Safety of Minnesota & Wisconsin State Forests

Can't speak for Minnesota or Wisconsin, but we have never felt unsafe at state or federal parks here in the four corner states. There are plenty of times that these parks are somewhat empty during the week which doesn't bother us, heck we prefer it that way as we can chose a site to our liking.

We do boondock often and for the most part have always felt safe, but under these conditions we always keep an eye on our surroundings. We have a couple of hunting rifles we carry when boondocking in the wild of the mountain west, mostly for protection against mountain lions, coyotes, and such.