I grew up hunting public, some of the most heavily hunted stuff in the state of WI. Then my grandfather purchased 168 acres in one of the better counties you can hunt...for numbers and better bucks. There are pro's and con's to both, but if you learn to kill on public, good private land is cake. Good private is private where your neighbors don't sit on fence lines or shoot mom and her two fawns during gun season. Good private is hard to find in Wisconsin but it is nice to know you can go out to a stand and no one is setup w in 40 yards of you. I wouldn't say "real men" hunt public, but I'd say if you've been successful on public you know deer and you can read the land. Now take that to private and you'll kill shit. The con's of private, if you only have a 40-80-100 acres, that's it bro. No walking and scouting new areas, you are kind of stuck. Plus if you have knobs for neighbors, it almost becomes more of a situation called "protecting the deer from them" than hunting deer. it's sad but true and you get sucked into it. It happens easily when you spend a ton of time out there doing food plots, planting trees and trying to improve the land. Then your sap neighbors with 20 acres do nothing all year, then hunt 4 guys with a rifle and when they are filled up, they bring neighbors. So private land is great, but there are some situations where private really sucks.

+Rdizzy36 The one's I'm normally on are thehuntingbeast.com, saddlehunter.com, rokslide.com, tradgang.com, and tradtalk.com.

DIY Sportsman ...thanks!

+Cam L I don't have anything bad to say about my Garmin 62s. That being said, if you want to hunt with groups of guys, models with the ability to see everyone's location, like the Rino or others, would be a great benefit.

State government is responsible for license/tag costs, season dates, and bag limits, along with general definitions that apply to everyone. Some states it's as simple as buying a license online and hitting the woods. Others require lottery-› license+tag+outdoor card, etc. Then, if you're hunting public land, there will be site-specific restrictions on vehicle travel (most are non-motorized), how long you can leave stands up, protection against forest damage, and types of shot that can be used. I'm kind of strange in that I like the places with more rules, because they give you a better chance to get an advantage by outworking other hunters.

DIY Sportsman i see, so pretty much consistent across north america...no more heading out with your dad on a whim. I suppose its for the best, but at times it does seem like a bit of a cash grab keep up the great videos!

Hogs starting to populate Ouachita national forest in Arkansas. My dad killed a big one this year there.

@@DEBoutdoors I'm not sure where Ouachita is. But I've always heard of hogs being in Arkansas years before we started seeing them here in Oklahoma.

@@Gutslinger Ouachita mountains are in southeastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas but the National Forest is more west central part of Arkansas.

+Massimiliano Greco I may make an entire video on this subject. But in a nutshell, I believe that eliminating 100% of human scent in the woods is all but impossible; however, reducing scent intensity could allow you to be perceived as less of an immediate threat. And ultimately the deer will decide if it wamts to bolt or hang around. In the past I've done all of my hunting with either no scent control or scent killer type sprays before walking out. This year I'm trying a short ozone exposure on some garments, along with the sprays prior to heading out. It's hardly any more work than I was doing before. Also, I'm using a merino wool balaclava covering the mouth. Regardless of any scent control I'm employing, I still hunt the wind and pray for the best when a deer comes unexpectedly downwind, or the wind swirls at the worst time.

+Massimiliano Greco I may make an entire video on this subject. But in a nutshell, I believe that eliminating 100% of human scent in the woods is all but impossible; however, reducing scent intensity could allow you to be perceived as less of an immediate threat. And ultimately the deer will decide if it wamts to bolt or hang around. In the past I've done all of my hunting with either no scent control or scent killer type sprays before walking out. This year I'm trying a short ozone exposure on some garments, along with the sprays prior to heading out. It's hardly any more work than I was doing before. Also, I'm using a merino wool balaclava covering the mouth. Regardless of any scent control I'm employing, I still hunt the wind and pray for the best when a deer comes unexpectedly downwind, or the wind swirls at the worst time.

Thank you for replying to my massage that quickly, this year will be my third year going Hunting learning all I know so far by watching KZfaq videos like yours and Sean's that I've been following for the past few years and reading Books, but haven't had any success yet. That's why I was wondering about this Scent Killer products, I will give it a try with covering my mouth too, I'll be looking forward on the video about this subject...Thank you again

hey can you give me some tips on how to read the maps and how to access the woods without running into deer

+Butterdog 01 The best places to start looking is the state DNR websites and county websites. They'll often have descriptions and even maps with boundaries and parking areas. Also, there's an app called OnX Hunt which is a paid subscription that highlights all of the public and private boundaries when looking at an aerial or topo map on your phone or computer.

You can if you happen to find one in the right mood but it's pretty challenging. Often I dont even bring calls along.

@@DIYSportsman thank you

+K Kemkes The toughest scenario is when you shoot a deer with fresh snow on the ground. Anyone could follow the drag marks to the gut pile, and then follow your tracks and the blood trail to the tree, and see where the deer was coming from when you shot.

That's happened with me and my dad a lot. Our spots always get taken over by other hunters a year or two after we find them. It's quite frustrating.

Thanks for the reminder

I had just found a new spot behind a field beside a rural paved road a few days ago. The very first morning that I went there, I immediately saw a shooter buck staring at me crossing the field at about 100 yards away. I dropped down, and the started walking fast in my direction. I got lower in the grass when he was at about 60 yards, but he gave me the slip and went down the hill behind the field. The whole time, there were occasional vehicles passing by. I saw more deer there over the past few days. But today while I was making my way back to the truck through the field, a truck drove by. The guy had his window down and was pointing at me as he passed by. Makes me sick because now I know hunters are going to be crawling in there soon, and I just found the place.

I hunt public land here in W. Michigan, a spot i hunted for a few years had zero pressure from other hunters during bow season! Id been seeing a monster 10 point every evening just at dusk but just out of bow range About 3 days left of archery before fire arm season opener and i am surprised to find a guy in my stand and another in my nephews stand, So opening morning of firearm i got to the woods early to find the guy in my stand so i sat my butt on the ground about 100 yards away on a little ridge only to hear a shot fired before legal hunting light. Later that morning driving out of the two track i seen the tree stand squater loading the buck that i spent countless hours a whole season trying to patern his movements to get the shot.. Needless to say i didnt fill my tags that year ans no longer hunt that area..

Anyone sitting in a restruant, and is not hunting, I don't think they do enough hunting to give me tips.