Which wildlife management area has the best hunting when hunting public land ?

[Hunter007]

Which wildlife management unit  has the best hunting when hunting public land ? 

This got to get asked  every year probably,  

 

 

 

Edited September 25, 2019 by Hunter007

[Hunter007]

All I know its not near me

and opinions very  .

[G-Man]

Any in the top counties in region 8 or 9. Can check last years harvest reports for top counties ,usually.stuben,allegany,cattaraugus.  Lots of state land in each. Most is untouched except.opening day and thanksgiving weekends

[land 1]

all depends what your looking for u can head up north and go to areas and not see another hunter and have a shot at the big boy then again you can hunt all week and never see a deer, or theres areas down south where doe permits are given away by the handful and you have a good chance at getting shots but there will be other hunters and very few big boys, or bucks at all after opener

[Hunter007]

2 minutes ago, G-Man said:

Any in the top counties in region 8 or 9. Can check last years harvest reports for top counties ,usually.stuben,allegany,cattaraugus.  Lots of state land in each. Most is untouched except.opening day and thanksgiving weekends

That is what I saw on there last time I checked . Sucks I never got a chance to go look around those areas . 

[Buckmaster7600]

5H


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[Nytracker]

Sheesh ... might as well ask A/S/L. 

Kind of personal....  just  busting .

  I hunt alot of stateland  over the years. Theres a few things  the good ones have in common .  Long walks from the road to find deer .   Food sources   crops bordering it .  Cover and escapes. When I'm hunting big tracks of stateland  I know I'm not pulling the trigger on a doe or small bucks .

 8,9 are productive  zones  but they aren't easy 

 

[Hunter007]

12 minutes ago, Nytracker said:

Sheesh ... might as well ask A/S/L. 

Kind of personal....  just  busting .

  I hunt alot of stateland  over the years. Theres a few things  the good ones have in common .  Long walks from the road to find deer .   Food sources   crops bordering it .  Cover and escapes. When I'm hunting big tracks of stateland  I know I'm not pulling the trigger on a doe or small bucks .

 8,9 are productive  zones  but they aren't easy 

 

Oh I know that's why I didn't bother asking specific names of state land  just  General area units. 

 

[Paula]

8h

[land 1]

hunter 007 if u never looked around last time why ask again, do some leg work

[Swamp_bucks]

I hunt 7m and 7p if you get into the right pieces it can be good hunting.  

[Hunter007]

5 hours ago, land 1 said:

hunter 007 if u never looked around last time why ask again, do some leg work

Not for me really since I know the best ones are far away from me and I probably not going to.get a chance to get there this year , I know it's going to be asked by someone else again figure I just start a thread  , makes easier for guys that don't have the patience to search for old threads on here   .besides  things change from year to year what's good few years back  doesn't necessarily mean it is good now .

[Culvercreek hunt club]

On 9/25/2019 at 8:39 PM, Paula said:

8h

where is the public l;and in 8H that you are talking about. i only know of two  very small ones. 

[Culvercreek hunt club]

On 9/26/2019 at 5:31 AM, Hunter007 said:

Not for me really since I know the best ones are far away from me and I probably not going to.get a chance to get there this year , I know it's going to be asked by someone else again figure I just start a thread  , makes easier for guys that don't have the patience to search for old threads on here   .besides  things change from year to year what's good few years back  doesn't necessarily mean it is good now .

It could probably help some of the folks answer in more detail if you said where you are and how far you are willing to go. 

[Hunter007]

6 hours ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

It could probably help some of the folks answer in more detail if you said where you are and how far you are willing to go. 

Near NYC over the past 30 years  I have driven up to 5 even 6 hours away to hunt but I can't do that to many times a year especially when hunting alone .

Usually I stick to 3n 3s and 3j 

I may try my luck in the adks 5H again this year for a day or two if I get a chance to get up there .just because I like those huge wild areas not because I think it's the greatest hunting up there . Usually you find better hunting near farms and  nice neighborhoods  but I rather hunt the  wild  open spaces  when I can just hard for me to get away for to long .

 

 

[Moho81]

Best one is the one I’m hunting in


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[Steuben Jerry]

On 9/25/2019 at 5:59 PM, Hunter007 said:

Which wildlife management unit  has the best hunting when hunting public land ? 

This got to get asked  every year probably,  

 

 

 

Assuming you mean deer, are you looking for quantity, quality or a challenge? 

Challenge = Adirondacks

Quantity = central NY or the southern tier

Quality = between Rochester and Buffalo, north of the thruway

 

 

[Pygmy]

On 9/25/2019 at 5:59 PM, Hunter007 said:

Which wildlife management unit  has the best hunting when hunting public land ? 

This got to get asked  every year probably,  

 

 

 

I'd tell you that, Stormy, but then I'd have to kill you....

Edited September 27, 2019 by Pygmy

[Lawdwaz]

Just another pointless asinine thread by stormy. 

Sorry......

[Chef]

All I know its not near me
and opinions very  .

Well if you hunted bow some of the best public land is within 20 min or so of where you live


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[Paula]

8 hours ago, Culvercreek hunt club said:

where is the public l;and in 8H that you are talking about. i only know of two  very small ones. 

I don't know... I just figure it wasn't near me 

Edited September 27, 2019 by Paula

[Hunter007]

1 hour ago, Lawdwaz said:

Just another pointless asinine thread by stormy. 

Sorry......

This is a hunting site right ?

If pointless why does it get asked every year then ? We all know Nobody is going to say exactly where they hunt if  it is that great  just the  region that is about it . 

 

[Gencountyzeek]

Im goin to give stateland a try for the first time this year. Ill be hunting iroquois wildlife refuge in 8g this year. Ill also be hunting my 46 acres in my backyard but kinda want to see if i can get a good buck on stateland.

[Hunter007]

56 minutes ago, Chef said:

Well if you hunted bow some of the best public land is within 20 min or so of where you live


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Since the deer parks program those places not as good as they use to be .

[Chef]

Since the deer parks program those places not as good as they use to be .

Dep land?


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