I grew up and hunted all over western PA until I moved south about 9 years ago.  Hunted Ohio and NY too because I could be in either state in less than 2 hours.  I've hunted the NW big woods and it fits the bill for that wilder kind of hunt but I loved the deer hunting to the west in Mercer, Crawford and Erie counties.  I know things have changed but I still go back and hunt first or second week of November every year and love it.  I've not found anything that comes close to comparable in Alabama after 9 years.  I hope one day I can move back up there, buy a little place of my own and hunt good bucks right out the back door.