Private vs Public

[shorthair-on-point]

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[CP]

All of my waterfowl hunting is scratched out on public lands or private lands that are open to the public.  I’d love to hunt some private land but I don’t own any and I’m not willing to pay for the privilege so public it is.

[chester]

    Its not worth paying for. Knocking on doors works.

[WSU]

I have one private spot that I hunt most of the time.  Prior to that it was almost all public.

[vandeman17]

We hunt all public land. While it would be nice to have a private spot, I just don't have the $ right now.

[ORCA_SIX]

Public for Duck. Private for Geese.

[GregFowler23]

I hunt at a 50 50 ration when it comes to private and public. In the area i hunt there are some great public spots that produce some great birds. But i do belong to a hunting club which is at a reasonable price for the quality of hunting that we get out of it. And from time to time i do go door to door just asking around because its always nice to hunt new areas.

[pianoman9701]

Public during the regular goose season. Awesome private during the late Master Hunter season in private farmland, Area 2A.

[ducksdogsdownriggers]

Duck:  90-10 public.  Enjoy the whole process of scouting, setting dekes, etc. too much to just show up and get a limit.
Goose:  10-90 private.  Geese are too fickle, if you're not in or on the "X", too bad, and even then, they may decide to change "X's" (sounds like my ex-wife, lol).

[Dustin07]

I have a great setup on some local private land (mom and dad's) but hunt mostly public.

[sakoshooter]

Public

[carpsniperg2]

I am about 50/50 with both ducks and geese. I do a lot of pond jumping on ponds we own or I have have leased. But we have also spent time hunting them on the Big C. Geese are the same way, most of our field hunting is private ground. But when we hunt the river its public ground.

[Whitenuckles]

A little of both!

[USCGhunter]

Last year I hunted all public land in SoCal. next season i want to try to hunt some private land in Washingotn, if that means knocking on doors.

[boots]

Good shoots can be had on public or private. Best part about private is the lack of crowding (typically)