RE: New York northern zone achery
I have personally never hunted that area but some friends do and they have good success during the regular season with some big rackers. Another area you may want to consider is the Pulaski NY area. We see a few 100 deer every morning headed to the Mexico launch ramp. Some 1st timers went up last season, walked into the state land off rt 13, sat down and before the day was out the 2 had killed a fork and missed on a big 10. Never saw the woods before, went in at 8am so they could see where they were. Maybe dumb luck, but after 11 years hunting the dacks I could use some of that too! I think I will be headed up there for some ML action.