Originally Posted by
UPHunter08
Really!? Where in WI are you? That's nothing like the situation here (near Green Bay). I hunt some private land, but to keep the pressure off I do hunt public land probably 3/4 of the time...and it's fairly rare to find land around here that isn't pounded pretty hard during the rut (early season it isn't pressured as much).
Central WI, if you do your homework and scout in the winter and spring it pays off. Get yourself a hand held GPS, plot book and start walking. A lot of nice bucks were shot this weekend off of public. IMO.....80 percent of public hunters are lazy and want to walk in 100 yards and think its good enough. If your not from the area and only have five days to hunt, two of those days should be scouting and three hunting. I have over 14,000 acres of land yet to scout this winter and spring, and Im going to love every minute. The best thing about public is it gets hunted hard on the weekends and hardly touched on the weekdays. Next to my house there is 1000 acres of beautiful state land and I only see 4-6 vehicles around a 200 acre chunk. Gotta love Gods country!!!