OH / IL public land

[Fordguy]

Where I hunt in Michigan I can buy a lot of antlerless permits, but the 2 does and 1 buck I shot this year filled my freezer and topped off my parent's freezer. I thought about buying a second freezer (just like I do every year) just haven't convinced myself to do it yet.

 

[RDO34]

I lived and hunted in Illinois for most of my life. There is the lesser known "silver triangle" that gets less traffic, albeit still highly pressured like a lot of Midwest public land.

 

[trekker9]

Ohio isn't putting out the big Public Land bucks it used to. Still a few, but nothing like 15 years ago. Way too many you tube wannabes looking for "content". Punch Ohio Public land buck in the search bar and you get a bunch of videos with titles like "OHIO BBD on Public Land" and they are all 120" deer. It's almost weird.

 

[trekker9]

Everything like this goes full circle. Ohio Public Land will be empty in 5-10 years. The You tubers and their fanboys will keep shooting 2 year old 8 points and people will eventually realize there are better places to hunt big deer on Public Land.

 

[trekker9]

Did a little research today. Ohio has 16 acres of Public land for every non resident tag sold this year.

Shit show.