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I think it is likely one of the highest ranked counties as far as total deer take and bucks taken per square mile. Regarding average age of bucks taken, I would guess there are quite a few counties that would be ranked higher. Also an important thing to note, the buck take numbers published oftentimes don’t distinguish between whether the deer was harvested on public or private. There is great private land hunting in steuben, that’s for sure. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That type of hunting is difficult for steuben public land during opening week of gun. Most of the pieces are relatively small and heavily pressured. Was there a reason you had steuben county in mind specifically? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

That type of hunting is difficult for steuben public land during opening week of gun. Most of the pieces are relatively small and heavily pressured. Was there a reason you had steuben county in mind specifically? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hunt those three areas Tracy06 mentioned above. Our group usually consists of 8-12 people, and we hunt quite a bit throughout the rifle season. We usually get a doe or two in our group, but three years ago one guy in our group got lucky and got a nice 4 point. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I hunt a lot of public land in steuben. Plenty of public access, but you will certainly have company. It is difficult to even find a spot that is out of sight of another hunter, at least for the first weekend of rifle. Depending on what type of hunt you are looking for, there are better counties in NY. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk