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Big Game Hunting => Deer Hunting => Topic started by: doyourtime89 on March 14, 2012, 03:49:49 PM

Title: Do you deer hunt on private or public land???
Post by: doyourtime89 on March 14, 2012, 03:49:49 PM: I was wondering what you all hunt when it comes to deer hunting. Just wondering the amount of people that deer hunt on private land or public land.
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Post by: vandeman17 on March 14, 2012, 03:50:45 PM: I have never actually hunted anything on private land before...
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Post by: boneaddict on March 14, 2012, 03:51:21 PM: 99.9% public
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Post by: bobcat on March 14, 2012, 03:51:45 PM: Does private land open to the general public count the same as if it were public? (in your poll)
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 14, 2012, 03:52:53 PM: You need to add a both option for your poll :tup: I hunt both private and public :tup:
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Post by: doyourtime89 on March 14, 2012, 03:53:09 PM: Quote from: bobcat on March 14, 2012, 03:51:45 PM
Does private land open to the general public count the same as if it were public? (in your poll)

Yeah I would say so....if everyone has access to it I would say that is public land.
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Post by: doyourtime89 on March 14, 2012, 03:53:41 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on March 14, 2012, 03:52:53 PM
You need to add a both option for your poll :tup: I hunt both private and public :tup:

:yeah:

yeah I was just thinking that....because that is kind of where I fall too
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Post by: buckfvr on March 14, 2012, 03:54:09 PM: Quote from: carpsniperg2 on March 14, 2012, 03:52:53 PM
You need to add a both option for your poll :tup: I hunt both private and public :tup:

:yeah:
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Post by: Caseyd on March 14, 2012, 03:54:14 PM: All deer harvested have been on private.

I have hunted public but never have harvested.
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Post by: huntnnw on March 14, 2012, 11:57:59 PM: mine would vary for species...Muleys 100% public and whiteys 50/50
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Post by: Miles on March 15, 2012, 12:14:46 AM: Public.
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Post by: bear hunter on March 15, 2012, 03:16:47 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on March 14, 2012, 03:51:21 PM
99.9% public
99.1% public
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Post by: dfresh96 on March 15, 2012, 05:24:36 AM: majority public but I harvested my first deer & my first buck on private land.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on March 15, 2012, 05:41:42 AM: Mostly public.
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Post by: GoldTip on March 15, 2012, 06:23:23 AM: Predominantly public, but do have some private land access.
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Post by: Dhoey07 on March 15, 2012, 06:49:35 AM: 100% public
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Post by: rasbo on March 15, 2012, 06:50:40 AM: private
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Post by: lokidog on March 15, 2012, 07:52:37 AM: I've "hunted" on public in WA, though I have mostly harvested on private.
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Post by: brocka on March 15, 2012, 07:58:21 AM: All Public
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Post by: Raul Duke on March 15, 2012, 08:08:31 AM: Quote from: boneaddict on March 14, 2012, 03:51:21 PM
99.9% public
:yeah:
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Post by: coachcw on March 15, 2012, 08:13:22 AM: privately public .
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Post by: bobcat on March 15, 2012, 08:17:06 AM: Quote from: coachcw on March 15, 2012, 08:13:22 AM
privately public .

Is that the same as publicly private? :dunno:
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Post by: saylean on March 15, 2012, 08:25:54 AM: both private and public....mainly public however.
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Post by: Cuda on March 15, 2012, 08:53:23 AM: I have basically given up on private land hunting. I am sick of all the BS involved with private lands. I have basically vowed to hunt public lands that are as remote as possible.
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Post by: Fish4Fun on March 15, 2012, 09:01:09 AM: Quote from: Cuda on March 15, 2012, 08:53:23 AM
I have basically given up on private land hunting. I am sick of all the BS involved with private lands. I have basically vowed to hunt public lands that are as remote as possible.

Same here, we have given up on the private stuff too, after a few hours the deer are pushed off the private stuff and are out on the public ground. Hunt smarter and not harder, let the deer come to you on public lands.
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Post by: Wazukie on March 15, 2012, 09:21:40 AM: I hunt on private land that is open to the public.
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Post by: Bigtine96 on March 15, 2012, 10:07:32 AM: Public, If you walk in far enough you dont see any hunters and you see some big bucks and bulls. :tup:

It just makes it even better when you down one of them 7 or 8 miles in :chuckle: Gotta earn it tho and not just back your truck up to it :twocents:
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Post by: elkontherun on March 15, 2012, 10:40:24 AM: 100 percent private in Idaho and 100 percent public in Washington
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Post by: Squatch200 on March 15, 2012, 08:17:09 PM: Mainly private but my two biggest bucks came off public land.
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Post by: coachcw on March 16, 2012, 07:57:09 PM: Quote from: bobcat on March 15, 2012, 08:17:06 AM
Quote from: coachcw on March 15, 2012, 08:13:22 AM
privately public .

Is that the same as publicly private? :dunno:

only if you get caught !
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Post by: JCKILLSHOT on March 16, 2012, 08:06:57 PM: Public
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Post by: Sitka_Blacktail on March 16, 2012, 08:54:22 PM: Grew up hunting on private family land in the black hills. My great uncles had over a thousand acres up the Mox Chehalis Road. It was open to the public in those days, but the uncles finally got tired of people leaving gates open and dumping garbage and changed it to hunting by permission only. When I got older, I hunted private timberland for deer, mostly Weyerhauser and Rayonier, but we always hunted elk on Forest Service land near Quinault.

When I moved to Alaska I strictly hunted public land. One of the nice things about Alaska is, there is plenty of public land.

Now I'm back to hunting a mix of private and public timberland. Any more, I actually prefer public. A lot of the private land is being locked up or going to lease only hunting here.
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Post by: whitetailslyr on March 16, 2012, 09:16:37 PM: private, most of the time
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Post by: HORSEPOWER on March 16, 2012, 09:29:54 PM: Deer- Private 95% of the time.
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Post by: Turner89 on March 16, 2012, 11:25:42 PM: Public!
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Post by: PolarBear on March 16, 2012, 11:28:13 PM: 100% public, wouldn't have it any other way.
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Post by: teanawayslayer on March 17, 2012, 06:44:31 AM: I voted a little of both. I generally hunt the regulars seasons on public land and the late season on private ground. I usually get let everyone in my hunting party get there deer first and then go for mine. So I usually end up getting my deer in the late seasons on private ground.
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Post by: steen on March 17, 2012, 08:25:02 AM: Mostly public but some of my blacktail hunting near home is private. Muledeer hunting is all public.
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Post by: Rainstorm Hunter on March 17, 2012, 08:47:45 AM: I hunt blacktails on the westside. I mainly hunt near my house which consists mainly of weyerhauser and DNR timberland.
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Post by: alecvg on March 17, 2012, 01:42:07 PM: I would say 95% of all my hunting is on public, I do hunt ducks on all private, and I have hunted deer on private during late archery season here on the westside, but have never had the oppurtunity to kill anything.
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Post by: HighCountryHunter88 on March 17, 2012, 01:57:59 PM: hunted public my whole life, except i got permission this year and shot my buck on private :)
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Post by: big bucks on March 17, 2012, 03:26:18 PM: public,but not in this lame state.
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Post by: Worldhunter on March 18, 2012, 09:25:43 AM: Usually public land; however, if a land owner offers I do not discriminate :chuckle:
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Post by: DBHAWTHORNE on March 18, 2012, 07:51:22 PM: Public Land primarily. It's much easier to "spread out" and cover a lot of ground which is one the keys to finding exceptionally big animals.