i do about 50/50 public land and private land i gain permission to hunt. the only land we own is the back yard...hard for a deer to get in a 6ft fence

while at college i mainly hunt public land. i tried finding private land up there but it seemed impossible. i put 150miles on the truck (80 there and back and 70 driving around up there) and couldnt find anything. lotttts of land...but its alllll crops so large i cant track down a land owner...some didnt have any woods...some woods were so large i couldnt find a land owner...even without posted signs i still wont hunt private land w/o permission. other places are hunted so hard it was visible from the road.

looks like i will stick with my public land hunting while at college...i got 2 state parks and a couple state gamelands within a 25min drive..2 game lands are 11 and 9k acres..the state parks are LARGE...i only hunted one of the gamelands last year...didnt think of my other options

here at home i got permission to hunt a small private apple orchard and a bunch of other land/farmland. im good friends with a farmer and he gets me connections...