Would love to hear some feedback on this piece of property. I'll be headed there this weekend for the first time. This is in the NY Adirondack Northern zone. It's in the southern part of the park, and not nearly as rugged in terrain as what I normally hunt further north, but as you can see it's still "big woods". Any thoughts on this? As far as I know, I can hunt pretty much anything in here. The guys that hunt it now have killed some real slammers out of this camp over the past few years, so I know they are there. Population is a bit scarce, in the 5-10 dpsm area, but due to the vastness of these woods there is a good balance of mature bucks here. As of now, I have no idea on primary wind. My entry point will be from the red dot. Any thoughts?
Hey Rick. I have gotten into topo maps the last couple of years. So I guess you could consider me a novice. But I will play the game. I marked some spots that I would look at if given the chance. I tried to look at certain topographic contours that would force deer movement naturally and coincided with naturally occuring cover breaklines. The only way I am going to continue to learn about this type of stuff is to analyze the maps, give my opinion, and then get corrected.
Good advice Jeff. I'm not really sure but I hope to start connecting those dots this weekend. I'll be at it on this piece of ground until we get heavy snow, or the season closes (end of this month), whichever comes first. If serious snow flies before season closes and they start to yard up early like last year, I've got an absolute stud patterned from the last 2 years in his wintering grounds. Up here they travel from anywhere up to 20 miles to relocate and yard for winter, and I'm really hoping I'm lucky enough to see this happen early enough to get on him this year.
From my experience from huntin in pa id say since its the rut walk a little ways and it seems from the picture theres a valley to the right of the blue dot id go over thill to the calley find a good spot near a thicket but something open to see where the deer are and go from there. Honestly my favorite saying is if you have 5 days to hunt use the first three to scout and get your bearings of the land and where the deer are and hunt the last two days hard.
I love this stuff----please tell us how you did when you return and mark on the map where you hunted/what you saw based on the wind! Cool.
Without being able to scout prior to hunting, I'd look at the saddle and wide draw, but my main attention would be along the yellow line looking for areas w/high traffic and then set up there. Good luck!!!!!!!
Look for another access point and get closer to the Thousand Acre Swamp. Hunt the same Draw that Iowa is talking about, but at the most easterly end.
