rsr1950, I live in Delaware and we don't have a lot of public land available, and the public land we do have is hunted hard. I have a 16 Acre wood lot I hunt on with my buddy and his wife. The only other option is to lease land, but that is mostly tied up with out of Starter's from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. I was on a lease in Maryland for several years on an 80 acres farm, but after several years he raised the price and we gave it up.
Well I bought 20 acres of land in West Virginia for hunting and to retire on, I have a ton of deer, turkey and the occasional black bear on my land, I had a lot of locals want to hunt my land, but the last thing I want to do is, have a bunch of locals out there when I am trying to hunt myself. 20 acres is not much and most of them have 8 or 9 other places they can hunt, they just get greedy and want as many for free as they can get while I only have one.
I had a 16X16 pavilion built on my land as well as a 12 X 12 bath house built on my land. I also have my 32 foot camper on my land. I use it as my get away and I don't see many people out in the middle of nowhere, the last thing I want is people up there shooting my stuff up and visiting while I am trying to get away.