I agree about the private land, but if you use some of the resources on the DEC site, you will be pleasantly surprised to find a lot of out-of-the-way state lands open to hunting, where you won't see many other hunters. In the past few years, I have found some new places all over the state. Yes it requires a little more driving (on top of the 2 horus it takes me jsut to get to the Catskills), but its worth it.