California doesn't allow bait and I've only hunted out of a blind once, it's almost always spot and stalk, but I'd use a blind if it was the most effective for the situation at hand.
I hunt public and private most every year. I have friends with good property within 5 minutes of the house. I can easily kill my 2 bucks there every year if I want, but often pass, choosing to let them mature. My hunts on public are a much bigger adventure, with huge mountains and much better feed and genetics offering a real shot at a record class buck...but it's usually a grueling affair.
I'm not such a snob that I'd turn down an opportunity to hunt a lease or over bait where legal...to each his own. When in Rome, I'd do as the Romans or Texas or Africa or Alaska.
