I grew up hunting in Columbia County, moved to Ulster County and ended up in Suffolk County which all my hunting areas have turned into mostly back yards now.

Finishing my career and am now finally going to have time and some savings to devote to hunting again. I am hoping to buy a hunting retreat and build a cabin with a minimum of 100 acres. I was hoping to spend between $500-1000 an acre. Any ideas about where? Have a friend who wants me to get land next to him in Chenango County don’t really know the area and was thinking the Adirondacks was the best place, the wife wants me to get a place back in Columbia County but the land prices seem awfully high now. Where’s the dream hunting area in NY that’s still affordable?

Any opinions or suggestions appreciated