What I'm really hoping for is to find something close enough that I can do yearly or every few years. A big chunk of land I can set up and learn each year. With a reasonable chance of deer and bear success.

I've taken a PA black bear. And will continue to hunt the PA seasons. Focus of this will be bear. Having the concurrent deer season just gives me something to possibly put a tag on if a good one shows up in front of me.Really looking for that wilderness fix more than anything. A chance to get out and camp and disappear in the woods for a couple days. That's the draw to the Adirondacks. I've gotten a few good suggestions to look into in west Virginia too with some pretty sizeable chunks of land. -Jake