I hunt on several small parcels of between 10 to 30 acres and I also have permission to hunt a 300 acre piece.It is very challenging in my area to secure permission on private land.I have a bit of a leg up in that my family has lived in the area for three generations and I have owned an Insurance agency for 15 years locally so I am interacting with landowners all the time.
We have a huge anti hunting sentiment locally,(Woodstock NY) and I choose to be very cautious about who I ask permission from.
We do have a decent amount of public ground either state land or Department of environmental protection property.For the most part it isn't the greatest or it gets hunted very hard.We have bowhunting only zones about 1 1/2 hours north and south of us.I wish I had more time to see what land opportunities were available in those area's.