Everyone debates location butsometimes FINDING those places are just as much if not more work than the actual hunting effort itself. Then again some people are just set right in the middle of a good spot.

I know a guy that burns tanker loads of gas traveling in the off season looking for places to hunt that hold quality deer. He spends hours in the woods, roaming around looking for signs that mature buck may exist, hours pouring over ariel maps, and hours in finding land access. While technically he may live in a "big buck state", the matter of him just walking out the door and plopping in the woods is certainly not the reason he shoots good deer. More effort goes into travel and preparation to FIND a good spot, than maybe the hunting itself.