Public vs. Private

[Joneshunter]

98% private

[joey46]

Florida 75 private/25 public. Public only if drawing a quota.  No quota then head out of state to somewhere in early May then 100% public.

[lalongbeard75]

100% public usually in 3-4 states per year.

[Happy]

50-50. Though a lot of the private I hunt is leased ground that is hunted as hard as public.

Good-looking and Platinum level member of the Elitist club

[Manager8]

100% private

[merriamsman]

100% public.

[appalachianassassin]

At home, 75% private. Out of state, 100% public.

[GobbleNut]

Most years, I hunt almost all public OTC hunts, although I also annually put in for limited-tag hunts on restricted properties.  Occasionally, I will get an invitation to hunt private land and I am not against paying a reasonable access fee to hunt private in situations where public land hunting is not feasible.  Overall, if I was to guess a percentage of those public-land OTC hunts over the years, I would say about 90% fit that slot, with 10% falling into one of the other categories.

[Tail Feathers]

About half and half this year. 

[eggshell]

90% private.  Most all my public hunting is Out of state, but even that is 50/50 .

[cracker4112]

100% private the last several years.  Used to enjoy a couple of specific public hunts, but haven't had the time to fool with them lately.

[richard black]

100% private

[deathfoot]

In my home state: 100% private.

My trips this year will be 75% public/25% private

[cannonball]

100% private.

[GregGwaltney]

100% Public for the last 25 years