Adirondack Hunter

[ADKHunter73]

Hi everyone,

 

I am just joining the site, I browsed over some forums here in the past, this seems like a good place to chat with fellow hunters and get some good information.  I recently started hunting the Adirondack Mountains(I have been a farm hunter my whole life), it's difficult to pinpoint travel routes, patterns, etc....I know a lot of it has to do with food in the woods, but the woods are so vast, its hard to be on the right ridge at the right time.  Anyone have any experience on big woods hunting?  Are there any little things to look for?  I have a couple trail cams set up and am getting a few good pics, but 99.9% of the time its after dark.  Thanks.

[ants]

It can be tough up there. It's such a huge area the deer can be anywhere. I hunted Hinkley Res. for 7 years straight and only took 2 bucks out of there. Most days I saw nothing. 

Your best bet is to hunt near what ever food you can find. The little luck I did have, up there, came from  hunting near a cluster of apple trees, that butted up to a meadow that was on  private land.

[defrazzle]

Hi  -   So what part of the ADK's do you hunt?  I hunt the ADK's also in area 5F and hunting is not the same as hunting downstate where there are lots of fields that provide planted food for the deer.

 

My suggestion is to get out and scout some areas and get to know the area.  Finding a lake or pond would help because it and all the small streams that feed it provide water which all animals need. You will find deer sign there.  Some of the areas I hunt have very low deer population density BUT you will find large,mature bucks that don't run miles when surprised by the hunters presence.

 

Good luck

[CuseHunter]

I've never been to the ADK's (from Syracuse) but this year I am going bear hunting around cranberry lake and if I see any deer I just might make a deer hunt trip there too. I got two other locations for a weekend trip though this year for archery and ML

[pa3190]

Anybody interested in a club, we have 1250 acres of leased land and  a camp and bunkhouse on it. Small membership, but carefully chosen to avoid "people problems"....other words, we all get along. It's gotten to the point where I won't hunt state land anymore because I love the camp atmosphere----familiar faces, familiar land, nobody right around the next tree, wear camo without fear of getting shot, mealtime, sharing stories with the others...I started on state land where I grew up downstate and have ended up here....wouldn't have it any other way...North Woods tough but a great challenge...have to experience it to understand why we do it...besides, we have good deer populations (3 miles east of Cranberry Lake) and am successful almost every year....we have 10 guys and consider up to 13.

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Edited October 1, 2013 by pa3190