I hunt public ground roughly 90% of the time. I have some private ground to hunt but it ain’t much and I do get invited to go on private land from time to time. I’ve killed deer in Talldega NF and Choccolocco WMA (its so close to my folks place I don’t normally hunt any other public ground in AL). Managed to kill on public land in NC and got my first in SC Saturday. I like the challenge of getting out and finding/outsmarting the deer.