I'm just wondering where everyone hails from. I see posts and try to picture the type of hunting terrain, but can't figure it out because I don't really know where anyone is.

So, why don't we all post where we are from and what type of terrain you hunt?

I am from Los Angeles, California. I hunt high desert (elevations of 4000'+) which sometimes intermingle with scrub oak and pinion pines. Also, mountains with pines and oaks and rolling hills with oaks.

I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone! Lurkers, you too!!

Eric A. Mayer

carlsbad n.m. 3200ft desert terrain. mountains 5000- to 8000ft. within 1hr. to 3hr.

I'm also in Carlsbad N.M. We have desert terrain w/ sand, mesquite, and sage brush on one side and juniper
and pinion pine on the other. Ruidoso N.M. is about 2.5 hrs. from us w/ high mountains up to 12000 ft.
We have what the map says is a river (pecos). There is water to fish but not much. You can also drive for about
an hour and be in very rugged desert mountain terrain.

I'm from S.W. MN in Yellow Medicine county bout 30 miles from the SoDak border. 1000ft above sea level. It's flat, black dirt (good ole glacial till;) ), farmland cut in 1 miles sections, as seen in the "Children of the Corn" movies good for red fox and pheasant and cottontails. A few abandoned farmsites make good places to poke around. A short jog to the border is pasture land rolling small hills and cricks where coyote frollick and there's some ground squirel fields out there, too.


flatlander

A few hours east of flatlander, southern central MN , Mower county, home of Hormel and Spam! Pretty flat here, farms mostly, hunt anything that moves, deer, squirell, pheasant, fox etc.
Waiting to go shoot prairie dogs in 3 weeks in SD.

I'm from Green Bay WI. I mostly hunt somewhat flat terrain; farm fields mixed with small woods. Lakes and the shore of Green Bay is highly productive too (read "big ice"). These areas are dominated by cattails and marsh grasses.

Live in Denver, CO and hunt alot of the eastern plains for deer, antelope, prairie dogs and coyotes. Basically dry land farm country with sage brush sand hills and lots of CRP land. To the west I hunt elk in several different high mountain areas up to timberline that are pretty much pine forest and rock country with lots of aspen valleys and wild grass meadows.

New Philadelphia, Ohio. 3/4 farm ground & the rest is rolling hills with very long wooded valleys. Oak,poplar,white pine,hickory,wild cherry,walnut & a few other tree types. Squirrels,crows,turkeys,deer,g-hogs,rabbits,coyote, & the occasional fox or raccoon when in season. I am 25 minutes south of the Pro Football HOF in Canton on I-77.

I am from Eastern Arizona, the White Mountains. My front yard has an elevation of 7019 feet. Arizona is known for having the largest stand of Ponderosa pine forest in North America. Well at least we did two years ago before the Rodeo/Chedeski fire went through and burned 468,638 acres of our forest.

To the north are grass lands mixed with cedars with rolling hills and small canyons that drop down to 5600 feet . This is pronghorn country. it also has coyotes, crows, foxes, great prairie dog villages and mountain lions.

To the South are pine forests with mountains up to 11000 feet. This is elk country, it also has coyotes and deer.

To the East are cedars, pinion trees and black mesas with small canyons. This is coyote country, it also has crow and feral pigs.

To the west are grass lands that go up to a pine forest with hills in elevation of 10000 feet. This is also pronghorn country, it also has elk, deer, coyote, and bobcats.

Although my Dad used to varmint hunt a lot I did not get excited about it until recently. So far I have mostly shot prairie dogs. I am just starting to get into coyote calling. It looks to be a fun sport. Thank you all for all of your help so far.

Well I am from Minnesota and I have lived everywhere from the SE to the NE(Duluth) which is by far my favorite town I have ever lived in. Right now I live in Forest Lake, Minnesota which is 30-45 minutes north of the Twin Cities.

Norhtwest Iowa. Corn as far as the eye can see. Beyond what you can see i'm sure its a bean field.

South Western IL. 20 minutes east of St. Louis MO and the Mississippi River.

Cyber, there is no way you guys can have even more corn than us. Farm fields broken by small woodlots of oak, maple, sycamore, cottonwood, hickory, etc. and new houses popping up every frickin place I look, urban sprawl We do have some beans and milo as well and a crick here and there. Pretty flat for the most part.

The Great southern land Downunder, I'm in Victoria, 25 miles from its capitol Melbourne, 3/4 Mile from the nearest state foreast where your allowed to hunt Free range Sambar(Cervus unicolor)

I've missed out on my opportunity to go duck hunting this year, but the guy whom I bought my traps of(and did work experience with last year) gave my dad and I, 4 ducks out of his bag as his "consolation prize".
I'm going to be roasting a duck for dinner tommorow, mmmmm,yum.
Now wheres that number for Auntie Sue in TX, I fancy Frikasee Duck.

Colorado

THE PROMISED LAND OF UTAH West jordan <a suburb of Salt lake city. 10 min from 13,500 ft mtn 1.5 hrs to the plains of wyoming I hunt if it crawls runs flys whatevrer as long as when I come home I can get a kitchen pass from the wife

Well the old man MOKUS is from the WET side of washington state. we dont have much for varmints on this side of the state out side of some farm land yotes. I do most of my varmint shooting shooting on the east side, whitch is rolling sage brush hills and some almost desert country. We do have some wonderful river fishing for steelhead and salmon near here and lots of salt water salmon and bottom fishing. the lakes are planted with trout and their as some VERy goos bass fishing for both large and small mouth. We have some decent perch, crappie and gill fishin too. I do quite a bit of fly fishing for trout and salmon and steelhead as wel as I used to do tournement bassin.

I'm in the California desert. We have it all, from 282 feet below sea level, to 14,498 feet above sea level. 400' trees and trees 100' around. We have trees over 5,000 years old and bushes over 10,000 years old. We have a thousand miles of beaches and the Sierra Nevadas. An awsome place........We also have a population of close to 40,000,000 humans lol, what a mess.

S.E. Michigan; most of the areas I hunt are open fields interspersed with woodlots, and river bottoms.

Am in central OH,30 miles nw of columbus.Mostly farm ground, and new houses.Will be hading to S.D. end of June,can't wait

Hi All am from Sacramento, Ca. mostly shoot in upper end of the state

Live west of Houston; also have a small place in east Texas not too far from Texas A&M.....post oak, yaupon, and a few pine trees. Most of my hunting is on my buddies place west of Uvalde....mesquite, sage, cactus, and persimmons up on the flat, oak, willows, and a MILLION pecan trees in the bottom off of the Nueces river.....gillions of squirrels there (that's where my subsonic 17 (if it happens) will get it's workout. Deer, Turkey, hogs, bobcats, skunks, possums and even a few porcupines. Several of the guys have seen badgers, but I haven't seen one. Hear coyotes all the time, but rarely get more than a quick glimps. Also saw a buffalo, once...flood had washed out the fences to an exotic ranch up river (as well as my buddies), and a big buffalo cow was wandering around. And me without my rolling block....just my old Single Six 22......
JimBob

Any confessions from the new folks??

Idaho Falls, ID.. newly transplanted from NE PA. haven't been hunting, but terrain is mostly lava fields/rocky, potato farms, and mountains all around.. haven't been for a good hike in the mountains yet, but that is definitely on tap soon. just know that it is WAYYY different than from back east.


ledz

well mokus it is good to hear from somebody in about the same disposition. When i am where i call home i am in western oregon in the coastal range. very few varmints but you do run across a few yotes down in the valley, and if you are patient there are plenty of bobcats. Where the varmints are is eastern oregon, lots of rolling sage with mountains with plenty of ponderosa pine. land filled with p-dogs, yotes, and pumas. but ofcourse the land of plenty is far away. for i am stationed in virginia at the moment, so mokus you need to get out and enjoy it so i can live vicariously through you. good shooting

We've got a lot of new members. Don't be shy. Let us know what you like to shoot & shoot at & where you're doing it. It would be nice to get everybody involved in the topics we're discussing here. Come on & post up. We've only got about 400 members now & you never know who you live close enough to for a hook-up on p-dogs or yotes. Could be interesting as making new friends always is.

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btt

Saskatchewan, Canada straight north of the Montana/ N Dakota Stateline. Flat farmland with some bush in the south half of the province. Some of the best whitetail hunting anywhere. There are a decent amount of Pheasants ,partridge, fox ,coyote and ground squirrels also.
The north is forest and lakes. Great for hunting elk, moose and bear.
The only drawbacks are high taxes ,stupid gun control laws and 40 below winters.

Southwest Michigan. Lots of woods and farmland - corn, soybeans, wheat, etc. Tons of whitetails, and lots of good fishing lakes and rivers. Less than an hour drive to some great Lake Michigan ports for steelhead, kings (chinooks), cohos (silvers), brown trout, lake trout and lake perch. I need to get some of these home projects finished so I can get back to fishing and get a little more serious about hunting before I lose what's left of my sanity!

Just wondering about a few of the new members hunting grounds.

Mena Arkansas right in the middle of the Ouachita Mountians the most beautiful place on Gods green earth! Like hunting for Deer and Turkey small game and fishing for Trout and shooting my Rimfire Magnums! Mag-check

I'm form Whittier, California originally, but now I live in Lehi, Utah. I didn't think you could hunt in the People's Republic of California, since they have all those goofy gun laws. But I'm glad someone does.
I now hunt here when I get the chance. I have my first deer license for Northern Utah, but don't know where I'll go since I'm not familiar with the area yet. I've hunted PDs here though in sage brush farm land, as well as rock chucks and jack rabbits.

Bailey Island,Maine.Except for the 2 foxes and 1 red squirrel The only varmints around here are the summer people.Although we have a large cat population my wife says "NO!"and so far I have listened to her.
I hunt deer and in past years that has been inland but this year I am going to stick to the Islands witch is shotgun or black powder only.I put together a CVA .50 kit this past winter and picked up a cheap 12ga. single.Hunting Islands is fun but more of a challange then you might think.The trees grow differant becouse of the wind,short and thick.You can't see clearly more than 15 yards in most places and the Island I hunted last year was all short steep ridges with swamp inbetween.8 of us hitched a ride on a lobster boat and the Island was only about a mile long and less than a half mile wide.We all saw deer but nobody got off a shot.I kind of like that,I never hunted with these guys before and it is nice to know they wait until they are sure of there shot.
I think I am going to try Duck hunting from a kayak this year as well.I have never duck hunted and I am new to kayaks as well but I am going to give it a try.
As far as varmint hunting I will get there some day but if someone sends me some prarie dogs I will send you some cats.There is a lifetime guarantee on the cats,if you shoot one or lose one I will send you 2 to replace it.No questions asked.

Boise , Idaho . My dad and I hunt mostly in the desert killing whistlepigs and Badgers . I grew up in a little town Northeast of Boise called Idaho City , very mountainous and beautiful country and that is where I do my Elk and Deer hunting .

Dalton, Ottertail county, West Central, MN. Rolling hills of wheat, beans, alfalfa, and corn. Seperated by lakes, sloughs, rivers, and woods. In my free time I enjoy hunting deer, with rifle and bow, ducks and geese, ruffed grouse, and all other critters big and small. The only problem, there dosen't seem to be a lot of free time. Maybe when the kids get a little older, there wil be more free time, if I can get them interested.

Eastern Oregon: High dessert, Pine tree filled mountains, rolling weat fields.

Any new fellers wanting to fess up??

Danville Pa. Its in central Pennsylvania.

My shooting consists of either thick woods or open fields. I like field hunting more so than woods hunting. It is just great to be on an open plain with a long-range varmint getter in hand.

I would like to go out west some time and go on a p-dog hunt. Sorry westerners, I know you guys think us 'tourists' are a pain

Hildy

Well I am too from Farm Country USA. For me that would be the extreme northeastern corner of South Dakota, 5 miles from North Dakota and 8 miles from Minnesota. This area has some diversifed areas with lots of FLAT farm land, a dried up lake bottom that is 2 1/2 miles wide by 10 miles long, and then to the west we get into some hilly country. While there are a few shelterbelts around in spots, that is about the extent of the trees in the area.

Since 1982 I have been Shooting / Hunting with Single Shot Handguns, hense the name SD Handgunner. For the most part this has been with T/C Contenders, but there have also been a couple Remington XP-100's and a Savage Striker that have come and gone as well.

Though I haven't been able to for the past couple years (new job and all), I try to get out to west central South Dakota as often as I can shooting Prairie Dogs. I have learned that these Single Shot Handguns are not really a handicap in this type of shooting, and that the Handgun Scopes themselves are more a limiting factory than the guns and cartridges. I also enjoy Calling Coyotes, and who knows some day I may even get good at it.

Thanks for listening.

SD Handgunner

Welcome back SD H. Post away & have some fun.

From good 'ol Utah. I hunt mostly the sagebrush rolling hills and flats around 5000 feet.

I'm from Northumberland, PA. I hunt the same type of woods and fields as Hildy. I hunt for mainly whitetails and some turkey. I use to do more groundhog hunting than I do now. Since, I gave up trout fishing, I'll start groundhog hunting more.

I know we got some new folks around here. Anybody else wanna fess up to there whereabouts??

It's been 3 weeks so it's time to bump this up again.

Any new confessions??

Been a member for a while and tried to post a few times but could not get beyond the log-in. Each new page stated I was not logged-in??? Anyway, Hi! My name is Bob and I live in the Kansas City Metro area north of the river. Got addicted to varmint hunting while stationed at Ft Carson, CO. Made two trips to S. Dakota this year for pasture-poodle pulverizing. Shot the throat out of my Nesika 6mmAI the first trip and finished the wear-out process on my Rem 22-250. Now have 2 barrels for the Nesika and a new one for the Rem. Also just got a Savage Mod 12FV-S in 204 Ruger that shoots bug holes at 4300 fps. Is it spring yet?
Bob

Welcome to the board Bob. The log-in is case sensitive. Glad you made it in now.

btt--(for doghog)

i live in artesia n.m., about 30 miles from shooter and gunut, been hunting since i could carry a gun we are at about 3100 ft. i hunt the sand hills (shin oak,mesquite, sunflowers & wild grass) we usually have a good crop of quail, & DOVE which migrated through here by the millions this year i got tired of cleanig'em and wore out my lab before season was over, we also have an abundance of water fowl but i never got into hunting'em . coyotes are so thick that the ranchers are asking the government to shoot'em from the air which they are doing and also poisoning them. mule deer are pretty much state wide with trophy elk in the tall pines i do love living here

Welcome to the site doghog,,,,, I love thick coyotes.

I am from Central South Dakota, Huron---( home of the worlds largerst cock) LOL its a huge stone phesant on top of a hotel building, but I just thought I would add that. I hunt just about anything that I have the opportunity to. Right now I am in school in Rapid City, SD and I do a lot of P-dog shooting and I as soon as the snow flys I will be out after the coyotes. There are lots around but real hilly ( hence black hills) and a lot of trees. SO I dont know how the song dog hunting will work.

Josh

New guy also from Carlsbad, NM. Started hunting coyotes a year ago in the southeastern NM area.

Dave