What would be your top 10 Whitetail States?

Ok after reading the top 20 list in another thread I would like to know what the members here think the top 10 whitetail states are? I am not concerned about how hard a tag is to get or how much it costs just if you could go anywhere where would you go?

 

1. Iowa
2. Kansas
3. Wisconsin
4. Kentucky
5. Ohio
6. Idaho
7. Missouri
8. Oklahoma
9. Nebraska
10. Illinois

 

1. Ontario
2. Saskatchewan
3. Alberta
4. Manitoba
5. Quebec

Lmao sorry couldn't help myself.

 

1. Kansas
2. Iowa
3. Ohio
4. Kentucky
5. Indiana
6. Idaho
7. Missouri
8. Nebraska
9. Illinois
10. North Dakota

 

1. Kansas
2. Iowa
3.Kentucky
4. Indiana
5. Ohio
6. Missouri
7. Illinois
8. Nebraska
9. Minnesota
10. North Dakota

 

(1) Illinois
(2) Ohio
(3) Iowa
(4) Indiana
(5) Kentucky
(6) Wisconsin
(7) Kansas
(8) Texas
(9) Nebraska
(10) Missouri

 

Hopefully Missouri will be higher on those lists in a few years. The Department is discussing making some changes that will vastly improve our deer herd.

 

1. Kansas
2. Iowa
3. Wisconsin
4. Kentucky
5. South Dakota
6. Oklahoma
7. Missouri
8. Illinois
9. North Dakota
10. Indiana

 

First one that has had OK on the list and I completely agree with that. I can't believe how often that state is overlooked!

 

NC anybody?

 

B&C Numbers (released 2012)
For period 2005-2010 *(Prior recordings & placement on the same list for period 1980-1985)

1. Wisconsin, 383 entries (1980-1985 rank 3rd, 40 entries)
2. Illinois, 299 entries (1980-1985 rank 6th, 30 entries)
3. Iowa, 224 entries (1980-1985 rank 2nd, 59 entries)
4. Ohio, 215 entries (1980-1985 rank 14th, 16 entries)
5. Missouri, 214 entries (1980-1985 rank 9th (tie), 25 entries)
6. Kentucky, 199 entries (1980-1985 rank 9th (tie), 25 entries)
7. Indiana, 195 entries (1980-1985 rank 16th, 14 entries)
8. Kansas, 181 entries (1980-1985 rank 4th, 35 entries)
9. Minnesota, 172 entries (1980-1985 rank 1st, 76 entries)
10. Saskatchewan, 147 entries (1980-1985 rank 7th (tie), 27 entries)
11. Texas, 132 entries (1980-1985 rank 12th, 19 entries)
12. Alberta, 115 entries (1980-1985 rank 7th (tie), 27 entries)

I included 12 because two are in Canada...you're welcome Chago. Obviously Texas would be the actual 10th state.

I'm still partial to KS and MO...

 

1) Iowa
2) Ohio
3) Wisconsin
4) Kansas
5) Indiana
6) Texas
7) Oklahoma
8) Kentucky
9) Missouri
10) Montana

 

You should look a little closer

 

There are no deer in ky. Don't put them on your list.

 

I probably would have overlooked it too, except I have been doing a little recon work on OK. Might try doing a hunt down there in the next couple years

 

We will get you in iowa in a few years! Start putting in! I got about 1500 acres of private property you can choose from!

 

No Arkansas? Lol. We have some decent deer too guys! They just happen to migrate in from states around us. Lol

 

Thanks for overlooking us. I think we're growing up of late. 95% of OK is private land and landowners/managers are finally realizing the $$$ potential of leases and letting young bucks grow up, habitat improvement and the like. Obviously we have plenty of deer with combined limits of 6 deer total - 2 being antlered.

 

1. Ohio
2. Kansas
3. Iowa
4. Wisconsin
5. Illinois
6. Indiana
7. Oklahoma
8. North Dakota
9. Kentucky
10. Minnesota

Honorable mention since it isn't a state would be Saskatchewan, would be in my top 5 I think.