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Author Topic: Do you hunt private or public land?  (Read 5254 times)

Offline tradtusker

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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #40 on: October 24, 2009, 10:54:00 AM »
i aint fussy ill hunt both    :D

as for bait.. that's your call
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #41 on: October 24, 2009, 01:13:00 PM »
I hunt mainly public lots of blm and forest service land here. But the elk unit I hunt is 80% private and can be tough. Did hunt bear over bait this year for the frist time. Deer and elk don't bait but will hunt food sources.
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Offline robtattoo

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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #42 on: October 24, 2009, 01:34:00 PM »
50/50 I joined a hunt club this year & the option of hunting private land is great (well, it would be if I could find any deer!)
Lots of good, relatively un-pressured public land around too, so I have a bit of both to play with.

Now all I need to do, is figure out where the deer are!

I'd bait if I could, but I can't, so I dont.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #43 on: October 24, 2009, 01:43:00 PM »
Luckily my family has enough land with deer on it that I hunt 90% of the time on private land. I do venture out some and hunt public the other 10%.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #44 on: October 24, 2009, 01:47:00 PM »
No baits all of are bucks are picked off trails.Never will see baits in our woods,Not even for our kids.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #45 on: October 24, 2009, 01:50:00 PM »
This is one of my favorite pictures .I call this one till we meet again.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #46 on: October 24, 2009, 01:54:00 PM »
Both, hunted over bait alot back in WI (when it was legal)during late season to fill doe tags.  I hunt bears over bait so will hunt any other critter over bait if legal.  That being said if I'm not filling doe tags I wont sit bait.  lol I've never seen a 150+ hit bait during day light.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #47 on: October 24, 2009, 02:30:00 PM »
Good luck on that one...geesshh
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #48 on: October 24, 2009, 05:56:00 PM »
Hes allready dead look at my avatar.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #49 on: October 24, 2009, 08:50:00 PM »
100% private. Gave up hunting public in Florida many years ago. Actually gave up hunting completely becuase of all the idgets on  public land. Even after walking 5 miles back in I was still being stepped on.
Now I own 20 acres surounded by hundreds of acres. I do bait.More to compete with the surounding lands owners but  rarely hunt over the bait except for hogs.Try and find the trails in and out although, admitadley I set the feeders on trails that were there already..
My plan is to keep slinging arrows after the guns start firing here in a couple of weeks. Hopefully the deer will find my little 20 acres as a refuge.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #50 on: October 26, 2009, 08:25:00 AM »
99% public 1% private. Only bait I carry is some sandwiches that brings my son back to the truck.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #51 on: October 26, 2009, 08:37:00 AM »
Wyoming is at least half public land as are many western states, so that's usually where I hunt. I do have a cache or two of private land I utilize though.  Baiting for deer, never thought of doing that, thought it is illegal. I know a few that bait for bear.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #52 on: October 26, 2009, 08:40:00 AM »
I used to hunt only private. lost that due to a death in the family that owned the land. Now I hunt mostly public.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #53 on: October 26, 2009, 07:50:00 PM »
Mostly Private.
Using bait is not hunting in my opinion.
That includes biolage etc.........
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #54 on: October 26, 2009, 09:13:00 PM »
Private most of the time but do a hunt on public with family and friends once a year for a few days.
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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #55 on: October 26, 2009, 09:57:00 PM »
Both, but mostly public now. I have no complaints though.

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Re: Do you hunt private or public land?
« Reply #56 on: October 26, 2009, 10:06:00 PM »
I hunt on both, private with the guys from work.    If I'm on my own, it's public land.  Baiting deer is illegal in Minnesota.
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