RE: Why do you hunt public land?
I was out doing some scouting on private land this morning near where I shot a nice 8 point 2 years ago. Last year I saw NO deer from that tree in 3 sits. Today I got digging around near it and found a ladder stand with a camera tripod strapped to it. No wonder I didn't see anything last year. The guy was cutting me off. LOL He was hanging out in the open exposed as all heck in my opinion. He put his stand 5 feet from the major trail. LOL I got to believe he's a gun hunter. I climbed up in his stand and looked around, definitely nota bow hunter.[8D] I moved about 400 yards away and found some good sign and some great climber trees and some spots for hang on. As far as I knew, I'm the only one hunting in there. I think he's the guy that owns the land next door. He just thought the grass was greener across the line I guess. I'm not worrying about him. It's a chunk of woods a mile long from one property line to the other end. Maybe he'll push some deer my way. LOL