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We chose Northern Wisconsin for the Northwoods atmosphere and four seasons. Great Hunting, Fishing is out-of this world. We would have tried Ketchikan, AK, but the wife can't get too far from family. Montana would have been our third choice. The only bad thing about Northern Wisconsin is the long winters. Late Oct to May is not warm So we take a month or two and head down to the Florida or the Alabama coast. Breaks up the winter. If you can handle a week or two a few times a year of 20-30 Below Zero, I would look at any county north of Highway 64 and close to Hospitals, shopping, etc. I would give Sabine County in Eastern Texas a look also. That place mimic's the North woods without the cold. Not too far from Tornado Alley though. Lots of choices in the lower 48. I'll bet Maine, Vermont, Oregon, Utah, New Hampshire, has some great places.

For salt water/fresh water fishing, ducks, geese, squirrels, rabbits, WT hunting, Louisiana isn't bad. We have plenty (too many) hogs, too.

It's known as the Sportsman's Paradise and for good reason.

Local Cajuns know how to cook what they kill.

These guys can make road kill (fresh of course) taste good.

They don't cull much...

DF

It does, best try California or Texas.

Idaho is the absolute pits---You have to endure conservative, hard working family oriented people every where you go (except , maybe Ketchum) and you'll probably have to drown your sorrows buy looking at beautiful sights in all four seasons while hunting sheep at 9000 feet and pronghorns in the sage brush.
I almost can't stand it, think I'll move to New Jersey when I come to my senses.

Depends on what you like....fishing would be tough to beat LA...TX....if you fly fish WY....
All around I think Wyoming....would be my choice....cheap living and in the middle of some great sporting opertunities...

Now, that's funny...

Got a chuckle out of me, for sure...

Point well made...

DF

Texas is way the heck to hot to take top spot. Plenty here, but to dang hot to enjoy it 6 months or so of the year.

I would've done Vermont a long time ago if the hunting was any good.

Yes, they do. Glen Guist (Swamp People) made 'crow' jambalaya from road kill crow.

I lived in Hammond for 9 yrs. they do cook some good.

Jerry

I enjoy SC, deer season from Aug 15 thru Jan1, salt on 200 miles of coastline, huge inland lakes. Only other state I would consider is LA for the saltwater fishing.

Texas does have great hunting and fishing. I still occasionally go to South Padre Island to fish. However, when I lived in Texas, I found that it was cheaper to fly to Oregon to hunt quail than to hunt them near home.

Haven't spent much time in PA, but some of my old Marine Corps buddies went back there after their stint and never left. They claim it's the best. Although most say their home is the best, I bet there are some really nice areas of PA other than Pittsburgh or Philly.

Agree, my vote is firmly for PA being the best.

There sure are. I recommend taking a drive on Rt. 6 sometime.

We should work out a trade with Canada. They can have Wi, IL, and everything N of NC and E of WV except Maine, we get to keep Maine. Then we get Manitoba, Alberta, and BC except for Vancouver. NWT and the Yukon become communal property of both nations.

I have tried to convince my bride of 30 years that we should sell our Louisiana land and buy property in the Black Hills in Eastern Wyoming. We have traveled all over the West and the area around Newcastle and Upton in Weston County impressed me the most of a place I would like to be. Wyoming is our least populated state and the demographics and politics seem about in line with what I like. My wife is balking at the idea, doesn't want to put any distance between us and our grandkids, and she has a fear of driving on snow. I like sparsely populated Northern California also, but that is not a consideration as long as it is ruled by Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Wouldn't trade my adopted home state of Georgia for Pennsylvania. Much friendlier to us non-liberals here. Just avoid Atlanta.....

Hastings, Don't talk her into anywhere she doesn't want to go. She will never let up on you when it snow's a foot or two, or when the temps drop into the minus zeroe.s. But if you like it, maybe a summer home there would work. Keep your place in LA and spend the winter's there. A friend of mine left here and moved to Wyoming and he now lives in Arizona. Said it isn't as nice as he thought.

Easily Lewiston Idaho area.

It's midway between the coast and rocky Mtn front. Plenty of rivers, national forests, and large wilderness in Idaho. It also has mild enough winters so shoveling snow isn't an concern very often if at all.

It's in an location where it's not far from the coast, the cascades, Canada, or the rocky Mtn front. Right on the doorstep are large natl forests and wilderness areas in idaho