Deer hunting is deer hunting. Find their food, likely bedding cover, travel routes, staging areas, transition zones, buck sign(rubs, scrapes, sheds), water, etc. Now the approach you take on 100 acres compared to 1000 acres will certainly be different and it will be different on public or private land as wellbut really why do we make it out to be so difficult. I am convinced that most of the guys on here that are "regulars" are fairly knowledgable and successful hunters and have a certain level of committment to our pursuit, otherwise they wouldn't be logged in sharing and gaining knowledge. At some point you develop strategies and techniques that work, you develop an understanding of your prey and although you may have to "tweak" those to fit new or different areas you still have a pretty good idea of what's going on. Iam almost certain that buckeyebuckhntr could hunt my land and be as successful or moreas I am and at the same time I am also certain GMMAT could as well. Yes they have been hunting different areas for different amounts of time and have different levels of experience but as far as understanding a whitetail and being able to successfully hunt them they both (as well as many others on these forums) appear to have their "ducks in a row" in that department.

Hunter A tags out and is done for the season = successful.
Hunter B unlimited tags hunts entire season taking deer = successful.

They both are successful, one may track more and sit in the stand more but IMOthe other guy could too if he had some more tags. As far as experience, like I said earlier I'm not sure how many years of experience it takes to be a proficient hunter, I believethat depends on the person and once you have reached the level of experience where you understand your prey and the fundamentals of hunting them everything beyond that is like a bonus, or information that applies to specific circumstances or situations.jmo