Thanks for the insight, guys. Always interesting to learn new things about places I've not been to.
There's just a distinct lack of public land in my state, less than 2% of the total state acreage is open to public hunting, and you have to get special permits to hunt on it. With the demand so high vs number of permits available, the odds of drawing one are extremely slim at best on most of the areas.
Same issue as you all with private land, it's hard to get permission these days. I used to have 3 places to hunt, but now I only have one. One of the others was sold to someone who doesn't allow hunting, and the other had a house built on the neighboring property that is closer than the minimum legal distance required for shooting. The land I do my hunting on now isn't particularly good hunting ground, but it's still a lot better than having nowhere to go.
