Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire If you could live in any state for hunting and fishing which would it be?

We'll keep that in mind next time you have the urge to hunt elk, moose, or wolf.

You stay there and keep fighting the good fight.
We've got plenty of Californian's and the mentality they bring with them already.

Idaho

hunting and the right mentality about leaving people alone

Kinda like mexicans... being mexicans in mexico is fine... coming here and making pockets of little mexico isn't.

Kent

I havent hunted or fished in many other states, but Louisiana is gonna be hard to beat.

1/2 mile to the bayou and you can hunt, fish, and trap there. If you dont like that place, then its not over 15-20 miles to at least a 1/2 dozen other places.

Sportsman's Paradise

Florida SUCKS. Been here practically my entire life, and when it comes to HUNTING, it just doesn't compare. Now if you like Salt Water fishing, a complete lack of changing seasons, heat, humidity and a FLAT landscape, then Florida's the place for you.

Ironic that only one person said Colorado, but we have a couple hundred thousand come here to hunt from other states.

We looked at MT, too cold in winter. Wy,too windy. Lived in NM for 10years. Gave that up because you couldn't hunt elk every year.

Guess I'll stick to CO.

South Dakota. My dog and I love to hunt pheasants.

I made that choice 15 years ago good fishing and hunting, and lots of public land to do it on. Mt, Wy, too much winter. I've lived in Florida. It's too hot, too humid, and has too many insects. My ideal would be CO, MT, or WY in the summer and become a snow bird in the winter to a lower latitude, like NM or Az.

As a young impressionable teenager we vacationed in both Colorado and Montana. Great Cutthroat and brook trout fishing. The most beautiful place we visited and fished was British Columbia. All of those places would more than satisfy me. However, in my golden years, home sweet home Oklahoma is also a diversified sportsman's paradise, so I am also content here.

Sounds like me. Some great places to visit, but great deer hunting in your yard and fishing right down the road are hard to beat. Golden years, love it.

Living in western SD, my choices would be WY/MT, ID, then AK.

AK would be first, but the darkness would kick my butt.

Most of my life has been spent in Oregon and Washington. Populations have grown to where there is development in places you'd never have imagined and lots of places that were great hunting or fishing were attractive enough to become yuppie infestations. Still, this is home and there are still a couple corners of both states with decent local hunting and fishing. I've gone past the age of big hunting trips. My knees limit mobility so spending thousands on a hunt I cannot fully enjoy seems insane. The final element in staying in the Pacific Northwest is a need to occasionally be out on the ocean. Retirement is a few years off so we're looking for a place that will remain OK for a few more years where there's a small town lifestyle and I'll have a chance to do some hunting and fishing near home.

Doesn't sound like a blacktail deer hunt is happening any time soon either.

For me it would be in order: Montana, Wyoming, The western part of the Dakotas, Idaho, and Colorado

That sounds like a plan!

Several I can think of. Idaho,Alaska,Wyoming,Colorado. But it seems like those Montucky boys have some great hunting and fishing from the pics they post.

If I had to choose just one it'd be Montana.

For diversified opportunities for hunting and fishing, Alaska tops them all. Just wish that I had discovered it when I was 20 years younger and had my career ahead of me...

While S.C., does not have the variety of the western states, it is still a good state to live in for outdoorsmen; we have a 4.5 month deer season with no limit on bucks, and plentiful doe tags. Lots of hogs, great fishing at Clark Hill and Santee-Cooper plus good saltwater fishing. Turkey limit is 5. I am happy here and damn near tired of deer hunting after 4.5 months!

It would be hard to pick one since I haven't seen them all yet.
However, I'm pretty content. We have mountains, beaches and a little bit of everything else in between. We can take a deer a day from late October through early February. Excellent fishing year round. The bears and alligators are coming back. No elk, moose or antelope though. Maybe that's what vacations are for?