I've hunted public land quite a bit in the past. There are both bad and good things about it.true you have less control and sometimes someone will get on top of you,but sometimes it can work to your advantage.Sometimes other hunters may move a big buck right to you when most likely you would never have seen him.On the flip side it is harder to zero in on a paticular buck because someone else may push him out.The one thing I hate about the public hunting in my area is that the overall deer numbers are so low and you just don't see the deer we used to see.With that being said you never know when that big boy is going to show up.