Yes, hunting public land can be "interesting"...
You can say that again. We hunted public land in Northern Wi. this year. The first day I sat in the chair, basically from sunup to sundown (I did get out to tag the doe) and counted 9 other hunters. Sunday was from 8:00 a.m. until sundown. Monday I sat in the truck because I forgot my rifle leaning against the garage at the house.
Day one my buddy heard a bullet whizzing by, no sonic "crack", so my guess is that the firing point was a LONG ways away. I had another hunter sit down not 80 yds from me, stay for about 15 minutes and mosey on. Another group of 2 walked right under my buddy's tree stand, acting like he wasn't there.
It felt good for the 3 of us to take 2 deer out of the area while the others only had track soup to eat.
