I was out there (long beach) for a few years while the wife went to school. I pretty much gave up the shooting while I was there but came back for two weeks of deer hunting. What I did was a lot of backpacking. Yosemite, Seqouia Kings, In the winter lots of stuff on the coast like Los Padres. Had a friend with a boat in a nearby marina and we did a fair bit of sailing too. Its a big ass state and you will have to get used to driving if you want to get to the backcountry.

Honestly I couldn't live there for long, I found the lack of real seasons hard to take and there are just to many people. Did I mention traffic? But for a short time it was ok.

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