Okay, how strict are the hunting rules in your home state? When I mean strict, I mean what is and is not allowed to be consider legal. Some states are lose some are not.
Also, my hunting experience is a bit old from my upland bird, varmint, and limited big game days before I left for Europe. With most of that time spent hunting in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
Currently I am in Texas, where things are much different than the hunting in the Rocky Mountain states. The rules I know best are in Idaho, most apply to big and upland game, except for night hunting. Night hunting is not allowed in Idaho except for coyotes and by permit only.
Also, in Idaho and maybe Montana and Utah, electronics are not allowed on your scope for big game hunting, i.e. no thermal or direct filming ability (I think). You can though attach a side shot type setup to film the shot, but an ATN type scope is a no no. You can use radios for scouting, but not hunting and so on and so on.
So compared to above other than lack of public land hunting big game in states like Texas seems easy compared to the above. I know people here who literally set up the feeder station at the hunting lodge shoot their “hard earned” buck off the back porch drinking coffee.
Also, my hunting experience is a bit old from my upland bird, varmint, and limited big game days before I left for Europe. With most of that time spent hunting in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Montana.
Currently I am in Texas, where things are much different than the hunting in the Rocky Mountain states. The rules I know best are in Idaho, most apply to big and upland game, except for night hunting. Night hunting is not allowed in Idaho except for coyotes and by permit only.
Also, in Idaho and maybe Montana and Utah, electronics are not allowed on your scope for big game hunting, i.e. no thermal or direct filming ability (I think). You can though attach a side shot type setup to film the shot, but an ATN type scope is a no no. You can use radios for scouting, but not hunting and so on and so on.
So compared to above other than lack of public land hunting big game in states like Texas seems easy compared to the above. I know people here who literally set up the feeder station at the hunting lodge shoot their “hard earned” buck off the back porch drinking coffee.
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