For those of you who hunt public, or just have an opinion on the question...
I've been scouting a chunk of nearby public ground to hunt next fall. I'll admit it, I've hunted deer on public ground maybe twice in my life. I have found a few good areas that have a good amount of sign and are enough of a hoof from the parking areas that I don't think they'll get a lot of pressure. Here's the question: how close is too close to hunt to private ground borders? I found multiple stand locations that were within shooting range of the border of public/private. Is there a suggested "buffer" distance from the border you folks stick to for how close you hunt to private? I wasn't scouting by walking the border and thinking "I'm hunting the edge," it just happened to be that a few really good locations I found were within sight of the private land signs. It's not exactly a vast expanse of public ground to lose yourself in. Just curious what you all go by/think.
I've been scouting a chunk of nearby public ground to hunt next fall. I'll admit it, I've hunted deer on public ground maybe twice in my life. I have found a few good areas that have a good amount of sign and are enough of a hoof from the parking areas that I don't think they'll get a lot of pressure. Here's the question: how close is too close to hunt to private ground borders? I found multiple stand locations that were within shooting range of the border of public/private. Is there a suggested "buffer" distance from the border you folks stick to for how close you hunt to private? I wasn't scouting by walking the border and thinking "I'm hunting the edge," it just happened to be that a few really good locations I found were within sight of the private land signs. It's not exactly a vast expanse of public ground to lose yourself in. Just curious what you all go by/think.