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Title: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: shantysittter on Sep 07, 2011, 06:14:23 PM
The lease we were hunting got to expensive and we are not renewing it. I was wondering if anyone on here has hunted there? We are looking at putting up a tent and hunting the first 10 days of gun season. We have never hunted there, so any input would be appreciated
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: ramrod on Sep 08, 2011, 08:46:14 PM
where was your lease?

feller i worked w went to c hiill and said it was terrible hunting. but he is old and i dont know how far he really got off the road. so i would say your best bet is to go do some preseason scouting and see if there is much in the deer sign dept and go from there.  taking someones word for anything nowadays is not a good idea.  ;D
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 08, 2011, 08:47:57 PM
Conn Hill is across the way from our camp...do your homework do your scouting and you'lll kill deer...
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: shantysittter on Sep 09, 2011, 03:01:03 PM
where was your lease?

feller i worked w went to c hiill and said it was terrible hunting. but he is old and i dont know how far he really got off the road. so i would say your best bet is to go do some preseason scouting and see if there is much in the deer sign dept and go from there.  taking someones word for anything nowadays is not a good idea.  ;D
[/RAMROD, We had a lease through COTTON HANLON a few years  back right at the schuyler county border. We left there and got on a lease up by Oneida Lake, constantly had people trespassing, stands stolen and people riding ATV'S through the fields at night. Last year we hunted out by Alfred, good hunting but it just got to expensive. Looking at maps and seeing hhow big C HILL is we figured we would give it a shot,without having to pay to hunt there.
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: mookie on Sep 12, 2011, 07:57:34 AM


    ive hunted it in the past , it has given up deer for me but its a zoo . gotta get off the beatin track . i like to do some early scoutin / grouse huntin to learn my way around any new state land i plan to hunt  ;)
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 12, 2011, 12:24:19 PM


    ive hunted it in the past , it has given up deer for me but its a zoo . gotta get off the beatin track . i lkke to do some early scoutin / grouse huntin to learn my way around any new state land i plan to hunt  ;)

Good advice!
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: mookie on Sep 12, 2011, 01:54:08 PM


    hows that ankle healin up huntny?
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Sep 12, 2011, 01:55:41 PM
Slow going...gonna be a tough mental challenge this season...but as per the doctors I am healing well...time is my only enemy...with regards to Hunting...Thanks for asking...
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: ramrod on Sep 12, 2011, 02:18:18 PM
I think calling it a "hill" is a major understatement
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: shantysittter on Sep 12, 2011, 03:23:22 PM
Guys thank's for the responses, I am planning on going up scouting the 2nd weekend in October. If  I get off the beaten path and get deep in the woods am I going to be surrounded by people? It looks like I can get pretty far off of roads and with alot of ridges I am hoping that I can take advantage of people being lazy and not want to walk to far. What I guess I am asking is there places I can get to that I won"t see alot of people?
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: mookie on Sep 12, 2011, 03:55:29 PM
Guys thank's for the responses, I am planning on going up scouting the 2nd weekend in October. If  I get off the beaten path and get deep in the woods am I going to be surrounded by people? It looks like I can get pretty far off of roads and with alot of ridges I am hoping that I can take advantage of people being lazy and not want to walk to far. What I guess I am asking is there places I can get to that I won"t see alot of people?
glad to hear it hunt . SS  as far as that goes on state land there is no guarantee period . i would say you're odds go up the further away from the road you go but for every lazy man out there there is one of us who will walk back far . i will say that after opening week there is less than half the hunters in the woods , but the bucks get nocturnal that's when you're scouting pays off find the nastyest piece of realestate with the best view downwind from a road and be patient , state land is tough that's why leases are gettin in high demand  >:(
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: Davem on Jan 06, 2013, 09:46:13 AM
I live a bit south of this WMA (owego) and was considering hunting this site for coyote.  For those of you that have put some time in on this 11k acres can you offer any input on if there is any coyote population or too thin?  Thanks in advance if you have any feedback.

Thx
Dave
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Jan 06, 2013, 09:57:46 AM
I have never hunted Conn Hill but hunted across 13 on Bull Hill from 1999-2011, there were always a lot of coyotes there so I'm sure just on the other side there has to be plenty of dogs...good luck kill them all!
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: 30-30 on Jan 06, 2013, 12:31:02 PM
I live a bit south of this WMA (owego) and was considering hunting this site for coyote.  For those of you that have put some time in on this 11k acres can you offer any input on if there is any coyote population or too thin?  Thanks in advance if you have any feedback.

Thx
Dave
           Welcome aboard Davem, why don't you post a little history about yourself.
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: Davem on Jan 06, 2013, 03:05:21 PM
Sure 30-30..... I'm 50 yrs old and hale from VT.  With a lifetime of family and connections much of my hunting takes place there still   I moved to the Owego, NY area 11 years ago with my wife and 2 kids.  The move to NY was for work where much of my careerand much of the past 10 yrs has pulled me away from developing local hunting spots.  It's been easier just to return to VT in order to hunt with family on lands I know. 

Well, my daughter is now 16 and i've spent the past year beginning to hunt more locally in order to expose her to the enjoyment of the sport.  She shot her first Boar a while back and now we've begun to look for areas to hunt small game (ie. coyote), thus the reason for my earlier post to any local enthusiasts.

Hope that helps a bit.  Thanks for asking.

Dave

 
           Welcome aboard Daveem, why don't you post a little history about yourself.
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Jan 06, 2013, 03:12:33 PM
Davem...Owego...are you with lockhead?
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: 30-30 on Jan 06, 2013, 05:43:53 PM
Sure 30-30..... I'm 50 yrs old and hale from VT.  With a lifetime of family and connections much of my hunting takes place there still   I moved to the Owego, NY area 11 years ago with my wife and 2 kids.  The move to NY was for work where much of my careerand much of the past 10 yrs has pulled me away from developing local hunting spots.  It's been easier just to return to VT in order to hunt with family on lands I know. 

Well, my daughter is now 16 and i've spent the past year beginning to hunt more locally in order to expose her to the enjoyment of the sport.  She shot her first Boar a while back and now we've begun to look for areas to hunt small game (ie. coyote), thus the reason for my earlier post to any local enthusiasts.

Hope that helps a bit.  Thanks for asking.

Dave
             There are plenty of places to hunt out there, it might take a little scouting & thee are always guys here that are willing to help new hunters to the site.
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: Davem on Jan 06, 2013, 06:23:23 PM
No huntny.....though i know a few people at LM.... i worked for pipe mfgr for 15 yrs.  the work took me up and down the east coast quite a bit.  I've been with a volutary agency for the past 5 yrs working with people with developmental disabilities.  Applying my mfg'g experience in a new/different direction now.  Little more time with family too... :)

Davem...Owego...are you with lockhead?
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: Davem on Jan 06, 2013, 06:28:33 PM
Yes, thx 30-30.  Good advice. 

I have pulled the topo maps off the DEC site.  Will plan to get up there and root around a bit later this week.  Gonna be warming up a bit so it may be sloppy.  :-(

May try the Danby Forest too but it's a bit smaller i c.

thx
Dave
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Jan 06, 2013, 06:34:26 PM
There is really good hunting in the newfield state forest...hunted all around that area for a lot of years...not very many hunters on the state land or the ajoining county land tracts...There are plenty of coyotes and if you deer hunt there is opportunity to see some nice antlers...!
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: Davem on Jan 06, 2013, 07:31:55 PM
great huntny.  I'm looking forward to it. 

Getting the feel for this site.  I c you're in Mexico.  I spent a few great summers fishing out of Dawie Dale (sp?) campground.  My fishing buddy and i had a camper and boat.  Nice place.  Caught some nice fish.  Then i moved to NY and barely wet a line anymore.  ugh...
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: huntny30 on Jan 06, 2013, 07:41:10 PM
great huntny.  I'm looking forward to it. 

Getting the feel for this site.  I c you're in Mexico.  I spent a few great summers fishing out of Dawie Dale (sp?) campground.  My fishing buddy and i had a camper and boat.  Nice place.  Caught some nice fish.  Then i moved to NY and barely wet a line anymore.  ugh...

Ha ha small world...I am good friends with the the daughter and her husband from dowie dale, and Cheeks, my buddy had a camp down there the last few years...I hunt about .5 miles from there and grew up about a mile in the other direction in Little Texas...
Title: Re: Connecticut Hill WMA
Post by: DaveNY on Sep 10, 2017, 04:10:19 AM
Conn Hill is a great place to hunt, has a lot of game of all kinds, including coyotes. A great place to hunt small game a very good for grouse in the right areas. It is some tough terrain in certain areas but many great deer have been taken there if your willing to put in the scouting time etc to get them.
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