Do you turkey hunt on public land?

[simpzenith]

How many of you hunt public land?

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[123fish]

In Minnesota I do.

[rbs]

I do only on occation(sp?). I like knowing if someone is hunting the same area as me. Dangerous u never know who is gonna try to sneak up on you

[Borch]

At least half the turkeys I've shot have been on public land.

Lots of good options oout there if you do your homework.

[Powerstroke]

ONly turkey I've ever shot has been on public land. You have to work harder, but for some of us its the only option

[DonBo]

I don't think I've ever shot one on public land. Permission is very easy to come by in the areas I hunt.

[Gordie]

I've hunted both private and puplic and seen just as many on puplic land

[bassphish2005]

I hunt both,feel safer on private land since I ?should? BE THE ONLY ONE out there...you never know.But really I just love to be out doing the turkey thing.......I would hunt in Brooklny Park if it was my only option[or Carlos Avery?]maybe?

[kingr]

I hunt and have shot turkey's on both. Plenty of turkey's on the public land up here, you just have to put some effort into it.

[Cooter]

I have in the past, and probably will in the future.

[south_metro_fish]

Nothing but private, all the farmers next to our property want us to thin them out too so we are able to cross over their land if needed. So there is no need to hunt on public land. We bought the property to get away from other hunters after one deer season we had slugs flying over our heads.

[gurkster]

I have shot 5 Turkeys all on public land over the last 10 years. Not to bad of a success rate. Now if I can only do it with a bow and arrow.

[DRH1175]

gurkstr, Where do you hunt? I usually hunt in 236 north of hugo, but this year didn't get picked so I am heading down to 346 by winona as where there was some surplus liscenes left. Do you hunt locally?

[gurkster]

Hi DRH1175 - I left you a note in the other topic on this. Shoot me an email at rrgierke at yahoo dot com and I will help you out. Funny enough I am hunting locally around here this year. I have hunted with Bow and Arrow before but always brought a gun with too and often the temptation was to great for me and I used the gun instead. This year it is Bow only for me so I got the Archery permit that goes over the last 2 seasons. Down in 346 I saw birds every year, shot some, could have shot others, but struck out with the Bow so far. Overall it has been a good experience for me down there.

[DRH1175]

Gurkster, I have been tempted to try my bow, but with how few chances I get, I havn't had the guts to try it. I will stick to the trusty 12ga a few more years before switching to my bow. Good luck with your bow. Since you are hunting the late season. Let me know if you want a camera guy or something since we live so close.