lost horn,

there has been a long tradition of hunting in the Adirondacks. Old hunting camps, old guides, lots of stories/"legends", etc. Deer hunting there is unlike anywhere in the Southern tier of NY (Catskills are similar). It's big woods with low deer/square mile. The deer are generally bigger/older and harder to come by. The hunting is hard (mountains, etc.) I belong to a hunting club in the southern ADKs. It was an old camp built in the early 1900s and has been "our" club since ~1925. There are many of these old camps. Ours started with 20 members and memberships are handed directly from father to son and then to friends/other family. That's tradition. We are lucky to get 1 deer a year (~30 guys or so over 3 weeks). I go and hunt some, but mostly go for the good times with friends and family. here's a pic of our camp (7 + miles from nearest paved road; 6 miles by 4wheeler on an old stagecoach trail)