Hmm,I'm surrounded by hundreds of thousands of public land in the same WMU as you.I'm also within minutes of the largest population center in this part of the state.You would think that would mean people really stinkin up the woods and having the deer all run to Ohio.Not so Sproul baby.Years ago,especially back inthe 80's and early nineties,there were tons of small game hunters and turkey hunters in the fall woods.I used to have to adjust my tactics back in those days and take advantage of escape cover on the opening day of small game season.I can honestly say,In the last 10 years,I haven't run into one other hunter,inline or small game,during archery season.There is no doubt what so ever that we used to see far more pressure during small game season than we do now with inline hunters.On top of that,a deer does not recoginze whether someone was shooting at a deer or a grouse.Deer are being pressured much less today than in the past.Even during rifle season,it's rare to see someone in the woods after the second day.that didn't used to be the case.