Best state to hunt..
05-24-2007, 01:31 PM
#41
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 590
RE: Best state to hunt..
Definitely NOT Montana. Hunt Colorado, hunt Hawaii, hunt frickin' anywhere, but NOT Montana. It sucks here, and we have enough people flocking in now. Actually, we had enough the day after I got here a few years ago! Ihope this helps!
05-24-2007, 01:49 PM
#42
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Todd County, Minnesota
Posts: 348
RE: Best state to hunt..
I think its pretty vague to pick a state. Every mid-west state has its hotspots. Some areas suck and some area kick a**. That being said, I always wanted to hunt in the Alberta bow zone.
05-27-2007, 07:32 AM
#44
Super Moderator
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Indiana
Posts: 7,182
RE: Best state to hunt..
Well its sure not my home state of Indiana. Way to many pumpkin head hunters. Everybodys brother, sister, cousins, mom, dad, neices, and nephews all hunt the gun season. I just cant figure this out either. On one side of Indiana we have Illinois and the othe side we have Ohio. I guess all the big quality deer take a flight over Indiana, or drive around. We need better management. Things here have been suggested to help grow bigger deer, and they did implement the one buck rule. I dont believe its done what they expected. We still have all the hunters taking out 1.5 yr old bucks. I dread the pumpkin head season, now they want to use rifles. Thats all we need now is putting a rifle in an inexperienced pumpkin heads hands. Indianas deer season sure is disappointing.
05-27-2007, 10:46 PM
#45
Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 20
RE: Best state to hunt..
I've spent most of my time in the Ohio farmland, but have also made trips to the big woods of Virginia, and now go to Maine every year. Maine is by far my favorite. Ohio's great forbig numbers and big deer,but who wants to sit in a tree for 2 months. Where I hunt in Northern maine you're lucky to get a shot, but I've never went back to camp after a long day of climbing mountains and trudging thru swamps, and not felt like I accomplished a great deal. I don't mean to sound like nut-job Nugent, but it good for the soul.
05-28-2007, 02:32 AM
#46
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Lake County, Florida
Posts: 3,313
RE: Best state to hunt..
ORIGINAL: Garminator
C'mon Curth, it can't be as bad as Florida[&:]
ORIGINAL: curth83
not new york...
not new york...
yup, no deer in Florida! everyone needs to buy licenses in other states
05-31-2007, 09:09 AM
#48
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: Best state to hunt..
Montana or TX
MT just because they have so much to offer, from deer, to waterfowl, upland birds, big game and awesome fishing.
TX for sheer numbers, good size (and for my money the prettiest bucks...love those chocolate, boxed off racks they produce) and plenty of hog hunting, great waterfowl, quail and dove too. And if you are near the gulf coast.....some of the best fishing in the southern US.
MT just because they have so much to offer, from deer, to waterfowl, upland birds, big game and awesome fishing.
TX for sheer numbers, good size (and for my money the prettiest bucks...love those chocolate, boxed off racks they produce) and plenty of hog hunting, great waterfowl, quail and dove too. And if you are near the gulf coast.....some of the best fishing in the southern US.
