Deer hunting along the road that goes to lake Lake Placid Adirondacks

[phantom]

So i took a road trip up to lake placid today and was joking to a friend about this picture being my new hunting spot .And he said i wonder if you can hunt there ?

Never hunting the area and dont really know the answer to that I told him .

My guess is as long as its not posted otherwise you can hunt there . Am i mistaken .

My other question is how's the hunting around Lake Placid  area in general .

[crappyice]

I drove by that exact spot this summer….loaded with kayaking and canoeing


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[GreeneHunter]

Been to that spot years ago with the Wife and Kids .... Apparently wrong time of year , Black Flies nearly ate us to death !

[phantom]

15 minutes ago, crappyice said:

I drove by that exact spot this summer….loaded with kayaking and canoeing


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I can imagine so what do you think in the winter time are there hunters that climb up the mountains   off that road right around there , I wonder . To steep for my old body maybe if i was 20 again lol 

 

[crappyice]

Maybe they ski down from the Olympic slopes down the road.

We were picking up our boys from their buddy’s summer house. Here’s the view from atop the boathouse



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[Farflung]

That part of the  Adirondacks is really hard to hunt. Better near Paul Smiths, tupper lake, or Ray Brook. The forest preserve has a sparse deer population. Better on private lands that have ongoing timber management, but those lands are largely leased to clubs. Once there is  snow, you can track but before that it is tough.

[phantom]

On the ride up there I passed by lake George they had some type of biker rally there like Sturgis thousands of motorcycles everywhere .Anybody know more about that .  

[wolc123]

9 hours ago, Farflung said:

That part of the  Adirondacks is really hard to hunt. Better near Paul Smiths, tupper lake, or Ray Brook. The forest preserve has a sparse deer population. Better on private lands that have ongoing timber management, but those lands are largely leased to clubs. Once there is  snow, you can track but before that it is tough.

Spot on advice here.  I will go out on a limb and say that it is at least 10 times easier to kill an Adirondack buck when there is snow on the ground.  Even I managed to kill two up there in the snow, but I am still trying for my first without it.  They can’t hide their tracks in the snow, they show up a lot better in the dense cover, and you can eliminate the vast majority of non-productive areas, simply by the absence of tracks.

I almost got it done last year on opening day of gun without snow, but rain and this damn smart phone saved that mountain giant buck.  I never even managed to get off a shot on him. I was in the right place at the right time (thanks to hunting the same area for almost 10 years). 
 

The biggest problem I have found with Adirondack deer hunting is that once you get a taste of it, it takes much of the luster out of hunting anywhere else (including out west for elk and mule deer, so that might not be a bad thing).  The reason for that is that there has is no place I have been, in the lower 48, that rivals the scenery and solitude that we have right here in NY, up in the Adirondacks.

It is no small wonder, that is where Teddy Roosevelt was, and what he was doing (whitetail deer hunting) when he became the youngest president this country has ever had (at age 42).  I used to enjoy hunting the flat lands around home quite a bit more, before I had some success up in the Adirondacks.   Now, I find myself thinking of being up there, much of the time when I am hunting from home.

 

[GreeneHunter]

43 minutes ago, phantom said:

On the ride up there I passed by lake George they had some type of biker rally there like Sturgis thousands of motorcycles everywhere .Anybody know more about that .  

Americade .... happens every year !

[Daveboone]

 A large part of the ADKS, as already mentioned, doesnt hold many deer. Just not enough forage in the pine forests, and they dont like the abrupt terrain in the high peaks either. You need to find the transitional forest/ borders, etc. I have had alot of folks mention they see alot around the villages...of course. Nice lawns, golf courses, parks, etc.

[phantom]

Yea there is something about being able to hunt  thousands of Acres of land without having to  run into private property the few times i hunted up there I loved it .