RE: Camp Ripley
I have hunted it, and it is very different. You do have a chance at a monster no doubt. But you wait in a line miles long to enter a couple hours before light, no scouting you need to be out hour or so after dark. Guys WILL walk in on you and you WILL walk in on guys unless you know where you are going from previous hunts. Cool hunt people come from all over the country. They do shoot some slobs out of there every year. Worthwhile as long as you expect to run into a few guys.