Public vs Private

[Selkirk]

Good topic...but a tough one to solve.  Antler worship is definitely not helping our  sport.  Hunters now shoot a small buck and feel compelled to explain that it was a last day buck or some other b.s.  You kill a big buck and "you're the man."  Just do what is right in your own mind and you'll have a satisfying hunting experience...and life.

[nwwanderer]

Several gold stars for Selkirk, often bucks that would not score are my favorites.  Tall narrow, asymmetry, a buck I have watched mature, or wide and tall.  The 'book' is barely a guide.

[nwwanderer]

Oh, by the way, private land feeds almost all of them regardless of where you take them.  The whole system kind of falls apart without what is supplied on private land.

[deerslyr]

I love to hunt public land that borders private. Its frustrating at first but you get use to it. I always see more animals and better animals hunting this way. The fact of the matters is none of these animals would be here, or any where in the area, if it wasnt for the cultivated private land. They offer better habitat and more food that can sustain larger populations of game that sooner or later spill on to public land. And then I kill them