Stuck in a City all year except for hunts..........

[Poser]

I lived in two fairly large cities for a number of years. Memphis and Nashville. Lived right smack in the middle of them, too, not out in the suburbs. In both of those cases, I could access hunting land inside of 30 minutes, (urban, suburban and rural access) and had an array of options in the 45 minutes to 2 hour radius. It was a pretty good setup and best of both worlds in a lot of ways. Now that I live in a Western Mtn Town, I still prefer living in a place where Town, work, grocery stores, nightlife etc are within walking and biking proximity. I hate spending a bunch of time driving around and overwhelming prefer living in town vs. outside of town, but I also want my very immediate access to public lands, which I have in abundance here, and as close as at the end of my street. I also don’t want to dedicate a bunch of time to plowing a half mile driveway or doing a bunch of yard work -I’d rather have that time and energy for being out playing. In town I have plowed streets and a very short driveway. I can ride 300 miles of bike trails from my driveway, drive 25 miles to scout for elk, small game hunt 5 minutes away. Turkey hunt 10 minutes away. Could also mule deer hunt in, around and close to town. Lift served skiing as close as 10 minutes, though I usually drive a half hour. World class/destination skiing in 2 directions in a 2 hour radius + a lifetime worth of Backcountry access for skiing, biking and hunting.

 

[Poser]

I lived in Chicago, NYC, and Denver. You can be fishing and hunting in close proximity of all. Plenty of outdoor experiences to have in and around these cities. I enjoy the urban life as well. We looked at moving to mountains but not until kids are done with school. Too many drugs in mountain and rural schools.

I have a friend who lives in NYC and does a shocking amount of hunting and fishing directly out of the city, particularly in New Jersey, but upstate as well.

 

[brsnow]

I have a friend who lives in NYC and does a shocking amount of hunting and fishing directly out of the city, particularly in New Jersey, but upstate as well.

yes, the opportunities are great, ocean, trout, walleye, and musky. Hunting is great as well.

 

[*zap*]

Will not live in any big city, I am just outside a city of 100,000 or so when school is not in session and it is getting too crowded for me. It has more than doubled in size since I moved here from NYC in 1992, was very happy to see that in the rear view mirror .......another year or so and I am gone to more rural surroundings, maybe N/W Kansas.

 

[coloyooper]

I split my time mainly between Fort Collins and Denver when I'm not traveling for work. And that's too big for me.

 

[Jaker_cc]

San Antonio is as bad as it gets I’ll tell you that much

 

[CorbLand]

I live in a good area for hunting and fishing but it’s hard to draw tags. Have a good job with a great future but I keep thinking I need to get to some place with more opportunities. My wife is in school so we have about 8 more months here. Then I hope to find something similar to what I have here but in a better state.


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[Jimbob]

I left a city of 50,000 and moved here

In all honesty, we chose this town based on this picture.

I can glass mountain goats off my front deck and salmon fish in the river 2 mins away. Main street is a 5 min walk with restaurants and all the necessary stores and work is two blocks away. Still, I feel a little cramped living here in town, I think I would die in a big city.

 

[Sccritterkiller]

Yep do it everyday. Charlotte isn't huge but it's enough for me. My problem I have 2 kids to put thru college..so I will be doing for this a while longer. My company offers early retirement and I will qualify at 55 so only 10 yrs left to go! By then the kids should be finished with college!

 

[RichP]

I’m in the same boat. All the calls I get for my business is from center city Phila. I live in the suburbs and have a mountain house, so I can get away on weekends.
I HATE the city, but for now I have to go where the money is.

 

[Jacack]

Same here. Work and live in Atlanta.

Did 6 years sitting in a 25th floor office in Atlanta, was miserable almost all of it. Made a ridiculous salary but my family life was terrible. decided to go back to what I love and took a monster cut in pay but love my job and my quality of life is so much better.

 

[Felix40]

I decided being poor in the mountains is better than having money in the city. I live in a town of 700 and my house backs up to national forest. I see more elk walk in front of my house than I see cars. Its not perfect but I do enjoy it.

 

[Don Qui Puncher]

I work in Boston on the waterfront and live 30 miles north. I couldn’t live and work in the city. It took me moving out west to appreciate what I had my entire life, don’t get me wrong I’m in love with the mountains and had I started deer/elk hunting out there I most likely wouldn’t have moved back, but the ocean out here is to me what the mountains are to you guys out west. The Atlantic has been my office and playground as far back as I can remember. I have pictures of me on the back of my dads old lobster boat before I could walk in a walker tied to the rails while he hauled gear. The entire time I lived out west I missed the ocean, now I’m back and miss the mountains but am happy with the decision I made moving back. I can be in my boat or in a tree stand within 15 minutes from leaving my house. I’ve never left a 10 mile radius of where I live to hunt my entire life aside from going to Idaho the last 2 years and find good bucks to chase every year. I’m very happy heading west once a year to hunt and living on the water. Eventually I’d like a place out there too and bounce back and forth. Chasing elk in the mountains is awesome but so is catching 500lb tuna and rowing a canoe through the salt marsh creeks chasing bucks.

 

[fatlander]

Having this dilemma myself. For right now, I’m trying to make all the money I can so I can head west each fall. I have pretty decent hunting here in VA, but the solitude of the west beckons at my soul. Listening to chainsaws, noisy roads, dogs barking and all the other background noise of the east is almost deafening when you return from the Rockies. Ideally, I’ll make enough money and buy some businesses that I pay people to run. Then I come and go as I please. Living on the coast has its pluses in nearly all aspects of life besides hunting. It’s a real hard sell to my better half to give up the beach house for a few more nights in tents in the Rockies.


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[coyotecreek]

Will not live in any big city, I am just outside a city of 100,000 or so when school is not in session and it is getting too crowded for me. It has more than doubled in size since I moved here from NYC in 1992, was very happy to see that in the rear view mirror .......another year or so and I am gone to more rural surroundings, maybe N/W Kansas.

Been in NW KS all my life. Most small towns are dying here but I’m a teacher so there is always work. To me a big city is any place with more than one stop light! I live in the country and could never live in a place where I couldn’t see out.

 

[Squamch]

I live in suburbia hell in one of the most expensive cities in Canada. Within the next 2 years our plan is to move to a small town within an hour's drive, so I can still work in town if need be. The particular town we're looking at has major traffic issues from Roosevelt Elk, and I'm ok with that. There was a kid attacked in his backyard by a cougar last summer, but I'm glossing over that when discussing it with the wife.

 

[jspradley]

That's me.. I live in the suburbs of Houston. ugh

I'm screwed either way because I can't stand the attitudes of "city folk" towards outdoors activities and having grown up in a small town I really can't stand the insular clannish attitudes that develop in rural areas so I guess I can't be happy anywhere! lol

 

[Poser]

That's me.. I live in the suburbs of Houston. ugh

I'm screwed either way because I can't stand the attitudes of "city folk" towards outdoors activities and having grown up in a small town I really can't stand the insular clannish attitudes that develop in rural areas so I guess I can't be happy anywhere! lol

Certainly a lot of pressure to conform within the cultural context of many small, rural towns. I grew up in one.

 

[jspradley]

Yup, Smithville GA population 800-ish here.

I grew up during the satanic panic and liked heavy metal and band t-shirts so you can imagine how that went lol

 

[Btaylor]

San Antonio is as bad as it gets I’ll tell you that much

You obviously havent tried living in Memphis.