How picky are you on public land when chasing whitetails

[Bonasababy]

Needs to be a mature buck to shoot opening weekend, I like hunting enough I am in no hurry to put one down. Hunt every day of rifle if I can and enjoy our later MZ season too.

Lots of hunters for the former, often find myself alone for MZ season.

 

[rogerthat]

I’m not picky at all on public land. I drop the first solid 160 I see.

 

[Djfan]

Not picky at all. I hunt for meat. I want to eat. So, I shoot the first legal one I see.

 

[Boarmaster]

When I first started hunting the National Forest in Southern Ohio we were not picky at all. It was a four day git it done or no venison for the year era in my life. Later on after I had private ground in SC or AL I had long seasons there in addition to the public ground hunt in Ohio I would pass up a spike or button buck.

 

[pocoyocohunter]

Hunting most all public in PA in the NC part of the state, I usually take the first legal deer I see. Time is usually limited and the deer density is pretty low.