I used to believe that myself. Tell you a quick story about that. We were in Missouri hunting this year and I seen a spot on the map that was about 2 miles from the closest parking lot. I thought, ain't no way someone is stupid enough to walk that far so I struck out for it. When I crested the hill that falls off to the property line there was 2 guys in the road putting a tripod stand up in the middle of a CRP field. While I was talking to them, 2 more guys walked up. They told me they had 3 buddies that were hunting along the west side that day and said there was another guy on the line where we were headed. So there ended up being 8 people in that little 40 acre square. I said, self, piss on this I'm going back to the truck. I was about 200 yards from the parking lot and I look off the hill and there is a 130" 8 point looking right at me. I hit the dirt and watched him for a bit but he had already seen me and went back the way he came. I knew then I needed to spend my time closer to the truck. Next evening I go and climb a tree right by where I seen the buck and about an hour before dark I see him and a doe working there way up towards a turnip patch on the hill where I had been the day before.

All the pressure around the farthest edges had the deer pushed off onto private ground and up around the parking lots on public ground. I ended up missing a good 8 point about 70 yards from my truck the day before we left. The same holds true for our WMA's in bama. The only way your ever gonna find a place to yourself is hunt close to the road or parking lot, or be willing to risk your life on an ATV.