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<blockquote data-quote="Kevin Cram" data-source="post: 418480" data-attributes="member: 2215"><p>There are places to long range hunter almost everywhere I go. My eye is constantly searching as I drive down the road. I'm always saying "man that would be a good spot to hunt, but where can I shoot from". Finding a <u>"good"</u> spot to long range hunt from is a little harder. Steep is good, to a point, we don't have many billy goats on the east coast. Everywhere I hunt is public land, which we are fortunate to have plenty of here in PA. But there are just as good of spots in Virginia and West Virginia and are public also. Don't expect someone to just blurt out exactly where they hunt. I know for myself I put a lot of time and energy into finding and making my long range spots. I don't give out much info as to where they are for good reason. Look for a hill that faces as close to dead North as you can if you want to hunt all day. If the hill faces east it's only and afternoon spot, and if it faces west it's usually only good until about noon. Your best bet is mostly going to be hillside to hillside here on the east coast. You'll be looking through the tree tops mostly, but when the leaves are off it more open than you would think. Power lines are OK for glassing but guess what runs over head where the bullet flies. I don't even want to know what would happen if you clip a high tension power line with a bullet. There are places out there but it may mean hiking back in 1-2 miles and doing some major grunt work for a year or so before you can even hunt the area. Find the general area you want to hunt and start pooring over topo maps. Topo maps can only get you so far though, you'll need to see the ground cover for your self. I've found good spots on a map but when I checked them out it was nothing but mt. laurel. Once you find a good spot keep it to yourself, there are (spring) men on this forum that are known jump right in your spots if you give them to much information as to its location.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Cram, post: 418480, member: 2215"] There are places to long range hunter almost everywhere I go. My eye is constantly searching as I drive down the road. I'm always saying "man that would be a good spot to hunt, but where can I shoot from". Finding a [U]"good"[/U] spot to long range hunt from is a little harder. Steep is good, to a point, we don't have many billy goats on the east coast. Everywhere I hunt is public land, which we are fortunate to have plenty of here in PA. But there are just as good of spots in Virginia and West Virginia and are public also. Don't expect someone to just blurt out exactly where they hunt. I know for myself I put a lot of time and energy into finding and making my long range spots. I don't give out much info as to where they are for good reason. Look for a hill that faces as close to dead North as you can if you want to hunt all day. If the hill faces east it's only and afternoon spot, and if it faces west it's usually only good until about noon. Your best bet is mostly going to be hillside to hillside here on the east coast. You'll be looking through the tree tops mostly, but when the leaves are off it more open than you would think. Power lines are OK for glassing but guess what runs over head where the bullet flies. I don't even want to know what would happen if you clip a high tension power line with a bullet. There are places out there but it may mean hiking back in 1-2 miles and doing some major grunt work for a year or so before you can even hunt the area. Find the general area you want to hunt and start pooring over topo maps. Topo maps can only get you so far though, you'll need to see the ground cover for your self. I've found good spots on a map but when I checked them out it was nothing but mt. laurel. Once you find a good spot keep it to yourself, there are (spring) men on this forum that are known jump right in your spots if you give them to much information as to its location. [/QUOTE]
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