In PA, many years ago, we used to drive a couple of hours to hunt in the "mountains" because that was where the deer were. Camp was the back of the pickup truck or someones cabin.

Now, we walk out back to hunt deer. They seem to be much more numerous these days outside the fringe of the "cities". We are also starting to see more bear here than at our mountain bear hunting camp.

Yeah...I hunted out of tents, pick ups, vans and sleeping sitting up in cars.Now we hunt out of the house I own with 5 other hunting buddies. It's on a lake upstate NY. We hunt from September to May for deer, turkey, grouse, coyote, woodcock, rabbit, squirreland bear. Than we open the house up for the families to use during the summer.

In summer we fish, swim,shoot and scout...and relax.

This is a view of the back yard from the house...oh...I'm sorry...is there a turkeyblocking the view?



My daughter Christin....she loves to hunt and eat wild turkey. She has a great turkey nugget recipie. This turkey was taken about 600 yards from the house (I mean camp).



Christin's first deer..a doe she killed with a bow about 75 yards from camp last November. For some reason the deer was all stiff before we gutted it. She only went 70yds.


Christin calling turkeys right from our back yard.



Summer shooting lessons for my grand daughter Jocelyn. A BB gun in the back yard.



The grand kids and some friends having fun.


Jocelyn and Rachel with their catch.



Yeah...I know it's rough! Someone's got to do it, though!!

Notice the kids can out hunt me now?[&:]

After looking at all of the posts in this thread all I can say is "lifeisgood" and "God bless the USA".

Yes Life is good. God Bless The USA

Yeah...ya can't do this in a lot of countries!

What I enjoy is going to our cabin up in NC PA. Its a little 15x30' cabin with no running water, no elec. Sort of a hard walled tent. But we have a propane heater and stove and lanterns to provide all the comforts of home.
I got me a good deal on a 4000 watt generator at Cabelas earlier this year so I may just take it up and run it a couple hours in the evening with some of them new fangled electric clamp lights and take my 13" TV w/DVD player and watch some good old John Wayne or Clint Eastwood westerns or maybe even some Tom Selleck westerns of a few others I have.
And if any of you guys want to swap hunts or whatever, let me know. We usually go up the cabin for the Mon - Wed of Thanksgiving week for black bear and sometimes the following week for a couple days for antlered deer.
And if the weather (snow) isn't too bad, we spend some time between Christmas and New Year's for the late season muzzleloader (flintlock and open sights only).

North west P.A. outside of a town named Tionesta. My family has been hunting up in that area since 1955 when they bought the first camp. In 1974 my dad and grandfather bought our current camp. No running water until my brother and I grew up and paid for a well. No T.V. Out house still in use for those that choice to use it. Our land backs up to a national forest. Only thing is the hunting is steadly going to the crapper in P.A. To many doe permitts, I hear stories of seeing a 100 deer opening day now we are lucky to see a few. I only wish my son(2yrs old) can enjoy the camp as much as I have.