Post pics and write up of your 2017 public land success, and include state of where harvested. Here are my 2017 Indiana public land kills . Happy new year
Turkey
IL this fall. A button head,super jake,hen and jake.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/28e987f3c17304b85512041f5bb273bd.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/8f966604e2b0be522eda03adad6e40b4.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/5c2e4093b6deb7f3fd2a5ba56ec32f68.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/a1502ad517bffd88d2e8e2135618f5a5.jpg)
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Jake and super jake(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/ff0192a10caac18aa84be43d4cfade58.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/49357bec5132417959ba3b1c7cdeaca1.jpg)
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Public land in So Dak. Called him in in the early afternoon after camping and working the calls all morning.
Great post as I am a Public Lands Turkey Hunter. Last year was a tough one-- but I got my 2 New York Gobblers--. Hiker spooked a bird on me in New Jersey. All good though. Wish I knew how to post pics. 29th Spring coming up this late April in NJ. Only 3 times for me on Private Lands so far. Up to 115 wild turkeys-- all kinds in PA,NJ, and NY-Spring and Fall. My goal is to one day take my very first Private Land Gobbler.
Congrats! To all of you guys on public land
Nebraska Merriam and NE Kansas Eastern (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/60a81d8ef0a16f55dbb61616c2af6b17.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180101/3a2ba9d5504ffff516d885e6b864ff1a.jpg)
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No pictures but.
An osceola off public.
A rio off public in texas.
Two pa. easterns off public.
Got my a$$ kicked in ny for 10 days.
All in all a good 47 days of hunting in 5 states
on public property.
Regards
turk :OGani:
No public land bird this year. Did get a buck on public in Indiana and a mulie on public in Montana
Nice whitetail!
Congratulation.
Regards
Turk
These are great pictures! I'm afraid our public land is under greater threat than ever and hope everyone will stay informed and be active in protecting our public lands.
Had a great year took some private land animals but here are the public one's.
Catskill mountains NY 8pt Buck
Payette National forest Idaho 6x6 Bull
Columbia County PA SGL gobbler 11 5/8th beard(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180103/12d0f9c8369514068b3aa495fc8b8690.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180103/32d90e01fd1427a0ad48cdf51a8a0c17.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180103/f64a4c935c24cd668d4011201f795972.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180103/faef0b101240f5de99317c04f6bb7de1.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180103/d68625064905e2cf2a1d7ab4bb370c32.jpg)
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Took my fair share of game off public land in 2017.
Three Mississippi public land gobblers:
(https://i.imgur.com/TOSNdzD.jpg)
Two LA public land gobblers:
(https://i.imgur.com/zsNKnlO.jpg)
Three Oklahoma public land gobblers:
(https://i.imgur.com/c4FhuTW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BRFf4J4.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eSH4Dny.jpg)
Two Missouri public land gobblers:
(https://i.imgur.com/bLX9MBY.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/wYaLKn5.jpg)
Wyoming public land gobbler:
(https://i.imgur.com/AVEGKP7.jpg)
Montana public land gobbler:
(https://i.imgur.com/R5am7W2.jpg)
Nebraska public land gobbler:
(https://i.imgur.com/QnGfsTm.jpg)
Mississippi public land bucks:
(https://i.imgur.com/G4zsdnu.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/QwHi5IW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/auUkKBe.jpg)
Alabama public land buck:
(https://i.imgur.com/VN9DU47.jpg)
Guess I'm lucky cause I never get these posts. I live in NJ, not a destination state by any means. I have a decent amount of private land to hunt. It's not exclusive though, least most of it isn't. I believe it's actually easier to hunt public property. It's where I key in on more and more. I'd bet I'm 50/50 with public/private land harvests. So many less guys on the public land (like almost no one) though not the ease of walking of most farms. That may be the draw
Agreed. The private land I hunt is worse than nearby public. I usually opt for public. It's all about where the birds are, and how much disruption there is from other hunters. I'm fortunate enough that with my public land, I'm not compelled to kill button bucks, hens and jakes.
Public land is horrible. No one is going to be successful unless they find an exclusive tract of private land. Y'all are crazy.
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Deer hunt 1988-- Awesome pics! Bowguy-- there is more pressure in Passaic County. Happy-- go back and read my 1st post! I have never taken a private land turkey! Just very heavily hunted leased gun club lands and Public Lands. Those leased lands- are hit harder then Public because the people who live next to them simply go out their back door and quickly try to take a gobbler fast before a member shows up. If someone is into hiking year round-- public land is a Awesome place.
I wrote a book some years ago on my views of Public Lands. Only book that I broke even on. They are all sold out now. Plenty of Public Land Turkey Hunters out for sure.
Quote from: Happy on January 04, 2018, 08:19:10 AM
Public land is horrible. No one is going to be successful unless they find an exclusive tract of private land. Y'all are crazy.
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I like that attitude. Need more like it in Western MD.
Nice work deer hunt 1988.