Anyone ever hunt East Otto State Forest?

[buffalojay83]

Well,

My buddy bailed on me last minute and I have a week off sooooo I don't want to waste it.  I was going down near Wellsville, NY and now I'm stuck... I've camped at East Otto before, it has some nice topography and a couple streams, also surrounded by some farms etc. and a good amount of woods.  Just seeing if anyone can recommend this place for bow and gun.  I'm guessing it's gonna be very crowded on Sat., I've been lucky to be able to hunt private land for the last 2-3 years.  I can still hunt the private on gun opener but it's like 50 acres and surrounded by some woods but there's like 5 or 6 other guys there and it's not a lot of room and I'm " the new guy" (but I'm also family of the owners. (In-laws)

-thanks in advance

[Don_C]

East Otto will be a circus on Saturday. Even going in deep it will be very crowded, I hunted there for years and had access to property that bordered the state land. Nice deer are taken every year there though, interestingly enough...usually near the road on Traffic St. I would recommend hunting the private land on Saturday if you can. As most state land, East Otto cools off after Thanksgiving weekend. If you want, shoot me a PM and I will let you know where I have had success there in the past.


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[Matthewsshooter]

Last few years seemed like less and less vehicles at McCarthy, only half hour further south. may not have the crowd