Anyone else hunt in 6C???

[fu2lmao]

Hi everyone, new to the forum here and fairly new to hunting as well, just checking if anyone else here hunts the 6C region

[ncountry]

On occasion. Wich part of 6c are you hunting?

[fu2lmao]

pitcairn region, off route 3 near the nice and easy there, I have some land there, how bout yourself?

[ncountry]

Hunt a few spots around parishville, and Russel once in a while. Years ago I've hunted near Greenwood falls in Pitcairn or Harrisville.

[fu2lmao]

Great, glad to chat with someone that knows the local area, I am just beginning to know the region myself, beautiful country, the 2hr ride is well worth it every time I visit my farm, was there 2 weeks ago scouting and practicing my archery skills, had an accident with a crossbow and almost lost a finger 2 weeks ago, typing with one hand at the moment, would you happen to know anyone local familiar with QDM etc? as I am hoping to learn and develop my oasis

[bubba]

I own land and hunt in 6c.  I am between Dekalb Junction and Gouverneur.   I also hunt 6a a lot too.

[fu2lmao]

bubba, seen any black bears your way this season?

[bubba]

yup a few around.

[fu2lmao]

Great, saw a couple during spring turkey season, none this fall yet, I keep hearing the area has a decent population of them, yet to run into any dens

[bubba]

They were imported from cranberry lake area to my area.  We  have taken 2 in the past 3 seasons at camp

 

[RangerClay]

Yep!  We have a camp at Talcville, our property borders the Firefalls.  Nice place but very little deer.

Edited January 17, 2014 by RangerClay

[fu2lmao]

We are practically neighbors, Talcville is pretty close to me, agree with you on the deer population, cant beat the scenery though

[ncountry]

Hunted a few times at Fire Falls... Fished many times, 100+ times ..lol

Some of the best bass fishing around if you put forth the effort to get on to some of those lakes..

[RangerClay]

We are practically neighbors, Talcville is pretty close to me, agree with you on the deer population, cant beat the scenery though

 

When we first built the camp in 2000 we had deer everywhere.  Everyone saw deer on at least opening day.  Now I can go an entire N. Tier rifle season and not even see a doe unless we put on drives.  I would love to know what happened or what changed.

[ncountry]

When we first built the camp in 2000 we had deer everywhere.  Everyone saw deer on at least opening day.  Now I can go an entire N. Tier rifle season and not even see a doe unless we put on drives.  I would love to know what happened or what changed.

 

Most of us up here are in the same boat.  2000 was right around the peak of our deer population. A little better down in the farmlands, but over all we probably have 10 -25% of the deer that we had in 2000.. Of course many will say this is purely anecdotal..

Contributing factors are the harvest of too many does.

Imho.... Due to the increase in muzzleloader hunters(inlines and scopes greatly increase hunter #s)   capable of shooting does, introduction or increase in dmps( I do not remember any being available up here much before the late 90s), hunter education to the fact that it is ok to shoot does(I remember when no one would shoot doe, 3 bucks were ok but don't shoot a doe), Destroy permits on the farmland wiped out herds(legally and illegally)

[fu2lmao]

• interesting read, I haven't owned my 6c land very long but did notice the low average deer population in comparison to my home back yard which is only about 100 miles away, also I owned land in Oswego county prior which also did seem to have more deer, I do notice there is a bigger coyote population at the farm then I am used to, I also notice the area is heavily patrolled by the DEC, forest ranger and federal game warden, In 8 years I have owned my home in CNY I have never encountered any type of patrol, in the 4 years I owned land in Oswego county I have never run into any type of game law enforcement, now in 2-3 years I have owned this farm I have met more DEC than I thought they employed, I consider this a good thing but wonder why the heavy patrolling

[fu2lmao]

bump question remains the same

[wolc123]

I have hunted up there about 12 years and only ever saw 3 different bucks.  I did manage to get a nice one this season in the town of Fine.   My taxidermist also has a camp near there, and has never seen a buck in the area.  The other bucks I saw were a pair of small 1-1/2 year olds in September, a few years ago, when they ran across the front yard of our old camp near Theresa.   I did get a nice doe there once with the ML.  Very pretty country up there but the hunting is not easy.   Food plots would probably help out a lot.   This year, with so many acorns around, they probably wouldn't do too much however.   Acorns are the real key for me up there and have factored into any deer siting I had up there.   Both stomachs were loaded with them.   Kind of like corn, back home in the Southern region.  

 

I would think you will be looking at pretty acidic soil up there and rye grain, planted mid august, might be your best bet as a food-plot.