Moving Experience

[Sock Puppet]

I live in an area that's a paradise for sportsman. From trophy trout fishing to some of the best elk hunting. One draw back to the hunting is the lottery system Co. has.

The Western Slope of CO is fantastic, and a little farther shouth into NM ain't too bad either!

 

[LegalAlien]

El Mariachi
Ok Kidz, I'm a bit worried here....'cuz I haven't seen Florida mentioned yet. Which is where I wanna move to next year.

What gives?......

Low-down on FL?
1. Very gun friendly. Although they botched up the last attempt at full open carry legislation - maybe next time. CCW is no issue.

2. Fishing everywhere - salt and fresh waters.

3. Ranges/ public land for shooting - no public land left where you can just drive out into the middle of nowhere to go shoot - the snowbirds took care of that. Indoor and Outdoor ranges are available - some private, some public. Outdoor over 300 yds are few and far between.

4. Hunting? . . . . that is another story altogether. Only Ocala Forest as a National area (over-hunted) and a good number of state/county WMA's (Wildlife Managemernt Areas) - however, very short, limited hunting seasons, quota draws, etc. Plenty of wild hogs, if you can find a place/time to go hunt them. White tails in the WMA I am told are over hunted and extremely skittish and also quite a bit smaller than other white tail species. Mid state has fair number of canned hog and deer hunting opportunities if that floats your boat. You friggin need a WMA permit, a hunting license, a fresh water fishing license, a salt water fishing license, a quota permit, a duck permit, a turkey permit, a fart permit to compete with a bunch of other hunters on limited land for a limited period for a limited resource.
Forgot to add, you also need a bow hunting permit, a muzzle loading permit, a cross bow permit.
Bottom line - if you are an active outdoors person, wanting to enjoy a variety of outdoors fishing/hunting experiences in FL, they will bankcrupt you with permits, before you set your foot inside an area where there may or may not be anything to hunt.

 

[Leanwolf]

Idaho is very friendly to sportsmen, notwithstanding the transplanted Canadian Grey wolves that have hammered our game herds. (But now that those wolves have moved into Oregon and Washington, they'll soon suffer too.)

As for Oregon, I understand the game laws are rather restrictive for elk, deer and antelope, and Oregon liberals have outlawed the use of dogs to hunt Black bears and Mountain lions.

I'll take Idaho any day, especially after living in California for 36 years.

L.W.

 

[USAF_Vet]

My corner of Michigan is pretty nice. I've got a few county and state game areas relatively close. A state forest not too far away, and access to private farm land for hunting.
If I drive more than 45 minutes to a hunting spot, it's by choice.

Any given season (except for the rare tags pulls for black bear) i don't need to stray far fro home.

 

[paul]

Home.
God Bless Texas.
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[doubleh]

Paul, as an ex-Texan I have decided that Texas has more drawbacks than advantages, at least for me. As a next door neighbor I'm free to strap my pistol on my hip and roam and hunt countless acres of state and federal land---for free. There quite a few other advantages, to me anyway, that I won't go into on this forum.

About the only thing I miss about Texas is the amount of lakes but if this drouth continues that won't be a big deal. Texas is going to only have a few lakes and we are going to have none.

Oh. We have real mountains. I have a sister-in-law that lives in Texas. I kid her about not having real mountains.

 

[Sulaco]

I like my state a lot for reasons already mentioned. My particular area though (suburbs and outskirts of Columbia, in Lexington Co.) a lot of stinking Yankees have moved here now. They drive like crap, talk too loud and don't say hey. Otherwise, I love it.