RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

I agree Dan ...beautiful country ...nice people ...and a chance to harvest a true trophy !

dd

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

I take it none of you have hunted in Iowa before? Do you think half the countries professional hunters live in Iowa is by accident? You can't draw tags as a non-resident, and land is beyond plentiful. They have a few deer here too! he he he.....

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

LOL C.I. I didnt shoot ALL the deer but I did do my share of nuisance control

dd

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I'll vote for not NY[8D][:-]. At the rate the DEC is going we'll be fortunate to see a set of tracks in a few years.[&o]

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

I would have to agree with Dan and DD It's all about Canada especially Alberta. Big bucks, lots of animals and damn good beer. Hell yes.

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to hunt Canada. I'd like to see what a 300 lb. dressed out deer looks like. I also don't know what your definition of "a true trophy" is, but I've taken a 180 class buck (typ.) in Wisconsin anda 150 plus a couple of 140's in Illinois. These spots are from 5 to 30 minutes from my home. I guess my point is that for the money I can spend the whole bow season in Ill. and Wis. for much less than the cost of a Canadian Hunt and have better odds of getting a trophy buck. Simply due to the fact that most Canadian hunts are for about 6 days. I would trade my Wis. gun season for one in Canada though! Anyway, back to the subject, I read in one of the deer mags that Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio and Wis. are producing bigger and more trophies, typ. and non-typ., than anywhere else. Minn. and Kentucky are producing some whoppers as well. My choices are Iowa,Illinois and Wis.

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

Thats why I'm so lucky to live in Canada but it's the same for me I would give up a week of hunting here to go to Wisconsin of Illinois to shot a nice 150 class whitetail. Dont get me wrong there are alot of big whitetails in Canada but they are so damn hard to find and the chance of getting one are hard unless you scout alot and know the country. Mulies on the other hand their like cattle in alberta. There are some huge bucks too.

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As I'm reading this, I ironically have poison ivy and my brother has stepped on a cactus needle....lol everything does tell you to go away! We can hunt bow season in t-shirts and shorts.

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I am very biasedI have grown up inand hunted south texas my whole life. Thestate is 95% privatelyowned thus the deer have the oppertunity to grow old and reach their full potential. Now with the popularity of breeding and protein feeding the deer are gettting even bigger. I have always hunted the king and kenedy ranches which are all natural and just have out ragious genetics.

RE: What is the Best State To hunt deer in ?
 

Any state but Illinois, these deer are cornfed around here they dont get very big!