RE: Public land strategy after opening day
depends on the size of public land you are talking about and how much it was hit by hunters.....i have seen it take two weeks of hunters hitting an area before the bucks go way deep and into the thick stuff and/or stay nocturnal.
my suggestion will always be that unless there is an absoulute honey hole close to roads that bucks will visit even though there is hunting pressure (yes they do exist)...then i suggest getting deep and further back away from the nearest access point you can. granite use common sense and some aerial photos to find an area that may in fact hold deer and not just start walking away from roads. You will still need to be in an area that deer would want to be....thick cover, water, food! etc..
good luck