I live in an area with about 10-15 houses within a 100 square miles, some of them occupied. The large ranches nearby are much less populated. ...can see all of the houses within 10 miles from our hill. Stiff winds are common, as are larger animals (elk, bear, etc., and moose on the other side of the Ranges to the west and northwest here. With frequent high winds, heavier bullets make more sense. It hasn’t been very uncommon over the past 3 years to see bear that stand near 4 feet on all fours and six to eight feet long (more protein in their diets, perhaps). ...and more bears, as they populate more heavily.
I also remember living in the Ozarks, though, with little places nearly all occupied by homeowners, mostly between 35 and 160 acres. The people who lived there were very aware of where neighbors’ houses were. Accidents happened there much more often than here, but the locals in the Ozarks feared accidents by hunters from the cities more than each other.
It’s not generally better in the northwest for hunting, IMO. ...just more bother and expense.