Revealing the Locations of My Hunting Spots

I've decided to identify the areas I hunt. It just makes for a more interesting and informative read. Most of the areas I hunt are roadless and require a good amount of hiking to access, so even if this blog gains a million readers (as of this posting, it would need another 999,998 or so readers to reach that milestone), I doubt there will be an onslaught of hunters invading my spots. And to be honest, I wouldn't mind seeing a few more hunters on the trails. Perhaps that will happen come archery season, but I have a feeling I'll be mostly alone. 

Wilderness hunting requires a special kind of knowledge, skill, and conditioning that most hunters don't possess or know how to attain. Revealing the areas I hunt allows me to show my process from start to finish.  Hopefully that will help others jump into wilderness hunting, particularly my East Coast Brethern who seem particularly fearful of hunting the deep backwoods. My process starts with identifying large wilderness areas to hunt and slowly honing in on specific locations within those areas. It's difficult to show that process without actually revealing the area I intend to hunt. I suppose if my spots get invaded, I'll just hop to the next wilderness.

As of yet, I'm unsure just how specific I'll get with spot revealing. You definitely won't be getting the GPS coordinates to that lone apple tree tucked two miles into backwoods that is attracting every critter in a three mile radius. But I might reveal the general area, trailheads and trail, drainages, etc. If you want to cut corners, I suppose you could just hunt the areas I detail in my reports, but I think you will be doing yourself a huge disservice. Half the fun is locating your own area and completing the process from start to finish. There are literally hundreds of wilderness options in the Catskills. Some may be better than others, but I'm guessing they are all about the same in regards to wildlife populations. In other words, you won't gain much of an advantage by shortcutting the process. At the end of the day, you are still hiking two miles into the backwoods to hunt sparsely populated wildlife.

So here it goes, I'm gonna do what no hunter in their right mind would do--I'm gonna reveal my hunting spots from here on out. See you on the trail!