olsaltydog

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.

SuperKirby

Do you try and hunt every week say October threw January? Deer, small game, varmints, etc?
Just deer, and the last few years just the two weeks of muzzlelaoder season. I will occasionally go try to call in a coyote, but not with any regularity.

2- Do you take multiple weeks of vacation for hunting if you work?
No. In the past I've tried to take off a couple extra days around my regular days off. This year I just didn't work on my days off.

3- How much time do you spend scouting and putting up tree stands, putting out cameras etc prior to hunting season?
Not as much as I would like. I've tried a couple food plots but have yet to get one to grow successfully. I try to put up a camera or two do some scouting, but I'm sure I could do more.

4- Do you hunt public or private land mostly?
I hunt our farm. I don't know what there is for private land here. Before moving to MN I hunted almost exclusively public land in WY.