Old hat, Thanks!! Your post made me laugh, thinking about my firdt scouting trip out there. The entire drive, I was trying to imagine what Ohio would look like, I thought about the miles of corn fields and I thought the high ground would be 3 ft. higher than the low ground. When I crossed the Ohio state line on Rt 70, I kept thinking its got to start getting flatter any second now, Miles went by and no sight of a cornfield or the land getting flat, I exit onto rt 77 and head south towards Caldwell its a little flater but still no signs of the corn fileds that make Ohio famous. well I get off the Caldwell exit and find my friends house. We head out to see the land, No corn fields but the terreign looks like the perfect habitat for big bucks, but totally different from what I have ever hunted, I m used to hunting corn and soybean fields and big woodlots, a little hilly but no where near SE. Ohio. So i was a little intimidated, and awestruck by the vastnest of the miles of hilly, thick, deer habitat. each scouting trip out there, and during the season, I ended up walking myself to death, wanting to explore, every ridge, saddle, bottom, ravine, funnel, during the season i had to force myself to stop scouting and start hunting, because every step I took the more I fell in love with the area, even though, it was like learning how to hunt deer all over again, i figured it might take a couple of years to get a shot at a good buck, but I think I fell more in love with hunting the area than hunting the deer. Im going to start scouting out there in Jan, and I cant wait to get back out there, I cant wait for next bow season to get here, usually after a long bow season, i need to forget about bowhunting and fish for a couple of months until the fever starts taking over most of my waking thoughts, cant wait for Oct. and thanks for the welcome. I would also like to say, that the people I have met in SE. OH. are the nicest group of people I ever ever met!! whether, I met them at the diner, gas station a local watering hole or in the woods, they all treated me like they knew me my whole life. If was from OH. I would be very proud of the kind of people your state has. Your friends from PA. missed out big time, and wait to they shoot a deer out there and see how big they are and see what their thoughts about dragging a deer out then. and even though my legs and lower back hated me each and every night , I loved those hills. Look forward to talking to you more over here. thanks for the warm welcome, the compliments and the offer, I would like to invite you to PA. but I feel you would be disapointed!! Also any advice you have for me about hunting out there would be greatly appreciated , I want to learn as much as i can before next season. Pike
