I have never hunted there, but being as close to the city as it is I can imagine a lot of hunters hunt it. Not much private land in the Rockland county area either where one can hunt. If it gets crowds of hunters I don't think I would be interested. Columbia county on the other hand is mostly private land, and the hunting isn't bad at all up there if you have a place to hunt. Doe permits are not hard to get there neither. Columbia county is only 2 hours away from the city, which isn't all bad. Many hunters have to go a whole lot further to hunt. I would consider myself very lucky if I had a place to hunt in Columbia county!!