Well I normally hunt public land because where I live in northeast PA the private land is all being developed for shopping malls and what not. But we have one of the largest game lands in PA 5 mins from my house. Its 37,800acres and some nice size deer come from it.. Just a pain getting in there so most guys dont hunt it. And Im a bit more adventurous. And one of the most successful areas I hunt is gameland 127 off interstate 380..Its a hike to get to where I hunt, 55 minute hike walking moderatly paced as to not spook game. So Ive hunted private land once and seems like the big deer are 5 pointers or smaller. because population seems to be controlled a bit more.