I think a lot of the newly posted land is result of the high numbers of idiots afield during hunting season that have no business carrying a weapon of any kind. Keep'em highfenced inside the cities I say! [8D]

Out west we have a similar public land picture just on a larger scale. My bowhunt in Montana this year was a great example of hard to findelk on the public land.. but right across an old broken down ranch fence high up on a mountain the 6th day of our hunt we sat and drooled over huge 7x7 bull and his harem of cows and satellite bulls 200 yds away.. it was heart breaking.