re: Possibly moving - rank the following cities on their outdoor availabilities

I grew up and lived about 30 minutes NE of Durham, NC for over 20 years. Vance, Person, and Granville counties (among others) are very rural and all within 15-45 minutes and offer outstanding hunting opportunities (great deer, good turkey). There are also numerous lakes and rivers in the area. Kerr lake, which is a little over an hour to the north east of Durham produced the new world record blue cat a few years ago, and the lake also has outstanding striper/bass fishing. 2-3 hours to the west and you're in the NC blue ridge mountains, 3 hours to the east gets you to the NC outer banks, which offer up some of the best saltwater fishing in the country (inshore, surf, offshore).

People definitely duck hunt there but I don't know any first hand info about it.