Regardless of whether you got them on public or private land, good work! That's a successful season in my book! Not sure why people would shit on the fact that you might have hunted some private land. Private land is where it's at. Don't have to worry about a bunch of random "hunters" ruining your hunt. Given the opportunity, I would jump on the ability to hunt any private land. 9/10 it's better than public. Networking is important, to be friends with a rancher would be huge for hunting opportunities.
Again, great work, and it looks like you're going into winter with full freezers!