If you could chose any location in the 48 states by abundance of game, small and large, moderate climate , good hunting regulations,close to mountains, sparse population. where would it be ?
John
That is a very hard question. I shall think about it and post back....later
Alaska...I'd love to live in the 49th!
Quinn
I like the 49th too. :)
Tennessee! And I very shortly will be ;) :D
Probably Northern Idaho because of the milder climate, otherwise that 49th state. Loved them both.
But it is out of the 48 states??? I live in Alabama,it's pretty nice right here. Sometimes it gets hot during the summer but I can deal with that. Plus we have plenty of game around here to.
somewhere where there are mountains. and snow at times, no biting bugs, or and dumd critters for a dumb hunter
Grayling, MI area.
You might want to rethink Alaska, we've had our coldest summer on record only 7 days over 65 degrees. Every mourning I wake up to 50 degrees and drizzly rain and I don't even live on the coast. A student of this "climate change" told me we're supposed to get colder and wetter here. The long winters aren't so bad if you've had a good summer. Plus we don't have the small game like you do in the lower 48, sure there's places here where there are a lot of ptarmigan or hare's, but it's not in everybody's back yard.
It' a good place to come shoot big stuff though !
I've been asking myself this question...
South Central Missouri - deer,turkey,fish,hogs..
ice storms and tornadoes seem to be the down side.
There are no hills like the Rockies but, the Ozarks are pretty just the same.
I will be following this one though...
Montana!!!! They have every big game animal. And the trout fishing is second to none. I envy the people that live there (and can afford to)
There is no perfect place but I'm looking at the midwestern states. Here in Wyo we have a good variety of game and decent, but not great fishing IMO. There is lots of public land and generally little competition for hunting area. I seldom see another hunter during bow season and if I hunt the last couple of weeks in rifle season the same is true.
The down-side. Winter is long and windy. Winter I enjoy but the relentless wind gets old. It's expensive to live here. Unlike most of the country Wyo is in an economic boom and the local economy,(housing, etc), reflects that. Bow season is short compared to the states east of us. We basically get the month of Sept. to hunt.
Wyo has been good to us but I'm looking for a new place to go, just haven't figured it out yet. I'll be interested to read some of the posts on this thread.
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Grayling, MI area.
Since my Cabin is very close to Grayling I would love to live in Montana, Idaho but really want to move to Alaska!
I'd move back to the hill country of Texas....and I will just as soon as my place here sells. I moved there in 1994, bought 682 acres of the prettiest deer infested hills you've ever seen....beautiful crystal clear, cold, pristine river....lots of exotics, turkey, hogs, javelina, bob white quail...I let an unappreciative woman talk me into selling out and moving back to East Texas. Now the ranch is gone and so is the woman...man....I've kicked myself a thousand times. It amazes me what a man will do trying to make someone else happy
Eastern Oregon for me, :thumbsup: Good hunting, Good Fishing, Good Weather and great people.
Tracy
Just buy an Earthroamer and call it home. Drive it to whatever state suits your fancy. No one state has it all the entire 365 days. Get you one of these rigs and spend time where you want to. Life is short--
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if i could afford to i would moveover there any where i dont care its all good. as i keep telling guys i live in the wrong country. :biglaugh:
No doubt about it. Montana would be my first choice.
Myself I would keep Alaska as one of the 48 and throw out one of the other states. Been in AK going on 33 years.
South Carolina, mountains in the northwest, ocean on the east, deer season August 15 through Jan 1, no buck tags, no limit on bucks(you can shoot every one you see every day)You probably won't shoot anything big, but you can sure fill your freezer and enjoy alot of hunting.
Upstate New York is beautiful. 6,000,000 acres of the Adirondack forest, beautiful lakes, rivers and ponds. Land that is being farmed and land that is now overgrown. Located very close to Vermont and Canada. The weather is not so bad most of the year. The winter's seem to be getting a little easier. There is lots of game on the ground and in the air. Great fishing. In the fall, it doesn't get much prettier than here when the leaves change. I love it here. Its a great place to raise a family. It's too bad that our politicians can you make you forget all of that! :smileystooges:
Idaho for lower 48 for sure. Northern part of the state. Great hunting for many, many species. Plus British Columbia is just a drive away.
John III
QuoteOriginally posted by Benjy:
South Carolina, mountains in the northwest, ocean on the east, deer season August 15 through Jan 1, no buck tags, no limit on bucks(you can shoot every one you see every day)You probably won't shoot anything big, but you can sure fill your freezer and enjoy alot of hunting.
Benjy,
I, too, live in SC. And yes, we have the long deer season and unlimited buck limit. But the heat and humidity, chiggers and snakes are unbearable for most of the season. Not my cup of tea! I, too, vote for Alaska!
Bill
montana, need i say more??
the great Adirondacks, God's country!
I'd move back to the Elk Valley, in SE British Columbia (Yes, I know it isn't in the US, but I am Canadian!)
Everything from Grizzly bear, to rabbits to hunt, not too many people (that is starting to change, as the trendiods all want to live in the pristine wilderness, but after all these morons move in, it ain't pristine, nor wilderness, anymore!)
I just have no interest in coal mining, anymore, so I guess I stays where I am at!
I think i'd just as soon stay right here in WV.
Its not to hot and not to cold, and we have plenty of deer and black bears to suite me.
The hunting season and limits are just fine.
I don't think i'd want to be any where else!
Next to Yellowstone, would be my choice.
Pennsylvania is good too. It's a great place to live...here in rural Bedford, County. Plenty of game, hills, ridges and mountains...and some farms mingled about. The grass is green here.
When I moved back to Kansas eight years ago, I swore I'd never leave again. Small game, wildfowl, gamebirds, and varmints. Whitetails, mule deer, antelope, Rio Grande and Eastern Turkeys, and a (long-shot) chance at an elk tag.
The Rockies and Ozarks are just a state away, and the northern plains and desert are a day's drive.
I am temporarily infatuated with other areas for various reasons, but Kansas can keep me busy within her boundaries. If I didn't have to make a living (and didn't have my wife to keep happy) I'd opt for the western end of the state; I grew up with shortgrass, sand and sage. Those of you who plan your travels through this part of the state at night are probably doing the right thing....I'm convinced that not everyone sees the beauty that I see....
Also spent my (extended) college years in the Flint Hills, and to my mind there's no more fascinating ecosystem on earth...but that's just me....
I like the mountains, but I'm a plainsman at heart. Spent 12 years surrounded by hills and trees, and was claustrophobic the whole time.
Native Americans made a good living here, as did a few hardy Europeans...the wailing wind speaks to me...I am home....
Kevin, I too am very fond of our home state of Kansas. Very well said.
....shhhhhh! :thumbsup:
I like it here in GA. We have Bear, Deer, hogs, turkeys, rabbits, squirrel, good fishin...etc.
I just wish it werent so hot in the summer! LOL
Hmmmmm......Montana, in the lower 48.
Alaska......otherwise.
Winterhawk1960
As long as I can sqeak out a living I think I'll stay right here. Lived in Colo for 13 years, dont want to live in an ant hill again.
Eric
I've been everywhere man !!!!!
Like someone said " there is no perfect place "
I don't know where I would like to go, but I think it would be on the Missouri and Illinois line. The best of both worlds I guess. But then again, if you move their, I would start all over with looking for friends, new faces and places.
I always thought it would be nice to move back to Michigan, to the farm. But I went back their onetime couple of years ago, and it just doesn't look the same. No ones taken care of the woods,(the river bottom 40) that was the best times, when I was a kid. I spent a lot of time in the woods, hunting and just watching the animals.
They don't let anybody lived in the boundary Waters anymore, but that would be my next choice.
There's an old expression
" the grass is greener on the other side of the fence, but it's gotta get mowed too ! "
Carl
Montana or stay where I am at and send everyone who wasn't here before 1970 back where they came from. :clapper: Honestly SW Missouri is great, we have four seasons, plenty of deer and turkeys, fishing and bow fishing, small game. Within 12 hours of Appalachia or the Rockies.
I live where I am on purpose. If I wanted to live somewhere else I would move. So I vote with my feet for east central Iowa. Good hunting, good folks, good amenities, good work opportunities, low crime, good schools, etc. Oh did I mention white tailed deer can be found here?
I am fine right where I am at. :)
I plan to stay where I was raised here in Oklahoma, but I hope to buy a place in Colorado and stay there much of the year when I retire, which won't be too long from now. Colorado has been my adopted state for all my life and I visit it often and know it well. There is great hunting in both places. The people in Oklahoma are the nicest in the world and Colorado is one of the prettiest places and is dear to my heart.
Regarding hunting seasons for those of you aspiring to relocate to the Rocky Mtn west. There is a great variety of large game here and that is surely something to be appreciated. I've lived here nearly my whole life and for me, it's hard to participate in all the seasons because they are all fairly short and occur at about the same time each year. Also, good elk areas are not necessarily good deer areas, antelope are usually off in another section, and so forth. For me, trying to hunt multiple seasons turns into a big hassle and actually detracts from the peace and enjoyment of hunting. I have found that due to time constraints I have to focus on one animal each year. I've basically given up rifle hunting and zero in on archery deer one year then elk the next. So, my point is, unless you have a lot of time to hunt, moving to the mountains may change your hunting experiences but not increase them.
Alaska out of the Lower 48, lived there seven years. In the Lower 48, Western Montana or Northern Idaho. Love em both.
Spent my first 22 years of life in Idaho (GO VANDALS!), and the last decade in New Mexico. Both states get my vote on game abundance and variety, tolerable climate and wonderful places to hunt.
So to keep it that way, I'm recommending y'all move to any of the other 46 contiguous states! :biglaugh:
I live in ohio but, i would love to live in Iowa.Just for hunting season.
right where I'm at, big deer, elk is going every year and lots of small game. only thing missing is the hogs but they are comming on down south. you can hunt most everything within 2 hours drive here in Kentucky. But I would love to hunt out west too.
I would move about ten miles to be closer to the Ocmulgee river. As it is now it takes me ten minutes to get there.....
In south Ga. we have the best public land anywhere That I know of.Including fort stewart and the wma`s you can hunt pork all year.We have a very long and liberal deer season,lots of Turkeys and some bear.Abundent small game and very good fishing. I can drive a little over and hour and be standing at Jeykle or St. Simons Island catching whiting ,Flouder,Trout ,Sharks and a bunch of other stuff.WE got freshwater fish to.The world record bass was caught right where I hunt at. I`ve killed hogs that were rooting around the oxbow lake where it was caught.
I don`t want to move.Visit maybe but not move.RC
Sorry fellas, not interested in moving!
Northern California or the Texas Hill Country. California has some downright bizzare hunting regulations vs Texas which seems to be a bit more realistic.
If I had the money I'd buy the ranch I hunt on in Northern California. It belongs to my aunt, by marriage, who just passed away, so it now belongs to her estate. My uncle has rights to about 540 acres of it now. Long story on how that all works out...suffice to say that there is over two thousand acres of prime blacktail deer, hog, turkey, grouse, dove, rabbit and quail habitat with water and vineyard potential in Mendocino County Ca that for a cool $2 million could be mine. But I work for a municipal government, and contrary to popular belief, I am not going to make $2 million any time soon! The vineyard and winery next door (10,000 acres) is looking at it and if they had the cash it'd be gone just for the water rights. If that happens I'm shopping for new hunting grounds.
Other than that I'd have to say one of the NW states or New Mexico. I'd love to live in big sky elk country.
When I retire I plan to move back to Pennsylvania. It's a great state for sportsman. If only the deer herds would come back.
I would stay here. There is plenty of game in Alabama,and plenty of fishing. So that's my 2 cents.
I'm with Jeff I don't plan to move either!
I think some of you guys misinterpreted the question. I was just wondering hypothetically if you had your choice of any where in the lower 48 that had abundant game, moderate temps, close to mountains and sparse population. Where would it be ?
I probably won't ever leave Alaska but after a month and a half of gloomy drizzly rain it makes me think about it.
John
N.E. Iowa, just a couple hours from my home is where I'll most likely retire. It's rugged bluff country is as close to mountains as you'll get in Iowa.... good fishing to. Once in a while they claim an elk sighting, but then someone figures out it's just an old whitetail buck.
The people and rural living are even better than the hunting.
Fredicksberg, Texas........Very soon
Looking at your list of desired traits makes it hard to find a place. A moderate climate and sparse population usually are not possible. Usually people gravitate to moderate climates or travel between them. Like AZ in the winter, ND in the summer.
Jason
Jason, didn't know that North Dakota was such a hotbed for summer tourism.... :bigsmyl:
Just givin' you a hard time...I spend a week in ND every Octrober hunting birds and ducks. It's nice then, but I hear the winters are pretty grim...
fatman
John Day Valley, Oregon. It dosn't get much better and very few people thats the best part.
Don't get me started on the hunting and fishing I won't sleep for a week as it is. :D
Tracy
Kevin,
What I meant to say was that some people here will travel back and forth between AZ and ND (yes, mostly snowbirds). Oddly enough a fair amount of our state revenue is from tourism.
I've been to SE Kansas in the middle of summer before. I can handle the subzero temperatures in the winter easier than I can handle the nasty summers in the southern US. Oh and there aren't any poisonous snakes or spiders in most of the state either.
Jason
AS Long as it is a Wooded, Secluded area with Neighbors you only see through Binocs!! I HATE LIVING IN THE CITY!! But, Its Better than a Tent!
This is an easy one for me I'd move back to Oklahoma and spend time with my Family,Alabama is great but it's not home.
Michigan is a great place to live! Good weather, almost no poisonious snakes or spiders, lots of deer, fish and small game. And the UP (upper penninsula) is one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen!
I might move to the UP, or out west somewhere, or Alaska.
Does it seem to some of you guys like people seem to be moving into less populated areas, and wild or unpopulated places might be disappearing?
I pray the day doesn't come when there isn't many wild places left to go to, or the day when there is a shopping mall over the beautiful woods over our property in Northern MI.
But maybe I'm just paranoid :rolleyes:
Bakes
As a lifelong resident of Illinois I have to caution any of you thinking about this state. We do have an abundance of deer and turkeys, the fishing isn't too bad either. The only problem is that the city of Chicago pretty much runs the rest of the state. I can't begin to tell you how "big government" oriented this state is. My advice would be to move to Missouri and hunt Illinois as a non-resident.
As far as the question at hand goes, Alaska gets my vote. God willing, my wife and I will live there in four years.
rite at home in west virginia of course. but id love to go explore wyoming with the bow too.
Michigan has great deer hunting but limited on other species. Out west seems target friendly for elk, mule deer, pronghorn. I would also like to live where there are abundant hogs to hunt. I would like to live wherever there is the most variety of game to pursue, longest season, and wide variety of terrain to beat the crud out of my body!!!
I've spent a lot of time and done a good bit of research looking for the same place you are describing. I hate to break the news to you but it doesn't exist. I think that 20 years ago places like Idaho, western Montana, and Eastern Oregon or Washington might have been what you describe. But since the Tech. boom and the influx of money into the northwestern cities like Portland and Seattle every Microsoft executive has a cabin there and these towns are all a little too expensive for a regular working guy. If money is no concern then I would still move there....most those kind of people don't hunt anyway, so hunting opportunities are still good, cost of living is just ridiculous. Maybe with this recession and housing market decline these places will affordable again....but I doubt it. Maybe I am just bitter but it doesn't bother me too much to see a wildfire burn up some of those 10,000 square foot cabins every summer, especially when I know they are second homes. I'll probally catch heck for that last statement :rolleyes: If I were you I would stay in Alaska. An old man in North Dakota once told me "40 below keeps the riff-raf out"
i would have to go with colorado or monotana for the elk and bears
Oregon, Idaho or Cali
I've been to most of the 50 states and hunted quite a few of them as well. Texas is really hot right now...REALLY HOT but it's just a great place. I legally carry a gun, I hunt year round (had thirty hogs sighted on our lease yesterday) and I can fish both in fresh and saltwater. The deer hunting here is great and the season is long. People are friendly and it's home. I do though get why people like places with better mountains and seasons. Here we have early, middle and late summer-those are our seasons! It's good to see so many of us like the places that we currently live, I think it has to do with the fact that because we are bowhunters we are content people to start with!
Nobody yet has mentioned the Black Hills area of SD/WY. I've been there several times and often thought of relocating there to run a family campground/hunting/fishing/snowmobiling business. The game is abundent and other states and game are close by. I guess that's my retirement goal. LOL.
Horne shooter, I lived outside of Houston for 14 years. That area is really HOT & Humid. But you do have a nice short winter for 2 months.
I live in Jersey now, Hell I was born here, anyway... We can only hunt small game,water fowl, Turkey & Deer with a bow. We have bear, but can't hunt them yet. ( One day someone will get killed , then we can get a season.... How sad is that) We don't have hogz that we can hunt, yet. They are coming.... The States I picked are ones in the 48 I would like to go hunt in.... Alaska is my dream State. I want to move there so bad, but this thread was about the lower 48. Hell I want to hunt in Hawaii.
I could live alot of places and be pretty happy but I really love montana. (and way to much stuff to hunt for a working man)
I would however choose to live a little more remote if my resources could aford it.
The only way I see myself moveing is if the move would allow me to support my own a piece of hunting ground.
Happy huntin'
The Texas Hill Country would be very high on my list,but northern New Mexico has always attracted me also.Anyone have advice on the area up around Chama ?
I like where I'm at, but wouldn't mind more land and a trout stream. Other than that I'd prefer somewhere where I have enough money and time to go visit a lot of the other states. As mentioned, no state has it 365. I loved AK and spent 9 months there but wouldn't want to spend a winter there, or in most of the western states for that matter. Rtherber is on to something, although the gas for those looks like it'd be expensive. I'd love to travel place to place sampling the best of each and just have one place to settle down and rest and enjoy the family between trips. Seems I was born to be retired but haven't found a sponsor yet. :D
Well i live in ny and thats were ill stay becuase this is gods country !! We can trap hunt and fish to the fullest thats why all the jersy ,maryland , vermonters are buying up our land and we can even get it cheap anymore:( If you all want to visite look me up from sept to jan and ill be in the woods somwhere in ny ,Art
I kind of like it here in MI.
My second choice would be Alaska.
I drove through the Texas Hill country and it looked great. Can someone tell me more about it? Weather season and land prices? Email is OK or here to.
Thanks,
Bill
Bfisherman11@msn.com
Id live in fedonia ,az right next to the kaibab plateu, so I could see all those bucks .My second choice would be anywhere in wyoming
Take the climate of San Diego, CA and move it to just about anywhere else and I'd live there. Seeing how that's not possible, I plan on ending up back in Northern Wisc. Beautiful country, nice summers and winters don't bother me (love to ice fish, snowmobile..etc) I like having 4 distinct seasons and a variety of game to hunt. Northern Maine has always interested me as well.
Burnsie
Tough question...I think I have to go with Black Hills in South Dakota.
CO, WY, NE, ND are a short drive away. A good variety of game, especially for SD residents (drawing tags may be a problem for some species).
The land is beautiful out there.
Of course I'd have to do the reverse snowbird to Southwest Florida or the Keys. Sure it's hot as can be but it's a lot less crowded then and the fishing is better. Go out on the boat early, come back swim, then nap while the afternoon showers come.
Head back north in September for pronghorn season, stay through the winter (good time to do hobbies and catch up on stuff) then head back south after turkey season.
Actually this is what I hope/plan to do when retired.
Actually, that's what I dream about every day.
Well I'll vote for my own home state of Florida, emphasis on East Central Florida, whose interior is rural and wild.
We have a long deer season. The bucks aren't huge but there are many in the area pushing 120". I'm 9 hrs from the mountains, 4.5 hrs from the Keys. The beach is 10 minutes away. (Eye candy is 10 minutes away.) Tarpon, snook, redfish, seatrout,snapper are all 5 minutes away and fill out the summer nicely when the deer season is closed. My camp is 45 minutes away and may very well be one of the best turkey hunting spots in the world. Hogs are everywhere and the season is open year 'round.
I can always travel to Montana and places west as needed, which will be in November.
My vote goes to Alaska, without a doubt. Lived and worked there for a couple years during my college days....would love to go back. Shane
I'd go for the Suwannee River country of Southern Georgia and North Central Florida. I live in Oklahoma and I can't wait to get out of here.
MI Bowhunter took the words right out of my mouth.LOL.
Montana, Where I live now. Moved here 12 years ago. Some of the best hunting and gorgeous country around. The people are great also. Don
QuoteOriginally posted by Muskoxman:
If you could chose any location in the 48 states by abundance of game, small and large, moderate climate , good hunting regulations,close to mountains, sparse population. where would it be ?
John
I have a Heart Condition so mountains are out for me, So I will have to Say...
The Lone Star State............O-wait that's right I already Moved Here in 2009...
I live in a pretty good area for fur/fish/game.I live in the Southern Tier on the Allegany River in western N.Y.We have two state parks that border one another on the N.Y./P.A border.I read somewhere that we he three times as many deer as the rest of the state.The same as Adirondacks and the Catskills.We fish walleye in the spring and some of the best steelhead fishing in the fall on the Cattaraugus Creek.Deer plenty,Black bear on the rise.What more could you ask for?
I live in Louisiana only because of family ties. Later on down the road, I would love to live in southern Colorado, Kansas, or northern Arkansas.
Like a few of my fellow Missourians have already said, I'm perfectly happy where I'm at......and we have it all right here. Abundant deer, turkey, small game, and even hogs if you know where to look. I've lived in the upper eastern portion of the state and now in the south eastern portion and I love them both.
If for some reason I couldn't live here, I think Iowa, Kansas, or Indiana would be a good choice for me, but it would have to be in the midwestern states. I don't like swampy heat, or bone numbing cold so the midwest suits me just fine. :saywhat:
I live in Alaska, and it's great! But...Alaska can get very expensive when hunting. It costs a lot of money to hunt away from the road system, and if you hunt anywhere there is road access, you have to contend with a lot of hunter pressure. Also, there is a saying here...Welcome to Alaska! Step off of the airplane and in to the food chain! This place can eat your lunch in a heartbeat. If you get to a place where there is no road access, there is also no outside support or emergency services. The bears here are no joke. If you are not one of them, you are dinner.
As far as the lower 48, I have lived in central Idaho and central Wisconsin. Both are awesome places to bowhunt a variety of game.
This is a question I have never been able to answer. I think I am a snowbird. Montana in the summer and Arizona in the winter. Now if I can just figure out how to do that.
Berry Wensel's back yard
Montana or the spare room at Dick in Seattle's house ,he has a ton of Hill bows and he could use some help shooten them. :goldtooth:
I don't like high humidity so south of KY is out. Don't like crowds so east of KY is out as is north. Don't like long, cold snowy winters. Yep, I'm running out of options.
I want to hunt without draws for elk and deer at least. My favorite would be Oregon.
My daughter, grandson #2, and son-in-law will be stationed somewhere west next February. We have toyed with moving their direction. Air force.
Their application is in for: Seattle, Spokane, Cheyenne, Colorado Springs, Aurora(CO), Great Falls, and Omaha.
Even if we don't relocate I'm bound to venture toasted them to hunt!
I don't like high humidity so south of KY is out. Don't like crowds so east of KY is out as is north. Don't like long, cold snowy winters. Yep, I'm running out of options.
I want to hunt without draws for elk and deer at least. My favorite would be Oregon.
My daughter, grandson #2, and son-in-law will be stationed somewhere west next February. We have toyed with moving their direction. Air force.
Their application is in for: Seattle, Spokane, Cheyenne, Colorado Springs, Aurora(CO), Great Falls, and Omaha.
Even if we don't relocate I'm bound to venture toasted them to hunt!
Postoley, Alaska. Can't find it on a map? Exactly!
Montana, Big game, good fishing & loads of mountains to play in.
A few have voted for South Dakota and it has my vote also. While in the military I move around a lot and had the chance to live and hunt in Ca,Mi,Va,Oh,Ut,La,Tx. Overall South Dakota Balck Hills wins hands down.
For me Nebraska tops the list,it is seldom mentioned, but has abundant opportunities for large white tail.
I'd rather own a nice little cabin in North Ga to winter in great deer hog and turkey hunting and a motor home to try other places until winter got too cold
I want to be able to hunt every day if I want so I'd like to end up in GA some day. Long deer season (12 deer per year), lots of pigs and lots of public land to hunt. Good fishing and fair bird hunting too. Michigan pretty much stinks 75% of the time, to many people, hunting is fair at best and we seldom see the sun from October to April. I'll take swamp snakes over snow snakes any day.
If i had a choice it would be Hooper's Island on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Whitetail and Sika, goose, duck, and Turkey. Also striper fishing in the spring and summer, Hour from the beach. Only bad thing is them skeeters but that is what a thermacell is for.
Southcentral PA aint bad either good hunting, good fishing and good friends
Nate
I'm purdy content where I'm at! I might slide a couple hours south to KY. Nice country down there and a longer hunting season, plus the elk population is coming on strong :thumbsup: Never know I just might move one of these day's! Jason
Wyoming rocks! Great hunting for several big game species, about 50% public land, and less than 600,000 folks in the whole state. Paradise! But don't tell no-one! :)
Since I live in Kansas I will have to say that I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. We have for the most part mild weather and it does change often, Good hunting and fishing. Not to many elk but it's still good. Bird hunting is some of gthe best around also.
not many hills but either Northern Louisiana or North West Arkansas plenty of family and friends there, and plenty of game to chase
Probably Oregon or Washington, or almost anwhere in the USA. I'm tired of the Tax Tax Tax, and the rest of the Bu#@^$#it that goes on in this country. :mad: :banghead: Lloyd
Teton county Wyoming hands down
Mountains of northern New Mexico. Sometimes, north central Texas is just too hot!
i already live there COLORADO all the way
The grass aint greener
The wine aint sweeter
Either side of the hill
Yes, Colorado is sweet.
Tons of public land, the biggest mule deer I've ever seen (most within the city limits), biggest elk herd in the nation, sheep, goats, pronghorns, whitetails,
etc.
But, something in me longs for a midwestern woodlot, rabbits and squirrels everywhere, and hardwoods.
Guess it comes from growing up in Ohio. The grass isn't always greener...
I always thought Maine sounded pretty cool. Washington would be neat to.
Idaho. Every big game animal in the U.S. except boar. Better climate than Montana, and with lots of wild mountains to roam around in.
The best spot I've ever seen though is just out of John Day, Oregon. You have to go slow driving through there as if you don't, you'll wind up hitting something tasty---deer, elk, pheasant, turkey,quail...I've never driven in an area quite like that!
Idaho, hope to at least do a bear hunt there one day.
I've lived in NM for the last 7 years but have lived lots of places. Our elk hunting is spectacular but I would love to go back to Colorado or Oregon someday...Shawn
Idaho or Washington. Tons of game and excellent fishing. Thousands and thousands of square miles of public hunting land. Only downsides are no wild hogs and one tage for deer or elk every year. You can pick the desert, temperate rain forest, or anything in between as a living area. Essentially you can pick the weather you like best and live in it. All while having awesome hunting and fishing within a reasonable drive or if you pick right in your back yard.
I'd like to move in with either Barry or Gene if they would have me, but seriously I would go any where that there weren't poster signs every ten feet. Did I mention that we have whitetail deer and the ratio is about 99% doe?
Grouse
Australia or Alaska !!!!!!!!!
Live in Sweden...
alaska or montana. otherwise, ill just stick with ohio
I've been thinking hard on this one since I want to move to such a place when I retire in about nine years and I'm thinkin that western Nebraska would put you within reach of a lot of different states and game without driving for days. I also hunted in the North Platt area and its good hunting to.
I don't care at all for winter in the North-East and like the snow even less. I've always liked the thought of living in either Georgia or Texas.
Out of all the places I've hunted, or even been to for that matter, Idaho is the one that has been calling my name. I've never experience such extraordinary hunting or people and the beauty of that state is breath taking.
Now, if I could only find a decent paying job there...