I certainly have. I live and hunt in 5B. Public land hunting here on what little public land there is consists of a ridiculously high number of hunters, almost literally behind every tree, pursuing a handful of very pressured deer, and usually running them onto neigboring private properties. If 1 sq mile of land is 640 acres, and we have a game land roughly that size...then the PGC was advocating 5 deer on that entire game lands, that probably has 100 hunters on it or more. I'd have to say in that context that hunting is definitely a competitive sport! When you have odds like that, the only recipe for success is to use the hunters to your advantage. Forget feeding areas, bedding areas, or anything to do with normal deer behavior. The only way to kill deer in that situation is to out compete the other guy. I've seen it as bad as double parking in game lands parking areas to keep other guys from being able to park there. (An old trout opener tactic that still works!) Just far enough apart to take up max space without allowing another vehiclein between. There are still deer to be had here, but odds on public land are pretty weak. If you have access to quality private land here, you are fortunate. Even the co-op land gets hammered. Not exactly the big secrets that the PGC advertises them to be. Every one I know of is as crowded as the game lands.