dvallilee

I was hoping to hear from more NY hunters.I agree with the 1 post I saw from NY.I also would give it a 2.
We have a Northern Zone and Southern Zone.In the Northern Zone we have the Adirondack Mountains.It's mostly big woods and they get alot more snow from the Great Lakes compared to the Southern Zone which is more populated and alot more agriculture.We also don't have alot of state owned land to hunt in the Southern Zone.
Needless to say there are alot more deer in the Southern Zone but it's also alot harder to find a place to hunt.There is way too much posted property and alot of the land owners don't even live in the state.
About 4 years ago they started to allow rifle hunting in certain counties.That seemed to get alot more land posted.I live in Tioga County and we can now use rifles but alot land that I have hunted on for over 30 years is now posted.I wish they would go back to shotgun only or give the landowners tax breaks if they do not post there property.