I hunted New York public land a 3 times. The first time I missed a buck. The last time, there was 12 of us. I shot a nice 8 point and we got 4 other buck. I dont have alot of experience in NY. But when we go up it seems like we have alot of luck.

you got that right , Outdoors, Willy's were a common thing at our camp. Sadly, now they are all gone (but I do like my wheeler). However, I still have my garndfather's '46 Ford Military Jeep that he use to take into the north woods. I use it around my camp in the So. zone.

As far as public land - our camp (in So. Zone) is surrounded by public land and we hunt it all the time. I saw 3 hunters this season (THREE). 2 of them were before the gun season and one was later on in the season. Simple thing - there are a lot lss hunters in the woods (at least in our area).

Alot of State parks & WMUnits in NY to hunt in A few farmers Like in my area will allow almost any hunter to walk in & hunt , I think it piss's the locals off more than The farmers, That a non resident, is hunting in ( there ) area lol, Even thou Im a resident Still pisst a few off... this year Hunting In open land But on there hunting lands .. lol.. Cant please them all.
Naples &wmu is Pretty nice A few people But usually there hikers, not hunters, Than there Ossian Management unitGreat Turkey hunting, But Best parts Are long walking & thick brush areas to Hunt in....

Well, I hunt in the Catskills, and the public land hunting is no worse then the private land. I have a camp on a mountain that is mostly lots of small parcels of private land, and everybody hunts everybodies land. I see way more people there than I do when I hunt on public land. There are some areas of the Catskills that, while being very hard to hunt, have very little hunting pressure at all. The Balsam Lake Mountain Wild Forest (13,500 acres), The SLide Mountain Wilderness (47,500 acres), and The Big Indian Wilderness (33,500 acres) are all places worth checking out. The hunting is very difficult and the deer densities are lower, but there is plenty of land and not many hunters. I see people take some bruisers out of there every year. Also, yo could check out the DEP owned lands open to hunting. The DEP lands are technically owned by New York City to protect the watershed. There is around 33,000 acres of that land open to hunting, with more being open every year. I hunt quite a bit of it, and usually don't see many other hunters.

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