I an say that I've hunted deer in 8 states and that hunting in the south is the hardest I've done and that is because there just aren't that many deer and there is very little agriculture to give them high quality nourishment. Urban sprawl isn't a huge factor.
Hunting deer in Florida has been the toughest for me. We have so much brush/palmettos that even a very large buck with a head full of antlers can easily sneak by you or disappear right in front of your eyes by just hunkering down.
The easiest was Illinois/Indiana... Lots and lots of deer and plenty of big bucks and they weren't so dang spooky.
The state that seemed the easiest to me at first was Colorado because I saw so many deer on a regular basis but actually shooting one was a horse of a different color.
I've never been in the NorthEast so I can't answer that one but then I'm not the Bob you were asking....
Bob
