Im not taking a shot at you just expressing the the Uwharrie is probably second in the state for public lands to hunt. Other areas like the Croatan or Holly Shelter are over populated with hunters leading to smaller less mature deer. If I narrowed my point down to anything think the difference between Public Land and Private can each be categorized into what makes one area better then others. Pressure, size, vegetation, predation, etc. You can have crappy private land with these same issues just as you can have great public lands by managing these categories. Any hunter then has the reasonable ability to mitigate or manage whether the land he is hunting on is better or worse to an extent. You lose more control on public land but there are places on public land that have great opportunities.