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<blockquote data-quote="Lost Lake" data-source="post: 5539763" data-attributes="member: 12599"><p>I understand what you mean. And I do think that the public land hunt for an older buck can be the toughest of all.</p><p></p><p>But, I think one of the biggest mistakes made is the mindset that manicured and groomed private ground makes it a slam dunk for killing older bucks. I couldn't disagree more. There are lots of mistakes to be made on private that are all too common, and all too easy to fall into.</p><p></p><p>Over hunting good producing stands, bringing too many friends/hunters along, sitting over food plots, constantly checking cameras, and simply doing the same thing day after day or weekend after weekend are things that hurt chances on older deer on private ground IMO.</p><p></p><p>Hunting from a warm, dry shooting house and long distance shooting big ones might seem a lot easier to someone who hasn't done it (I don't, but know some that do), but even at that, knowing where to be, what days to be there, and which days NOT to be there takes some experience to figure out in the chess match.</p><p></p><p>Some public might be easier in those regards, especially ones with limited gun hunts, as sometimes just adhering to a simple game plan on just the right weekend produces big results. Public HAS gotten infinitely harder IMO in the last decade or so, due mainly to social media, but I know guys who do their big buck hunting only on it, and leave their relaxed hunting to private.</p><p></p><p>In the end, the main thing is what we all know but forget. You can't kill them where there aren't. And figuring out where they are, regardless of public or private, until a hunter develops a certain mindset, ain't easy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lost Lake, post: 5539763, member: 12599"] I understand what you mean. And I do think that the public land hunt for an older buck can be the toughest of all. But, I think one of the biggest mistakes made is the mindset that manicured and groomed private ground makes it a slam dunk for killing older bucks. I couldn’t disagree more. There are lots of mistakes to be made on private that are all too common, and all too easy to fall into. Over hunting good producing stands, bringing too many friends/hunters along, sitting over food plots, constantly checking cameras, and simply doing the same thing day after day or weekend after weekend are things that hurt chances on older deer on private ground IMO. Hunting from a warm, dry shooting house and long distance shooting big ones might seem a lot easier to someone who hasn’t done it (I don’t, but know some that do), but even at that, knowing where to be, what days to be there, and which days NOT to be there takes some experience to figure out in the chess match. Some public might be easier in those regards, especially ones with limited gun hunts, as sometimes just adhering to a simple game plan on just the right weekend produces big results. Public HAS gotten infinitely harder IMO in the last decade or so, due mainly to social media, but I know guys who do their big buck hunting only on it, and leave their relaxed hunting to private. In the end, the main thing is what we all know but forget. You can’t kill them where there aren’t. And figuring out where they are, regardless of public or private, until a hunter develops a certain mindset, ain’t easy. [/QUOTE]
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