I agree with preseason scouting any land. I regularly hunt different pieces of public land in MN and rarely have any problems seeing let alone having any other hunters any where near me. The first month and a half of bow season, I see no one else. I am in process of researching all public land for hunting relatively close to home that I can access next year, and I have found a lot of WMA land that I was unaware of that I plan to scout next year. I was surprised to find a lot of sizable pieces of land, along with smaller 30-300 acre pieces that seem like good places to scout and hopefully hunt next year.
Maybe if you research what public land is actually available you can open up more for your use.