing about it.