Public land is the place the typical hunter earns it. There’s no meals plots ready to attract in deer, no designated stands, and no assured solitude. It’s wild, unpredictable, and infrequently crammed with extra individuals than animals — or a minimum of it may possibly usually appear that approach.
And that notion results in the countless checklist of excuses all of us hear (or have used ourselves). However the fact is easy: yearly, hunters constantly kill massive bucks and fill freezers on public land. They do it whereas dealing with the identical challenges as the remainder of us. So what separates success from frustration?
Mindset. Effort. Adaptability.
Let’s break down the most typical excuses public-land hunters make — and what to do as a substitute.













