oak orchard, tonowanda, iroquois national forst....

[deerpassion]

anyone spend some time in the deer stand in oak orchard, tonowanda, or iroquois national forest? worth it? too wet? or are there plenty of dry woods ? I know how the competition is and im not lookin for spots , just a general opinion...

[16. ga hunter]

dry woods in those areas you will not find. but if your willing to put in the time you can learn to find nice deer and dry areas within the swamp. the years i have spent there i would guess the average deer hunter uses 15-25% of the land not venturing more than a couple hundered yrds from the roads if you are serious you wiil need to invest minimum in a pair of hip boots.

[deerpassion]

dry woods in those areas you will not find. but if your willing to put in the time you can learn to find nice deer and dry areas within the swamp. the years i have spent there i would guess the average deer hunter uses 15-25% of the land not venturing more than a couple hundered yrds from the roads if you are serious you wiil need to invest minimum in a pair of hip boots.

ha, i learned how to hunt deer in the swamps of florida, got no problem throwin on my waders n finding that spot where no ones gonna be...

[landtracdeerhunter]

On the Tonawanda part, their are a lot of islands way out that know one hunts. Like 16 ga said, everyone hunt within a few hundred yards of roadways. I see some big deer takened off some of those islands. My son harvested a large doe, 2 years ago Besides the waders, a good gps might come in handy. Everything start to look the same when way out.

[16. ga hunter]

well with your swamp hunting experience im sure you will be fine. there are many areas that hold deer within the swamps its getting to them that most won't do. satelite images really helped me out quite a bit looking for areas first then exploring them.

[deerpassion]

well with your swamp hunting experience im sure you will be fine. there are many areas that hold deer within the swamps its getting to them that most won't do. satelite images really helped me out quite a bit looking for areas first then exploring them.

true that,, i always get a good look on the puter before i go out but still gotta drive it n do some pokin around and then take a second n third look on g earth cause what is and what isn't is a fine line sometimes when lookin on the maps haha.... but i can't wait to get up there, get some camera's out, wish i had em out now to get some velvet pics but , i'll be up early july and it'll probly be late july early august before i can wear down some leather... plenty a time though....

[16. ga hunter]

yea right now most are on the outer edges of it till slugs start to fly then they go deep. i'm hoping to get a canoe soon myself opening access to even more secluded hideouts. i have had a couple ocasions on nice deer that i could not shoot due to recovery issues.they on dry ground me on dry ground but deep water between. the duck hunters out there can be very helpful also...most are friendly and have good knowledge of the area

[Jimz28]

We hunt in Iroquois. The areas east of Sour Springs and north of Roberts and most is dry land. Look for Onondaga Trail for a place to start.

[deerpassion]

We hunt in Iroquois. The areas east of Sour Springs and north of Roberts and most is dry land. Look for Onondaga Trail for a place to start.

thanks for the advice , might try n tackle that one next season... have only had time to scout tonowanda and carlton state forest... got some decent bucks on cam in tonawanda, and some in carlton with exception of two big boys! I like to scout my a$$ off before i hunt an area and just don't have the time to delve into iroquois not to mention all my trail cams are busy right now haha.. but I definitely want to hunt it next season cause I here it receives much less pressure than ton or oak orchard, has to be some big boys tucked back in there...