Nothing at all wrong with hunting public land. In most cases you'll have a good majority of a property to yourself in archery season. I'v hunted public land the last 5 years....exclusively. I've seen some whoppers and arrowed one of them. I've taken plenty of doe and I've seen very few other hunters....2 to be exact. 2 guys in five years! The trick is to be where the deer are and the other hunters aren't....translates into -- THE THICKEST STUFF YOU CAN FIND.

Frankly, I think you have a piss poor attitude and don't deserve to be in the woods when you'd rather not hunt than try something different.[:@]