a lot of land is posted for a couple of reasons hunters are now more often planting food plots and trying to get their deer and turkey populations in balance and they don't want the city folks just running all over their property like they used to in the past.the only advantage of letting people hunt your property is they get the deer moving if the action is slow in my mind i would prefer to pick who i would let hunt and dictate where and when they can hunt. the state land that i have hunted is not overrun with hunters because in the past years people can't afford to hunt the way they used to "my opinion" i have never heard deer called forest rats before !