Introduction to Adirondack Deer Hunting – East to West Podcast Episode 22
Learn how to get started with Adirondack Deer Hunting on this week’s East to West Hunting Podcast
Show Notes:
Adirondack guide Jamie Frasier joins us this week to introduce you to Adirondack deer hunting. Want to learn how to hunt big woods deer? This conversation is a general introduction to getting you started. Topics include:
- Mentally preparing for Adirondack hunting
- Setting realistic expectations
- How much area to hunt and what to generally look for in terms of attributes – topography, cover, water
- what time of year Jamie and Todd like to be in the woods
- what we carry in our packs
- DEC State Lands Interactive Mapper (SLIM)
Background
Adirondack deer hunting is a unique big woods experience in the East’s largest wilderness area. Its different than many whitetail deer hunting experiences across America. There are vast expanses of unbroken forest & road-less areas. Low deer densities can make for a challenging hunt. While this can be challenging, it can also be incredibly rewarding when you are successful. Adirondack deer hunting requires that you put all of the outdoor skills you’ve ever learned into action. This includes navigation, understanding deer behavior, tracking skills, reading sign, and being comfortable miles away from the nearest road. It also requires accepting that you may go home without filling a tag but have an incredible hunting trip nonetheless.
Additional Resources
Read Todd’s blog Adirondack Big Woods Deer Hunting 5 DIY Tips, click HERE
Listen to Jamie Frasier’s two previous East to West Hunting podcast episodes:
Kodiak Island Spring Bear Hunt – Episode 8 is available HERE
Snowshoe Hare Hunting with Hounds – Episode 3 is available HERE
Follow Jamie Frasier on Instagram and Facebook – Adirondack Mountain & Stream Guide Service
Purchase a copy of Paul Carter’s book “Tracking Whitetails – Answers to Your Questions”, click HERE
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To listen to the East to West Hunting Podcast on Stitcher Radio, click HERE
