There are a ton of smaller public parcels in the area that don't get hit very hard during bow. Just on the west side of town by Kohls distribution, take River road to the west and you'll run into a smaller public hunting area. Its loaded with deer. There is a large woods that it backs up to. It is private, but the owner lets anybody hunt it. He lives in the big farm house directly south across the field. There is a public hunting area not too far away to the north. If you take I-75 North to the Van Buren exit, take SR 613 west about 4 miles and there is a large Public acces spot there. I have killed a lot of deer there, as has nephews. Usually we gun hunt it mid week. But it is a killer spot to sit During the opening day of gun and the weekend. It holds a lot of deer and is a destination for deer escaping the local roadwarriors opening morning. Just sit up at the back on the NE corner and keep an eye out to the North. There are a ton of smaller parcels like that within a 15-20 minute ride from you. Carey wildlife area is a decent sized public hunting area about 15 minutes from you. It's just a short trip down SR 15. It straddles both sides of the highway