Good luck on yer trip to the northwoods sounds like a good time to me. Here in western Iowa DNR has one plot of public hunting that is 2,500 acres, heard of a few bruisers taken out of there but it is so huge that alot of it never even gets touched. Tried hunting it a couple of years and saw a few good bucks but with that size of area just couldn't find the right location for alot of deer sightings. Sure was alot of fun trying though.