i hunt public land and it's great during bow season. come gun it gets crowded. opening day is awesome, there's tons of hunters out and the deer are running wild right at sunrise. i prefer to be on the ground so i can move. hunt funnels or edge that lead to thickets or low land. they seem to head for those first in my experience. remember to wear orange! there are a lot of nuts out there that are trigger happy man. after the first weekend here the deerwere verystressed and went nocturnal. now i hunt thickets, swamps, ravines and such features that arn't hunted and are good cover. problem is i'll have to process the deer right there since dragging it back to the car would be insane. good luck and hope i helped you out.