Best place to live for archers?

[Hud]

AZ, WY, MT, NV, Ut, ID, NM

[Cyclic-Rivers]

NY has a lot of opportunity to shoot and a  great large group of trad Hunters/shooters.  

If you ar etalking about Hunting Opportunity, I would look elsewhere.

I've been meeting guys here in WI. Theyve been great but it doesnt seem like there are quite as many shoots. There is better deer hunting though in general.

[Terry Lightle]

In Okla we have a 2 buck 4 doe whitetail season from Oct 1-Jan 15,bear in SE and 12 hours from Denver  And antelope in panhandle.
Terry

[BAK]

It's hard to say if you haven't really lived and hunted there.  Southern Iowa has the big deer rep but few trad guys compared to where I lived in MN.  When you have gatherings out east that draw thousands of shooters you really wonder.

[Coop]

I used to love in SW PA not far from Red Beastmaster. A year ago this week I moved to Springtown TX, which is kind of in the DFW area. I have a big open property with no close neighbors so in the aspect of target shooting, I like here better. I have plenty of room for a home range. Finding public places to hunt is much more difficult in TX than PA though so I do miss access to all the public land PA had to offer. I like I can hunt free range hogs here and I could not in PA.

[Frank]

Georgia hands down. Hunting you can be in the woods chasing deer, bear, hogs, turkey all in less than an hour drive from Atlanta.

I moved from North Ga right across the street from a WMA to Decatur. Surprisingly living in Atlanta I can be North, South, East, or West in less than an hour chasing critters. This is also good if you shoot 3D shoots.

[bear mike]

Michigan

[Jahmi]

If you have great shooting and hunting friends in Idaho, you are in the best place!  The company you share the experience with will always beat the location!

I've spent 42 years in Michigan, 6 in California and the past in TX. I miss my Hunting buddies in Michigan, 3d and archery club buddies in California and enjoying making new ones in TX. Be careful what you wish for because in the end you may find out the greatest thing is those you shared the experience with.

[Zmonster]

I've resided in GA, CO, NY, FL, KY. My fav was Colorado, but all have their merits. To me, it just depends what you make of it.

[LongbowArchitect]

Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, northern New Mexico, Montana.

[PECO]

Colorado

[BWallace10327]

Why Colorado PECO?

[the rifleman]

Ohio used to have good rabbit and deer hunting.  Our division of wildlife has done a miserable job of managing the deer herd--- too many years of 9 deer limits and allowing pen raised deer that is starting cwd has really taken its toll around my farm.  Very little efforts at habitat along w coyotes, hawks and owls unchecked and now it is rare for me to see a rabbit.  Forget about quail and pheasant.  They seem to be focusing efforts on getting the rattlesnake population established so at least someday we may have some limb skins.

[TDHunter]

I'm sorry my US brothers, clearly I'm bias, but I would have to argue for British Columbia ,Canada.
This is why, I can hunt Whit-Tailed deer, Mule Deer, Black tailed Deer, black bear, cougar, Moose, Caribou, Elk, Mt. Goat, Stone Sheep, Rocky Mt. Big Horn Sheep, Wolf, Lynx, Coyote, and more , all with-in a general open season. Yes there are Limited Entry Hunting seasons for many of these as well, but I can hunt them all with an over the counter tag. I've been lucky enough to take many of these with the longbow, including
3 Mt.Goat, Stone Sheep, Moose, bear, each species of dear, Hog, and more. and not one of those trips cost me more then a couple hundred bucks which was for the most part truck and boat fuel.

[swp]

Yankton, SD, Olympic training center, nfaa headquarters, MO River, good hunting in SD and Nebraska with more big game close to the west.

[Steve Clandinin]

Td hunters got it right you poor southern boys have no idea lol. Where I live is a deer hunters dream come true.monster white tails,Miuleys,bear,pronghorns moose and elk.The fishing ,bird hunting and varmint hunting is world class.

[Steve Clandinin]

Td hunters got it right you poor southern boys have no idea lol. Where I live is a deer hunters dream come true.monster white tails,Miuleys,bear,pronghorns moose and elk.The fishing ,bird hunting and varmint hunting is world class.

[Russ Clagett]

Don't count Texas unless you own land, or are friends with someone who owns land.

The hunting here is great, but first you gotta have a place to hunt....

Texas is 99% privately owned, so......

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by JR Williams:
So I’ve been in the Army for the past 28 years, stationed all over the world and the States. The best place I have been stationed for traditional archery is Georgia. Good whitetail and turkey hunting. Hogs galore. And the terrain suits a Trad bow.

And 3D shoots from about February until September, some local, some major, but all within driving distance. Several Trad guys at the shoots.

Just my take.

Yes Hogs year-round and don't forget black bears

[Mint]

In ten years I'll be ready to retire by all accounts. No way I'm staying on Long Island with the way things are going and prices increasing. I'll miss much Archery club, Suffolk archers and my friends. Hunting on LI is ok with some nice bucks but the crowds and the slob hunters are both bad.