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Do you hunt? Some excellent hunting not far from there at Anderson Creek Hunting Preserve. I bought a German Shorthair from them a few years ago and have gone back to hunt him there once a year.

shite yea I hunt and would love to check that out. Im an avid saltwater fisherman and hunter.

In fact those are 2 of the reasons that makes me hesitant to leave.

We have a 1600 acre place in Tensas between my brothers and I. It was 800 acres that we owned that was passed down and just last year we coaxed my uncle to sell his 800 because he never used and got a great price. I know they probably got some decent hunting there in NC but hard for me to imagine it’s as good as where we hunt now but still would love to try that area. I’ve hunted West, Midwest but never East.

As far as saltwater fishing we have a camp in Grand Isle. From April to September we’re balls to the wall saltwater fishing with 1 or 2 freshwater trips mixed in.

Those are the main reasons I don’t want to leave Louisiana, along with being far away from family, especially mom. She’s getting older. Like most of you said it’s only 8-12 months so not long.

I’m 37 years old, lost wife nearly 8 years ago now. Around same time dad passed away. I’ve had cancer as well but I’ve done good the last decade so being that far away from the doctors I’ve had for nearly 20 years doesn’t scare me as much as it once would. I do large industrial projects from LPG, plastics, pharma to infrastructure and things are a tad slow everywhere in our industry right now. May jump on it. I’m going to pray about.

ETA: as much as I hate our state, the fishing and hunting and family keep me here. I mean I literally almost hate everything about our state. Our fishing is second to none though on the continent. I wouldn’t live anywhere else permanently.

This post was edited on 8/19/20 at 11:15 am