btpatriot02.........I have turkey hunted for 4 years now and from my experience, most turkey hunting is done on private land but there is some good hunting on public land but it' s kind of tough to find and you' ll never really know if your going to compete with someone else on the same turkeys. I like to ridge run, so I wouldn' t like hunting public land much. I have permission on about 80 acres and from season start to the end, I pretty much run all of it if the toms aren' t cooperating with me. I just like to know that when I come over a ridge, I don' t have to worry about someone sitting there(much more safe too). From what I have found, is that most farmers will let you turkey hunt if someone isn' t hunting a certain season there already. It just seems that most guys will let you turkey, coyote and maybe squirrel hunt without much problem. It' s just when you start talking about possibly deer huning they give you goofy look. Kind of like, I hope he doesn' t ask me to deer hunt. If your to ask for permission, bring a little venison summer sausage with you. I think that' s how I was allowed to hunt on this gentleman' s property. He used to hunt, but hasn' t in a while but just loves venison.