Public land in Ohio is overhunted, but can still be good. You just need to put in the effort to find the spots.
People keep coming here because it's a "trip." No different than me going to another state, or Jesse and Chad going to MO last year... A trip is enjoyable when it's new, uncharted territory for you, regardless of your level of success when you get there. It's about the trip itself, not the quarry. That's why so many northeasterners and southerners come to Ohio to bowhunt for weeks at a time... Because it's cheap and it's one of the closest "decent" deer hunting states to their home state. Do they routinely kill 140's?... No. But it's still enjoyable because it's different.
People keep coming here because it's a "trip." No different than me going to another state, or Jesse and Chad going to MO last year... A trip is enjoyable when it's new, uncharted territory for you, regardless of your level of success when you get there. It's about the trip itself, not the quarry. That's why so many northeasterners and southerners come to Ohio to bowhunt for weeks at a time... Because it's cheap and it's one of the closest "decent" deer hunting states to their home state. Do they routinely kill 140's?... No. But it's still enjoyable because it's different.