i have never hunted out of any of the public blinds but we went down on saturday to rochester and rented a field with pit blinds from Premier Flights. The setup was good and we saw thousands of birds but they were tough. With no snow, the birds were landing in every field so it was really hard to get them to work with you. We only got two birds and we hunted all day long. After talking with Dean Tlougan, the owner, we didnt do the worst, the other unguided group didnt even fire and their always productive north field(hamburger hill) only got six all day. If you do go down there, i would suggest going on the east side of the river and to the north more of the refuge and north of the infamous "hamburger hill". in the morning, all the birds came from this direction and they all headed that direction in the evening. Good luck if you do go!