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.  

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.  

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.