…. I’m leanin towards the gay Canadian at this point
… as much as I hate to say it
I've never hunted farther south than W VA , but have hunted in Colorado, and Michigan.
Michigan UP is very close to being Canada.
The farther north you go, the thicker it gets.
That's why most hunting is around lakes, and logging areas, the wild is just the hardest passage between the sphagnum moss , and the rocky landscape.
A lot of small game hunting is on snowmobile trails, and back roads.
Seldom see small game in the bush, too thick.
Some civilized areas have farm fields, that are good easy hunting.
Just get away from the population , which isn't far , it's a different world.