Which State Would You Hunt In?

[Landrover]

I've heard of some nice Muley's out of SD but not WT's. Might have to look into this a little more. Always wanted to make a hunt up there too.

Great also.....I killed a big bodied deer there a few years ago. Antlers were 135ish but I saw some BEASTS!!!! ALL WHITETAILS!!!!

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[Landrover]

Any of those but KS. There's a hunter in every tree.

I never experienced that in my 8 or 9 years there.[emoji848] However, I was largely private land and only did public land on week days.

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[JBJTX81]

https://www.boone-crockett.org/boone-and-crocketts-top-whitetail-states

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[JBJTX81]

From 2008 to 2018

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[JBJTX81]

https://bigdeerblog.com/2021/04/update-top-5-states-for-boone-crockett-whitetail-bucks/

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[JBJTX81]

From 2008 to 2018

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If you had 6400 acres in any of the top 4 states then odds say you shot a booner in the last 10 yrs. Now to find a 6400 acre lease in one of those states and hunt it hard for 10 years

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[Hooverfb]

Ohio...I have hunted there a couple of years and there are some flat out monsters. Just gotta find a farmer willing to let you hunt his land. Out of state license is relatively cheap.

Not if you keep telling people lol

[BrandonA]

From 2008 to 2018

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The Fallacy with all those numbers and charts is most locals and hunters don’t give two craps about B&C and P&Y score card. My friends I know in Kansas could care less and over the yrs they have killed multiple B&C deer. I’ve seen them. Same with friends in south Texas and the panhandle. And all over Texas for that matter. They don’t care about a score. Today it’s more about score but it use to not be

[JBJTX81]

The Fallacy with all those numbers and charts is most locals and hunters don’t give two craps about B&C and P&Y score card. My friends I know in Kansas could care less and over the yrs they have killed multiple B&C deer. I’ve seen them. Same with friends in south Texas and the panhandle. And all over Texas for that matter. They don’t care about a score. Today it’s more about score but it use to not be

Don't doubt there are plenty of potential book deer taken everywhere that are never entered. I see Kent County Texas is not listed on the bc map in the article I linked too. However in the late 90s on a property I used to hunt the largest tx typical that year was shot on that ranch and was on the cover tth but not in b&c.

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[St59]

Iowa if you’re wanting to wait and shoot a true giant. Oklahoma, Missouri, nebraska if wanting OTC tags. Kansas would be somewhere in the middle. Iowa tags are worth the wait

[GARY]

1)Pike County Illinois (or anywhere in Southern Illinois) - Hunted it 5 years and loved the experience.
2) Ohio - Lived there two years, but didn't hunt. Saw enough and have buddies who have hunted there...would do it.
3) Iowa - Because
4) Kansas - Because

YOu didn't ask...but close enough for given ease of travel

5) Alberta - Hunted their 6 years and residence and 2 hosted. Special place chasing whitetails in Northern Alberta
6) Saskaweatchan - Even better rep and one can hunt bait, so better bow option by far

[asu-indian]

I never experienced that in my 8 or 9 years there.[emoji848] However, I was largely private land and only did public land on week days.

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Shhhhhh!

[Stetsonoverton]

Don't doubt there are plenty of potential book deer taken everywhere that are never entered. I see Kent County Texas is not listed on the bc map in the article I linked too. However in the late 90s on a property I used to hunt the largest tx typical that year was shot on that ranch and was on the cover tth but not in b&c.

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are you not hunting that big piece in kent anymore?

[SabineHunter]

I'm researching for next fall, hunting public land. I'm going to spend about a month hunting 3 states, I hope, all close together. SW Wisconsin, SE Minnesota, and NE Iowa, if drawn. Opening days are about a week apart.

[lmartin5]

My personal top 3 would be Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska.


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Taken nice deer in 2 of the 3…hoping to draw Iowa in 2025. I think you would have a great hunt in any of these states.


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