mainebowhunter wrote:Which is the whole reason I started this post. Was curious to see if there was the same divide in neighboring states as there is in different regions. Like I said before, the big "divide" in the midwest I see is whether you hunt public or private, not quite so region based.
I think the divides are even smaller than that, each state has its own hot spots and even on a county level there are some great locations and some spots that get pounded. Like you mentioned there is a private vs public but also private vs private and public vs public within these areas. We probably don't do ourselves any favors by trying to label an entire state or area as easier or harder to kill even though those locations exist. Some of the better spots its just a numbers game, if you have 5 mature bucks in a square mile in one location and one mature buck per 2-3 sqaure miles in another no doubt the hunters in spot A have much better odds than spot B. It should be noted that those odds might apply more to your average joe than someone who really knows what they are doing but I was just talking in general.
Overall I try not to focus on this stuff because it doesn't do me one bit of good to think this hunter has it easy and this guy has it harder because you don't really know what kind of ground they hunt unless you know them or the area really well. What I really love about the beast is we try to make the best of the locations we hunt, with this kind of scouting and hunting you can shoot a nice one anywhere. It levels the playing field a bit, no doubt some locations are easier but guys who want it more can go out and have a realistic chance at a nice buck on hard hunted ground anywhere.