Northern Indiana vs Southern Indiana?

I hunt in the north and its different type of hunting. In the north we hunt edges like fence rows, fields butting up to woods, corners of woods and food sources like corn and bean fields.

Down south i found you either hunt the top of a ridge or the bottom. In the morning i hunted the tops and in the evenings i hunt the bottoms. To me deer seem to roam more in the bigger woods of southern Indiana. h.h.

I'm in total agreement here with h.h. It's the reason I love to hunt the big woods in this state. Crop field hunting presents it's own challenges, but in the large tracts of forests, I believe the deer feel safer with the limitless cover available to them. Especially in the early bow season, in a good acorn bearing year, the deer are moving, feeding, and going about their pre-rut activity all day long.

Johnson and Morgan Co's are as far north as I have hunted the farm in Johnson Co was pretty flat so I guess it is like hunting the northern part. I prefer the hills myself for the reasons already mentioned.

I have hunted both in my neck of the woods. The flat land is easier to hunt, but I still prefer the challanges of the hills & hollers of the big woods.

The challenge of the small north woods and fields inbetween- if you don't sneak into your stand right, the guys in the next wooded lot get shots at the deer, you don't. On the plus side, there are some really big deer here. 200 pound deer don't even raise many eye brows anymore. Does on occasion top 160 pounds. My neighbor weighed his buck: 302 before gutting it. My boy's made it look small.
Another good side: if you bump the deer, chances are someone else will bump some too, just wait 'em out. Makes for fun spotlighting too: make sure no firearms/bows are in the truck and take a spotlight. Lots of fun. One of my friends is a sherrif deputy: he took a camera along, shined his light and took a picture about midnight..... counted 99sets of eyes looking at him in one field.

I've only deer south of US 50, so I am biased, but I don't think I would enjoy hunting an area where 6 trees near each other is considered forest. However, some areas in the northeastern part of the state seem like they would be interesting to hunt.

id love to hunt southern indiana one of these days,been down around brown county and bloomington and every time im around there i cant help but think theres got to be some monster bucks running around those hills.