Best state in the north east for hunting?
12-01-2014, 02:53 PM
#33
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: The Granite State
Posts: 4
I've live in NH my entire life and have hunted here for almost 20 years and I would say that if you are looking for a great spot to come and hunt deer with some reasonable success of even seeing a deer that you would want to shoot you should cross this state of your list. The deer herd just isn't that spectacular and though the possibility of a big deer does exist it is highly unlikely you are going to locate one in any reasonable amount of time to make a hunting trip worth it. Maine's deer herd has been slammed by rough winters and is a not doing great from everything I have heard and experienced. I haven't hunted there in the last 5 years due to a distinct lack of animals in the areas I have access to. Focus on western MA or CT, PA, OH, and maybe VT.
12-31-2014, 10:41 AM
#34
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lancaster co. PA
Posts: 277
I've live in NH my entire life and have hunted here for almost 20 years and I would say that if you are looking for a great spot to come and hunt deer with some reasonable success of even seeing a deer that you would want to shoot you should cross this state of your list. The deer herd just isn't that spectacular and though the possibility of a big deer does exist it is highly unlikely you are going to locate one in any reasonable amount of time to make a hunting trip worth it. Maine's deer herd has been slammed by rough winters and is a not doing great from everything I have heard and experienced. I haven't hunted there in the last 5 years due to a distinct lack of animals in the areas I have access to. Focus on western MA or CT, PA, OH, and maybe VT.
Wow, somebody recommending VT over NH! I haven't heard that before. I'll take PA for hunt quality but I do love VT.
12-31-2014, 11:42 PM
#35
Spike
Join Date: Dec 2014
Posts: 63
I'd go to Maine or Pennsylvania. I'm in CT and out of state hunters is pretty much non existence. I'm probably in one of the best zones in CT due to large amount of deer and turkeys and they want hunters to really lower the population. Although you have to have to take a stupid bow hunter safety course as just a normal hunters safety course isn't good enough for liberal states. But we have some lame laws such as no sunday hunting and you can't hunt turkeys after noon. The no sunday hunting is such an outdated law. I can go bow hunt lion in Africa but I can't hunt deer in my own backyard without the additional bow course. So to sum up my rant avoid Connecticut haha.
01-01-2015, 10:06 AM
#37
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: LaPorte, IN
Posts: 1,111
Got 15 points in Maine but not optimistic. No powerball lotteries yet, but I don't do those. They are just taxes on people bad at math.
Last edited by Zim; 01-01-2015 at 10:09 AM.
01-01-2015, 01:29 PM
#39
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: LaPorte, IN
Posts: 1,111
Although I think it's impossible to calculate actual Maine draw odds given the ridiculous system, what I have seen posted indicates with 15 points x ten my odds are better than the odds in New Hampshire. For someone on the ground floor I could see Maine being worse.
I would not classify any of the three as "easy". Statistically hunters have a better chance dying before drawing in their lifetimes.
Did you go DIY in NH & VT? How did you do?
I would not classify any of the three as "easy". Statistically hunters have a better chance dying before drawing in their lifetimes.
Did you go DIY in NH & VT? How did you do?
Last edited by Zim; 01-01-2015 at 01:33 PM.
01-01-2015, 02:05 PM
#40
Fork Horn
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Lancaster co. PA
Posts: 277
Yes DIY. I killed the bull in my avatar in VT and a bigger one horned bull in NH. My wife also has drawn VT and got skunked and her brother drew NH and killed a small bull. None of us ever pulled Maine and two years ago I forgot to apply and all my points got dumped.
