Quick Question to settle a debate with a buddy!?!?!

[Spuddieselwwu]

I have a little debate with my buddy silkwwu...

How many of you hunt on private access land (whether paid or with permission) and how many of you guys hunt on public land?

[StanwoodSpartan]

Both. 

[kbyers]

Public

[IronMike]

Both

[12 gauge watergun]

I mostly hunt private land but if the birds go to public so do I.
 

[Little Dave]

For waterfowl, private.

[addicted]

both

[goody31]

Both depending on where the Birds are.

[SilkWWU]

Wait wait wait....Mark.  The debate was NOT whether people hunt public or private, it was concerning whether or not there is a difference between private land that you own or have gotten verbal permission to hunt, and land that you purchase the rights to hunt on through a lease.  I say yes there is a difference.

[GoldTip]

For waterfowl or upland, I hunt both.

[General Disarray]

99.9% public, may take a guided trip once a year or so with some friends or hunt with a buddy on a lease of theirs.

Big difference between land you lease and land you have permission to hunt.  Land that you lease gives you the control to do different things with it, water flow, harvesting methods.  You're at the mercy of the land owner for land you have permission on, besides him possibly letting anyone who asks on.

[CP]

I wish that I had some private land to hunt.

[TEX-X]

yeah that would be sweet.... but i'm a public hunter.... hey it makes the dog work harder and be a little bit more cautious to find those highly pressured birds....either that or all the birds get pushed onto private land because people are hunting these dogs that need more training... everytime i see a dog bump a bird and he doesn't get put on the checkcord i kinda cringe...but to each his own 

[WDFW-SUX]

I hunt public and private east and westside.

[teal101]

Probably close to 50/50 public private.

All public early season for upland and ducks then as it gets colder we move to private land for field hunting and upland.

[Broken Arrow]

mostly private for birds...wish i hunted mostly private for big game, however if you get in far enough...it feels kind of private 

[carpsniperg2]

both for me but, like General Disarray said on private ground you get verbal permision to go onto the land to hunt, gives you know right to change anything but there is one part that  SilkWWU  you must know the wording you said was "and land that you purchase the rights to hunt on through a lease" is not always the case some hunting leases only give a guide or a outfitter the right to guide or sell hunts there but not touch a thing were some you have to follow a genral guideline of what the land owner wants you to do but i vote SilkWWU won because there is a big diffrence between them

[SilkWWU]

The argument boils down to this.  He was starting a tally of ducks he killed versus me.  Now he had a much better opening weekend then I did on public land, so yes he shot more ducks then me this weekend.  But for the remainder of the year he is going to be hunting on private land that he purchased hunting rights to while I continue to hunt on public land 95% of the time.  I said you can't really compare the two since your land will be recieving a fraction of the pressure the land I hunt will, and is probably in a more "ideal" situation, like not having to deal with pheasant hunters. 

[robb92]

50/50

[Spuddieselwwu]

Wait wait wait....Mark.  The debate was NOT whether people hunt public or private, it was concerning whether or not there is a difference between private land that you own or have gotten verbal permission to hunt, and land that you purchase the rights to hunt on through a lease.  I say yes there is a difference.

Travis- this is thet debae.  You said only 5% of duck hunters hunt on private land.  I argued that there was more. And by the feedback, that is true. It looks to be about 60-70% (As I said it would be)

And based on those results, I argue that birds shot on private land SHOULD indeed count towards our friendly competition.

[SilkWWU]

Wait wait wait....Mark.  The debate was NOT whether people hunt public or private, it was concerning whether or not there is a difference between private land that you own or have gotten verbal permission to hunt, and land that you purchase the rights to hunt on through a lease.  I say yes there is a difference.

Travis- this is thet debae.  You said only 5% of duck hunters hunt on private land.  I argued that there was more. And by the feedback, that is true. It looks to be about 60-70% (As I said it would be)

And based on those results, I argue that birds shot on private land SHOULD indeed count towards our friendly competition.

No, I said only 5% of duck hunters pay to hunt on a regular basis.

[carpsniperg2]

o.k. guys to your corners 

[Diesel]

public...wished i hunted on private though.

[Diesel]

Your both retarted, neither one of you can shoot good enough to compete in this competiton...even if you did see enough birds!!! so who cares where they are at!!!     

[Snowgoose1]

80% Private - 20% Public(and only on weekdays)

[h2ofowlr]

Both, but the private area I have usually is a better hunt whether it is slow or good as you don't have other hunters 100 yards from you.

[mulehunter]

99.9 Percent PUBLIC!

Mulehunter 

[h2ofowlr]

Wait wait wait....Mark.  The debate was NOT whether people hunt public or private, it was concerning whether or not there is a difference between private land that you own or have gotten verbal permission to hunt, and land that you purchase the rights to hunt on through a lease.  I say yes there is a difference.

The main difference between these two is money it sounds like.  If you own the land you can make all the necessary modifications to make it an excellent duck spot if it is the flyway.  A good duck lease can offer you a great hunting spot, but may also include multiple people.  I know I used to have several verbal permission spots that were great that I know have to pay for or I would have lost them to other hunters.  Still gunning the same spots.

[Trashmonkey]

I hunt 75% private and hunt *censored*apoo 25%....Rarely hunt ridgefield unless I'm totally hard up.