Turkey hunting in Seneca county

[Woodjr55]

I'm going to be new to seneca county for this spring turkey season and was wondering how's the turkey hunting around there and is there any public land?. Can you hunt the finger lakes national forest? Thanks In advance

[HectorBuckBuster]

Yes you can hunt the Nationa Forest.The National Forest is spread out.You really need to scout it out before season, and know the terrain, as you could go to the spot you want to hunt opening day and find other hunters already there. The first few days hunters are every where and then they just drive the roads looking in the fields for birds, then after that during the week not too many hunters. Birds do get some pressure. You also have the Willard Wildlife Unit near Ovid that you can hunt, its not huge and nice if no other hunter is around. The Boy Scout Camp is to the North, but you can't hunt that. The bird population is way down compared to a few years ago. Lots of private land in the Ovid/Lodi/Interlaken area and most of it id tied up with local hunters.