Have to agree with the last post. Be very careful when going into the big woods. It most likely is entirely different than Germany. A compass is an absolute must and a gps won't hurt neither. Topo maps are 10 bucks and worth it. And yes there are areas that does not see a hunter all season, but there is a reason for that. I hunt a bit south of unit 6 in unit 20 between Phillips and Winter. It is very tough hunting. I see an average of one to two deer per season for a three day hunt. Deer sightings can be far and few between. Last year I saw no deer till Monday evening, then I saw one doe. The year before I saw seven deer in about 30 hours on 3 different areas. I got my best buck in 09. Ya don't have to go that far back neither. Your best bet might be finding areas with very little atv traffic and lighter car traffic. Example: my camp is at the end of a dirt road where public land starts. There are 3-8 cars at the end of that road every year opening day. Why so many hunters going in at one spot is beyond me. I would never hunt there with the grass all run down and tire tracks everywhere. I go down the road where there is more chunks of public and no cars at all! Go figure how dumb it is to pass un hunted land to compete with a bunch of hunters in one area when down the road there is noone. I also know a road 10 miles long in the Flambeau river state forest where logging roads don't have a single atv track on it. The grass is not even bent over. Noone is hunting down that trail. Oh well get ready for a very different experience if ya never hunted big chunks of public land. Another thing that seems wise is to follow a small river or trout stream a ways till you see some decent deer trails. Deer trails are getting more and more faint and hard to see since the timber wolves moved in 20 years ago. There is no rime or reason for the way deer move in these parts because of wolves because deer found out if they follow a pattern the wolves find out in a hurry. Therefore deer wonder around aimlessly browsing and bedding in no particular pattern. It makes a very hard hunt.