What big game animals close to home

[Margly]

Here in Norway we have no animals to hunt with a bow    

Except for pike    

The nearest possible hunt is Denmark and roedeer.

Margly

[TooManyHobbies]

Whitetails (no limit in parts of state) and small game.
If travel out of state within 200 miles, add black bear and moose. (no idea on draw, over the counter, etc. )

[AZ_Shooter]

I have, in no particular order, whitetail deer, mule deer, elk, mountain lion, and buffalo (one per lifetime, and a very, very hard draw).

[JustinNC]

Within 4hrs/200mi hmmm...

Whitetails- here

Eastern Wild Turkey- here, is considered big game in NC

Black Bear- although one here or there locally, within an hour and a half be in reliable black bear country, and 4 hours the other direction deffinately be in black bear county (east nc)

Feral hogs- various pockets from half an hour out to how ever far you want to go

Alligators- within the 4hr range, in SC, draw hunt, about a 1 in 4 odds of drawing last year from what I read.

[Cottonwood]

Mule deer, Whitetails, Elk, Bear, Mountain Lion, Moose, Wolves, Coyotes, Squirrels, Gophers, Grouse, Ducks, Goose, Fox, Bobcat etc, etc....

Several hours away - Antelope

[bornagainbowhunter]

Whitetail
Black bear
Hogs

[Canadabowyer]

Moose,Mule deer,Whitetail deer,Black bear. All over the counter tags and right in the back yard. A couple hours drive gets you to Elk,Mountain goat, Cariboo.Rabbits and several kinds of grouse everywhere. Bob

[Chester Thompson]

Native hunt able:

Whitetail
Mule deer
Cougar
Elk (small part of the state)
Coyote
Bobcat
Chupacabra or a coyote with mange from what I have seen

Native non hunt able:
Bear they are making a come back, and somebody maybe hunt able again.

Non Native:
Feral Hogs
Axis deer
Red Stag
Ram
Addax
Bison
Elk on a hunting ranch
Pretty much if you are willing to pay for it you can find it in Texas.

[Shaun]

Nothing but whitetail deer and a few turkeys here. How come everyone is trying to come to Iowa to hunt? Oh yeah, the deer get big.

[Chris Shelton]

200 miles is a bit of a big range . . . within the 200 miles I have moose, elk, bear, whitetails, sika deer, and maybe even some hogs.  But how many of those species have I hunted?-1(whitetails)

Not to mention that 200 miles puts me within range of some of the biggest deer in the US, but somehow I am still stuck hunting the little squirts in MD, lol

They should sell a Nation wide hunting lisence!

[Ragnarok Forge]

1. Blacktail Deer
2. Elk
3. Black Bear
4. Coyote
5. Cougar(The cat, not 40+ good looking women)
6. Mule Deer
7. Whitetail Deer
8. Turkey
9. Bighorn Sheep
10. Mountain Goat
11. Moose


Above list copied from Compoundless in Concrete.  Washington State is a hunters paradise.

Oh and for the single guys we have lots of smoking hot 40+ Cougars to hunt in the evenings when your done chasing the real ones in the woods.  A hunter paradise for sure!

[JustinNC]

I suppose if you say non-huntable...we have elk within 140miles.

[GUYZER]

I have MOOSE and DEER about 10 minutes from my
house and BEAR at about 30 minutes.

MAY THE SPIRIT OF FRED BEAR GUIDE OUR ARROWS.

[Bill Carlsen]

Within 15 mins. of my home I can shoot whitetails, turkeys, moose, bear and coyotes.  Fox are quite common but I rarely shoot at them unless they are causing problems around the house....i.e., chicken killers.

[Mack_S]

Within a 4 hour drive down in sunny Southern California, we've got:

Mule Deer
Blacktail Deer
Black Bear
Wild Pig
Tule Elk (very tough draw)
Desert Bighorn Sheep (Near impossible draw)

-Mack

[twitchstick]

In State Speices
Mule Deer
Rocky Mountain Elk
Mt. Goat
Desert Bighorn
Rocky Mt. Bighorn
Black Bear
Bison
Shiras Moose
Cougar
Pronghorn

It would be tough to draw all these tags in a lifetime,but I'm trying!

[K. Mogensen]

Pretty much everything Twitch just listed. I've only ever hunted Mulies though. Would love to try a moose hunt one day though! But it seems nearly impossible draw.

[SCATTERSHOT]

Deer, elk, bear, mountain lion, pronghorn, mountain goats, bighorn sheep, moose, coyote, turkey.

[Brian Krebs]

I came home after being gone for a month plus; and there were deer using my cabin as a back stop - one muledeer was bedded under my bedroom window.
 I have had elk do that and whitetails; and even six bighorn sheep.
The animals I can take that I have seen on my property ( 3.5 acres):
 black bear
 muledeer
 Whitetail deer
 Elk
 Antelope
 wolf
 coyote
 Bobcat
 cottontails
 Hungarian partridge and chuckar partridge.
200 miles? wow.. no idea. I suppose turkeys are about the only thing I would have to go that far for
 Within 10 miles of my cabin I have taken elk;muledeer;whitetail;black bear.
  I have seen within 10 miles - antelope; mt goats; Moose;mt lion; and a this year a wolverine.

[COMPOUNDLESS IN CONCRETE]

Originally posted by Ragnarok Forge:
1. Blacktail Deer
2. Elk
3. Black Bear
4. Coyote
5. Cougar(The cat, not 40+ good looking women)
6. Mule Deer
7. Whitetail Deer
8. Turkey
9. Bighorn Sheep
10. Mountain Goat
11. Moose


Above list copied from Compoundless in Concrete.  Washington State is a hunters paradise.

Oh and for the single guys we have lots of smoking hot 40+ Cougars to hunt in the evenings when your done chasing the real ones in the woods.  A hunter paradise for sure!

Washington is a bowhunters dream, I just wish they would allow people to take more than one deer.  Maybe a tag for both the western and eastern sides. Hmmmmmm!