Originally Posted by
LKNCHOPPERS
No it is not everyones property. You have access and most public land has more rules than private land. here in NC we have areas called Gamelands and each Gameland can have different rules. One near me only permits hunting on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Public land is owned by the State, a company or the Federal Government.
Well of course laws, regulations, rules, etc. will apply on public land. I was not implying that hunters are free to do anything they want on public land. But everyone is free to use public land within those rules.
And in my experience at most public lands, the rule is that any stand, blind, etc. left on public land is available for everyone to use. This is because the land is public (read: available to everyone). Allowing someone to reserve public land simply by placing a stand on it would result in the land no longer being public.