Ron Ashbaugh
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Mercer PA
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I haven't hunted all over, but I have lived in a few places and where I live is where I like best and I will tell you why.
#1. A nice mix of timber, swamps, crops, dairy farms and even mountains all within 20 mile drive.
#2. Pennsylvania has a big tradition of hunting and deer hunting, but we are not a "big buck" state and generally if you keep on public land for the 2 weeks of deer rifle season, you can hunt without any run ins with other hunters
#3 Small blocks of woods with a large coon populsion that are generally a 50/50 mix of field and woods. Turning a dog loose and not getting a strike in 5 minutes of rare unless you are hunting in poor conditions or dead of winter So many areas of IN. OH it seems there is a HUGE tract of farmed ground and a patch of 100 trees in the middle. I kinda like the woods a little more, but thats just a personal preference.
#4 Large tracks of public land. I think I have around 15,000 acres at a minimum within 20 miles, and most of it much closer. Some of this land can be rough, but you always have a place to go.
#5. Friendly landowers and a good response to a polite hunter asking permission to run hounds and coonhunt
#6. Not many people hunt coon and I can hunt all year other than opening night and not see another truck with a box at night.
The downfall is the winter and it is a pain, but I will take all the advantages to this disadvantage
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Ron Ashbaugh
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