Super User HoosierHawgs Posted May 12, 2015 Super User Posted May 12, 2015 IYO. What is the best state for outdoor activities? (Fishing, fresh and salt, camping, hunting, ECT.) I know its not Indiana, even though we do have a few things going for us.. Quote
CRANKENSTIEN Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 it's not IL. Around here I like Wisconsin and Minnesota but I am going to give Missouri the nod. 1 Quote
Super User the reel ess Posted May 12, 2015 Super User Posted May 12, 2015 SC's good. Not exactly Alaska or FL. But we have beaches, coastal plain, piedmont, mountains, salt & freshwater fishing and hunting. And a pretty good year round climate. 1 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted May 12, 2015 Author Super User Posted May 12, 2015 Also, wanted to add... This is taking into account the availability of said activities, state laws restricting or increasing access (including land provisions, gun laws, and budgets). Just to make it more interesting Quote
onetime Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Texas, if you're an outdoorsman, you get year round "decent" weather. 1 Quote
Kevin Beachy Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Virginia Specifically the Shenandoah Valley! ~Kevin Quote
Mccallister25 Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 SC's good. Not exactly Alaska or FL. But we have beaches, coastal plain, piedmont, mountains, salt & freshwater fishing and hunting. And a pretty good year round climate. I'll agree. I'm in NC so I'll just say the Carolinas. Fresh water, salt water, deer, turkey, lots of other game birds, bears, a Lil bit of everything! Quote
Super User J Francho Posted May 12, 2015 Super User Posted May 12, 2015 VA is one of the nicest places I've been. NY is pretty great, but I live here and generally make the most of it. 1 Quote
Shockwave Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 I gotta go with Wisconsin. We may not have the monstrous deer that Iowa has or an abundance of Volkswagen sized bass like the southern states but for a good all-around time fishing/hunting along with copious amounts of other outdoor recreational opportunities, Wisconsin is really hard to beat. When I'm able to buy a vacation home, It'll be somewhere in the Northwoods! Quote
Super User Choporoz Posted May 12, 2015 Super User Posted May 12, 2015 Wisconsin? I couldn't get out of WI fast enough. Maybe in consideration if you only look at June and October. I've only been in VA for five years, but I gotta admit, it has a LOT going for it for the outdoorsman. 1 Quote
Jd_Phillips_Fishin Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Texas. Salt water you can catch a 48 inch bull red Fresh water you got Toledo Bend, Lake Fork, Sam Rayburn, Falcon Lake, Amistad and others. Hunting you got big dear, big turkeys, big hogs and some good dove huntin and good gun laws 1 Quote
Super User geo g Posted May 12, 2015 Super User Posted May 12, 2015 Florida has to be #1 on any unbiased list of the best. We have thousands of lakes all full of bass, peacocks, and just about every exotic fish found in an aquarium. Then the entire state is surrounded by some of the worlds best off shore fishing, with everything from 600 pound Goliath Groupers, to huge sharks, Tuna, Marlin and Sail Fish. We have one of the biggest live coral reefs in the world. We have world class inshore flats fishing with 200 pound tarpon, 80 pound redfish, snook, barracuda, cobia, and thousands of other inshore fish.. We have 100 miles of Keys that jet out just mire miles from the gulf stream. We can fish throughout every month on the calendar, comfortably! We have more coast line between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico then any other state in the lower 48. Need I say more! I forgot, we have wild boar, bear, deer, 180 Panthers still living wild in the state, a million gators, the American Crocodile, and the Skunk Ape! Great place to live if you love the outdoors. Quote
CJ Posted May 12, 2015 Posted May 12, 2015 Hands down it's Texas. Florida has lil' deer. Cali has crazy laws. Kentucky and Tennessee lack salt water but KY is coming on with monster whitetail and the fishing isn't shabby. Quote
greentrout Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 There's a reason Louisiana is called a Sportsman's Paradise: It is what it is. Old school basser... Quote
Super User FishTank Posted May 13, 2015 Super User Posted May 13, 2015 Tennessee hands down. Once you have fished, hunt, biked, skied, swam, snow skied, 4 wheeled, and hiked all in the same day and in the same place, I can't think of a better place. My favorite spot is LBL. 1 Quote
CJ Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Tennessee hands down. Once you have fished, hunt, biked, skied, swam, snow skied, 4 wheeled, and hiked all in the same day and in the same place, I can't think of a better place. My favorite spot is LBL. I must agree LBL is an outdoorsman's paradise. It has a sad history but no need to get into that. 1 Quote
hatrix Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Ohio is fairly decent I suppose. It is kinda big when it comes to hunting and deer. There is a few fresh water species of fish like steelhead, musky, Erie smallmouth. I know there is a place people go to get trophy deer and pay upward of 10k for them. Quote
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