I was a lot younger then.
I did some trapping on that trip, caught a few Martin
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My brothers and I trapped every year till we graduated from high school. That’s we how we made money in the winter. Loved it.
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out of state hunting trips?
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My brothers and I trapped every year till we graduated from high school. That’s we how we made money in the winter. Loved it.
Logcutter
40 Cal
"Out west" is just to far for me. To much driving and to much money. I often think about going up to the Adirondacks in NY or even up to Maine to hunt. I could afford that I think. But here's the thing. Where I live in PA I have literally hundreds of thousands of acres to hunt. Between national forest, state forest, game lands, timber company lands, I could never hunt it all. And its good hunting. Very good. Black bear, whitetail deer, and turkey everywhere. And last year I had three deer tags. Filled them all. This year I have four tags and I could have bought another had I wanted it. License and tags less than $75. So its hard to justify traveling.
Six-Gun
32 Cal.
PA is a pretty incredible state as far as access. I want to say that the public land available is something crazy like 4 million acres. It's nuts considering that it's one of the long settled states in the country with a fairly high population. They have preserved a lot of high quality public land despite this and that definitely makes for a compelling reason to stay close to home. I grew up near Philly, which is as terrible as you can imagine for hunting access, but in the northwest near Allegheny National Forest (2F/2H) where you are is like a whole other world. A guy could get lost and never found up that way and I envy your location!
That said, my military life has forced me to move and adapt to different places. The good news is that it also subsidized a large part of the travel cost. The bad news is that it makes hunting tough because you typically get only 2-3 years to learn a place. BUT, you learn how to scout and get it done quickly, and can hunt a ton of different places if you are willing to travel even a bit from your duty station. There's a ton of fun in finding success in unfamiliar woods and mountains, and I make it a point to do so even outside of my required moves. The states/places covered with my traditional muzzleloading hunts and all other hunts has sprawled over the years due to the military life and pure desire to travel:
- Pennsylvania
- Maryland
- Ohio
- Georgia
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Nebraska
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Missouri
- Colorado
- Arizona
- Nevada
- Montana
- South Dakota
- Alaska
- Ontario, Canada
- South Africa
- Next up - Wyoming: taking my German Shorthair to drive west one state over to chase blue and ruffed grouse when I get home from my current overseas deployment next month. If you can find the desire and the budget to get out West, I can only beg you to check it out. The scenery alone is worth it.
