Why do you hunt public land?
07-07-2008 | 08:16 AM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
Access to private land here is expensive, more expensive than I'm able to pay. I like deer hunting but, to be brutally honest, I've never liked it enough that I'd want to pay the equivalent of a couple of house payments to do it.
07-07-2008 | 08:23 AM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
i spent a year in hot springs nc by asheville there was two forest there for public hunting
i will more then likly unless i find an act of god be hunting public land
this year
I live in sullivan indiana
Where public land is in great supply
There is minnihauha which is 1 mile from my house 8000 acre hunting fishing only no camping.
greene sullivanstate forest12000 acres or so 150 or so strip pits and alot of hunting with a few camp ground
Then there area few smaller places
I would prefer privit land as you can do what you want when you want
i will more then likly unless i find an act of god be hunting public land
this year
I live in sullivan indiana
Where public land is in great supply
There is minnihauha which is 1 mile from my house 8000 acre hunting fishing only no camping.
greene sullivanstate forest12000 acres or so 150 or so strip pits and alot of hunting with a few camp ground
Then there area few smaller places
I would prefer privit land as you can do what you want when you want
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Preface----I live in Rural NC....where public hunting land is not the "norm". The closest I know of from here (and only because I asked on here, one day) is over an hour from here. I literally know NOTHING about public land hunting in NC.
Also...here....it's fairly easy to find a woodlot or a farm to hunt. With above average deer densities (in our state)....finding privat ehunting lands is usually a few (if not one) stop-and-knock scenarios away.
So....you guys who hunt most public land.....do you do so:
1. Out of necessity. I can't gain access to private land to hunt. I've tried.
2. I would rather hunt public land....as it's the road less traveled. I could hunt private lands....but it's too competitive and crowded.
3. Other reason(s).
I hear a lot of people talking about hunting public land....and I wanted to ask "why"?
Preface----I live in Rural NC....where public hunting land is not the "norm". The closest I know of from here (and only because I asked on here, one day) is over an hour from here. I literally know NOTHING about public land hunting in NC.
Also...here....it's fairly easy to find a woodlot or a farm to hunt. With above average deer densities (in our state)....finding privat ehunting lands is usually a few (if not one) stop-and-knock scenarios away.
So....you guys who hunt most public land.....do you do so:
1. Out of necessity. I can't gain access to private land to hunt. I've tried.
2. I would rather hunt public land....as it's the road less traveled. I could hunt private lands....but it's too competitive and crowded.
3. Other reason(s).
I hear a lot of people talking about hunting public land....and I wanted to ask "why"?
07-07-2008 | 10:37 AM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
The only reason I hunt Public is because it is impossible to get any private land within a few hours of Chicago. Its not fun hunting public land around Chicago. Too many people trying to get on too little land. I have private land to hunt, but it is 6 hours away. Guess I'll just put up with the crowds until I can find (I should say afford! 
) something private.
) something private.
07-07-2008 | 05:13 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
I hunt public land for advantage.
The more properties I have.. the greater my advantage as a bowhunter.
Every property whether private or public give me endless possibilities on where I can hunt that day.. or even that next day. As a bowhunter I can never have to much land.
If we all believe a whitetail buck lives in a home range thats about 1,000 to 2,000 acres generally (it says generally people).. than why not have as much of that acreage as possible.
Give me the options. I only see it as an advantage to hunt public. I've yet to come across a piece of public that I didn't believe would hold a good buck during a particular time of the season.
The more properties I have.. the greater my advantage as a bowhunter.
Every property whether private or public give me endless possibilities on where I can hunt that day.. or even that next day. As a bowhunter I can never have to much land.
If we all believe a whitetail buck lives in a home range thats about 1,000 to 2,000 acres generally (it says generally people).. than why not have as much of that acreage as possible.
Give me the options. I only see it as an advantage to hunt public. I've yet to come across a piece of public that I didn't believe would hold a good buck during a particular time of the season.
07-07-2008 | 05:16 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
If we all believe a whitetail buck lives in a core area thats about 1,000 to 2,000 acres generally.. than why not have as much of that acreage as possible.
07-07-2008 | 05:24 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
Not around here, Duke.....or at least I don't think so. That's a HUGE area. If this is true........I'm flabbergasted.
1,000 acres is only like less than 1.5 square miles.. thats not very large.
If you believe a whitetail buck lives only on 300 acres of land you are greatly fooling yourself.
I can walk a slow pace at about 1 mile in 45 minutes. If anyone believes a whitetail does not travel that distance (especially at night)... well then your understanding of a whitetail is very under-rating of the animal and borders naivete.
I mean no dis-respect when I say that either to anyone as I re-read my post and realized it may have come of harshly.
07-07-2008 | 05:28 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
i think your both right and wrong i have seen where they say deer can and do live on small areas 300 or even less
but in some areas they live on large 1000 plus acres
but in some areas they live on large 1000 plus acres
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Well then prepare to be flabbergasted.. Jeff.
1,000 acres is only like less than 1.5 square miles.. thats not very large.
If you believe a whitetail lives only on 300 acres of land you are greatly fooling yourself.
I can walk a slow pace at about 1 mile in 45 minutes. If you believe a whitetail does not travel that distance (especially at night)... well then your understanding of a whitetail is very under-rating of the animal and borders naivete.
Not around here, Duke.....or at least I don't think so. That's a HUGE area. If this is true........I'm flabbergasted.
1,000 acres is only like less than 1.5 square miles.. thats not very large.
If you believe a whitetail lives only on 300 acres of land you are greatly fooling yourself.
I can walk a slow pace at about 1 mile in 45 minutes. If you believe a whitetail does not travel that distance (especially at night)... well then your understanding of a whitetail is very under-rating of the animal and borders naivete.
07-07-2008 | 05:28 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
I do the vast majority of my public ground hunting during the week when the hunter pressure is acceptable. Most of the public ground i hunt hasn't been discovered by the hordes of non-residents, either. Between what private ground i have access to and the public i hunt, i don't have to worry too much about burning any one place out.
07-07-2008 | 05:30 PM
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RE: Why do you hunt public land?
When you put it tha way.....I am mistaken. I know the deer I hunt travel close to a mile in one direction.....to eat, during the early fall (to soy bean fields). Yeah.....that isn't that much land.
Seems they have every reason to leave the area I can hunt them in......but not many reasons for others to come into it.
I do have does, though.....so I guess it could be worse.
Flabbergasted? Nope. Just plain mistaken.
Seems they have every reason to leave the area I can hunt them in......but not many reasons for others to come into it.
I do have does, though.....so I guess it could be worse.
Flabbergasted? Nope. Just plain mistaken.