I have lived in Minnesota all my life and to be honest if you own enough private land its decent hunting,but on public land the Minnesota DNR does very little to improve deer hunting for residents or non-residents .
I hunt all public land and have never had much trouble seeing deer. Yes, some years are better than others, but we always have a good hunt and fill some tags. We were 3 for 3 last year and done before noon on the first morning. All on public land.
