I live IN Sterling Forest ,in warwick, its BIG woods and you really need to scout ALOT ,but not necessarily far from the road. My buddy found a set of 130" sheds ,100 yds from a well used pking area, while we were turkey hunting, and Ive seen some real whoppers driving home at night. There is alot of good, overlooked land to hunt. Go to visitor center, on long meadow rd, and buy a 7$ color TOPO map and look for the little pockets of land that no one knows about. Sterling is hard hunting but it doesnt get that much pressure during bow season, gun season is another story.


I hunted there all day, 2 sundays ago, but nothing ,too windy. I scouted out a nice spot for gun season though. Good luck.