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Topo is where its at. I am looking forward to the chase this year. In just a few years of hunting public land. I am becoming such a better hunter. I am able to ready sign better than i ever have. I have tripled my knowledge of plants and being able to identify them n the wild. I know i preaching to the choir here about public land but i freaking hooked. Nothing better than getting out and scouting coming across a place that you say to yourself " this seems like a good place for deer" Then setting a trail camera up and actually getting good deer movement captured. Even better when you walk up on 3 does eating in the exact spot you marked as a stand location. I know what everyone is thinking. " Yeah just wait until dove season and the flood of people that will blow all of those deer out of there" To that i say yeah October maybe slow. I still plan on sitting in the stand even if all i see is squirrels and mosquitoes. I will use that stand time to adapt my strategy and move in on bedding and food. I will find does and then i will be in the prime spots for bucks come the rut. I firmly believe hunting public land is all about outlasting and outsmarting humans more than deer. Cant wait to see how everyone does and recap some great hunting stories. 35 sleeps!!
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I definitely agree with you. I've only ever hunted public land and it is a struggle for sure. I have had to deal with the crowd before and you are right, you gotta out smart people more than the deer. On private land you may not have that problem but I also feel like it's not as satisfying (wouldn't really know I guess) due to having a big food plot or feeders. Not down talking any of that. If you got the tools than use them. Good luck this fall man. Hope it works out in your favor
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Just checked camera last night at pat mayse, Several doe, 3 bucks, 1 is a real big body but couldn't tell much from his rack other than he is tall. A pretty nice clear 8 point and another small 8 that looks to be just under 13 inches. one BIG pig and a fat coyote! wish I had more time in the woods. between work and family it is limited. Publiclandfreaks have you been able to come across those bucks in your cam pics yet?
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Originally posted by 11B View PostSeen 2 does and a fawn so far this year. I’ve done about 7 sits in the tree. Shot the second doe I saw. Haven’t seen any bucks in a tree stand yet. Did shoot a pig but wasn’t able to recover him. I’ve seen a good handful of hogs heading out of the woods. Heading out in the AM
How did you do?
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Originally posted by 11B View PostI’m hunting WMA. Never looked into hunting the corps land actually. I went out and didn’t see a **** thing unfortunately. So looks like I’ll have to wait until the 9th before I can hunt again due to work and the WNA being closed this weekend. How is the corps land?
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