I guess I've been living under a rock, I'll bet I've seen a total of a dozen Vermont plates in my area since I've lived here. Maybe it's because I live in Warren county (about as far north east as you can get other than Erie), but I see alot more Ohio plates than any state I can think of. I hunted in Ashtabula county this year and have seen the biggest deer of my life there. So why spend the 100 bucks plus, to hunt in a state that doesn't even have Sunday hunting? I'll tell you why, because they get a one week shotgun only season (in most areas). They do have a wonderful archery season, even longer than Pa, but who the hell wants to hang from a tree in 15-20 degree weather at the end of January?

We all have scum poachers in our states, but most of those are locals. They would almost have to be. Unless you live very close to the state border.

The thing that does worry me is when I go coyote hunting at 2:00 am and a DER Jeep drives by while I'm getting my shotgun out of the backseat, and they don't even stop to ask what's going on. That happened to me about a week ago. Not that I want to be hasseled while I'm sitting in the woods and or field, but why not stop and ask while I'm standing on the side of the road?

That my friends is unsetteling.