Originally Posted by Cobberz

In upstate NY where im from it seems like there is far more state land than hunters. Now a days people are just lazy and do not want to take the time and effort it takes to put in to scout these areas, let alone hunt them. They all want to just hunt fields and wait for deer to come out just before dark. The small group i hunt w/ hunt some of the most remote state land around us and take atleast 1 if not up to 4 what we consider nice rack bucks. We also have 480 acres of private land which we are trying to manage a little better, last year we had 12 bucks on camera, only taking 2 of those. Hopefully not being shot on neighboring properties, getting hit by cars, etc, we should have a couple really big bucks this year, but it takes a few years of letting the crotch horns and basket rack 6s and 8s go. Hopefully the patience will pay off.