Best state for folks like us

[Iowabowhunter]

Montana is awesome. Spring bear is over a month long, they sell turkey tags but I havent tried for them.

Pronghorn in mid August, muley and elk first week of September. Can use a bow through rifle season, and whitetail season goes thru mid January/early February.

Fly fishing is world class, plenty of yotes and wolves to chase after.  Good waterfowl and upland game opportunities.

Lots of granola's here in Bozeman, but can get away from them plenty easy.

[BigJim]

I could certainly throw in a little input on where I would live if given the opportunity, but I find the best state for me is "happiness in ones self". With this, you will always (most always) be happy with your surroundings.

I have lived lots of places and found that I desire them more after I have left. Never really utilized them as much as I though I would while I was there.
I sure get excited though when I plan a hunt in far away places...might only be a few hours away, but it is not in my back yard.
BigJIm

[myshootinstinks]

The grass is always greener somewhere else.    

[Homebru]

Originally posted by myshootinstinks:
The grass is always greener somewhere else.      

.....but you still have to mow the lawn and pick up the doggie doo.
homebru

[Todd Cook]

I've traveled a good bit and hunted several states. I hope to do more of it, but honestly, Georgia's hard to beat. We're like several other states in that we shoot too many does, but we have deer, turkeys, hogs, bear, gators, armadillos, lots of small game, ect. Hunting season never really closes here.

[Scott E]

Not South Western CT lol

I would love to hunt somewhere with a diversity of game species both large and small game. Maybe Arizona would be my choice. I really like the mountains and backcountry bowhunting just speaks to me.

The way thing are going though the best thing to do is be rich so you can buy a large piece of land and travel to hunt in prime areas.

[Sawpilot 75]

Luckily being blessed to travel for a living and seeing all our states except Alaska and Hawaii and most provinces of Canada I would have to say Alberta for me. I really like the Agriculture along with the diversity in game and topography Alberta offers.

[Babbling Bob]

Oklahoma - Lots of good people and a bunch of freindly trad shooters.

[maineac]

This winter in Maine has my wife on "we're outa here" mode.  As I read through this and think about a place I could move to I struggle with the land access issue.  Even though we have low game numbers, we have lots of land.  I love walking though woods and can access an amazing amount of land here, both for just walking, stumping or hunting since our laws allow you to hunt on private land that is not posted. I can walk out my back door and walk for hours without stopping for a couple of hours, and rarely see another persons boot track, (or deer track for that matter).  It would be nice if land access is factored into your expert input.

[ChuckC]

I think your choices will definitely be influenced by what you want.  By that I mean, in the south, say Georgia as an example, there are deer and turkey and hogs, with hogs being open to chase for a lot of the year.  A lot. And there are probably other game, maybe bear ( I don't know for sure).

If you want variety of big game, then obviously the northwest or even Alaska is your goal.  But seasons there tend to be much shorter and in some areas much (much) colder.

No perfect answer to this one.
ChuckC

[britt]

The state with the most 3D shoots.