RE: what state would you pick
Maryland,
My bro comes out from NM every fall to bow hunt MD, so much more opertunity here.
Lets see:
Deer hunt sept 15 - Jan 31, unlimited Whitetail with Bow, Did I say unlimited ? (I can deer hunt every single day sept 15 -Jan 31, except some Sundays)
I could never live in a Western state where You are allowed 1 or 2 animals all year, I hunt 3-4 times a week Sept through Jan, just a way of life in the fall.
Summer I am in My Kayak catching fish in the Bay/tributaries or in western MD catching smallmouth and cooking a few over a campfire riverside.
I will give the north west the edge on Scenery though, did a pack trip in Wy, breathtaking.
Slack